I don’t think we’ve posted any rumors yet, but this is just too interesting to ignore.  Joystiq is reporting (via Xbox Evolved) that the N64 classic is supposedly coming to the XBox Live Arcade shortly before Activision releases their next 007 game.  They say that an agreement has come between Microsoft, Rareware, MGM Studios and Activision, which would apparently clear the way for this to happen.  The only question is if Nintendo is part of the equation.  GoldenEye was exclusive to the N64, but that wouldn’t matter if they weren’t the publisher.

GoldenEye really does deserve a place in history as a forefather of console FPS like Doom and Pathways Into Darkness are for PC FPS gaming.  However, the question has to be how well it will hold up.  They probably will update the graphics some, but I have fewer happy gaming memories than playing paintball, painting “HI!” on the wall you can hide behind and wasting your poor friend who’s having fun appreciating your work.

I probably won’t be picking this up, but I can only hope it does obscenely good business in order to get the one game everyone actually wants from the Rare library on XBLA, and that would be Killer Instinct.  I picked up Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 and it’s a beautiful port of the arcade game.  I would be happy as happy could be if I could Ultimate combo Saberwolf off the top of the building with Orchid in all its arcade quality glory.