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GoldenEye 64 Designer Bags on Activision Remake

By james_fudge

GoldenEye 64 designer Martin Hollis made some disparaging remarks about Activision's upcoming Golden Eye videogame to the U.K.'s Official Nintendo Magazine. Hollis told the publication dedicated to all things Nintendo that he personally believes that Activision is more interested in cashing in on the name than creating a game that can live up to the ultra popular Nintendo 64 shooter originally created by Rare.

"I imagine it's a business decision, isn't it?" Hollis said in an interview with Official Nintendo Magazine. "'This name is valuable, let's use it.' I find it hard to picture Activision's top management being excited about the original and wanting to do it justice."

Luckily Hollis did have nice things to say about Eurocom, the developers tackling GoldenEye 007 for Activision.

"I know and like Eurocom," he said. "I think they are a good company. I'm confident they have done their very best." Earlier this week, Eurocom claimed that the game will blow away all other Wii first person shooters. Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on September 04, 2010 (boomark / email).