LiVEcence to Kill

There have been rumours that Bond, James Bond is coming to XBLA. Thankfully Domark and EA are nowhere to be seen. The rumours are of course about RARE's epoch-making first-person shooter, Goldeneye.

Unlike some game rumours this one carries a lot of weight in the same way that a wet paper bag doesn't. Those driving the rumour claim that the game is just a couple of months away from completion but sadly the last of the rumours, so far, states that the game has now been shelved because Microsoft and Nintendo could not come to an agreement over money. Someone somewhere is possibly overlooking the fact that Activision currently own the 007 licence and would also want a slice any remakes of Goldenpie.

Remarkably Microsoft have been drawn into commenting on the speculation adding further weight to the rumours. They said, "We don't comment on rumours and speculation." Bah! Thanks for sharing that Bill! More interesting though, and fanning the smoke that's hiding the flames, Microsoft then added that, "While the games community's response to this rumour is extremely flattering, we don't have anything to announce at this time." At this time!

The fact that Goldeneye is constantly discussed by gamers, on every forum I've ever visited, and has been the most requested game since Xbox Live launched must mean that Goldeneye will, eventually, arrive. It just has to be a question of when, not if.

There is something you can do to help. Oh yes! Pile the pressure onto those miserable corporate types that just want to spoil our fun by signing the Goldeneye re-release petition HERE. 22,196 gamers have already signed.

We want Goldeneye! Sign, sign, sign, SIGN!! Oh, and visit the Gameov3r FORUM too.

Remember these Bond "classics"? ... ... They might be amongst the Wii C64 re-releases soon!

Wild World of Warcraft?

Lets face it, Nintendo have been pretty slow in making the most of the Wii's online functionality. We've had bits and pieces like the weather channel, news, voting and the Opera browser but very little in the way of actual games. So are Nintendo just not really focusing on this part of gaming or do they have something up their sleeves they aren't telling us about?

According to the latest EDGE magazine that could be exactly what they are doing. We've not heard much about the Wii version of Animal Crossing but a Japanese source has confirmed that the title is set to be a social networking MMO!

Nintendo of course are remaining tight lipped on this one with the customary 'no comment' but having seen the way they went with the DS version I can see this actually happening.

GAMEOV3R is ready to discuss this with you now over on the Forum