A trio of comparison shots show us just how far Perfect Dark’s graphics have traveled during their journey to Xbox Live Arcade.
Rare’s Nintendo 64 first-person shooter Perfect Dark is coming to Xbox Live Arcade later this year. Winter, says Microsoft. This is what it looks like.
Microsoft’s Larry Hryb just posted a little note on his Twitter account, saying that the original Perfect Dark – originally released on the N64 – will be out on Xbox Live Arcade later this year.
Citing reliable sources, Xbox Evolved is reporting that Goldeneye 007, the original Perfect Dark and the original Banjo-Kazooie are all headed to the Xbox Live Arcade thanks to a deal worked out between all of the studios and license holders.
Goldeneye, according to the rumour, will hit XBLA shortly after the new Goldeneye, being developed by Activision, is released. The site also says Rare is examining the rest of their back catalog for future XBLA titles. We’ve contacted Microsoft for comment but haven’t heard back yet. We’ll make sure to update once we do.
Rareware Is Revisiting 007 [Xbox Evolved]
This is how it goes. First we get a rumour. In this case, from Indian site GameGuru. Then we get a response from a developer/publisher. In this case Rare. It’ll either crush the rumour or, more often than not, substantiate it by waffling on. In this case, it’s the latter. Rare’s Lee Schuneman: There’s always rumours going around about different games we may or may not be doing but we’d prefer not to comment on rumours at this stage.
No, I’d imagine you’d like to comment on them a little later, when the new Banjo Kazooie is about done you’re ready to unveil the thing. We get it! Rare: no comment on Perfect Dark 2 speculation [GI.biz]