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Could Rare’s Perfect Dark be coming to XBLA via a remake?

It’s been very quiet lately from the people at Rare. Microsoft’s big first-party studio has games cooking but no one knows what the hell they are? Rare has teased and teased gamers around the world with subtle hints of upcoming games that include Killer Instinct 3, another Conker game and Perfect Dark 2, to name just a few. This time it’s Perfect Dark again, but not talk of a sequel. Oh no, this time it’s talk of a possible port of the original to Xbox Live Arcade. The original graced the Nintendo 64, and many people argued at the time that it was in fact better than the infamous Goldeneye007, so when I say this game was awesome, I mean it.

This fresh rumor doesn’t come from an unnamed source living in a small box under the developer’s chair listening to any tidbits they can hear, but instead comes from Rare themselves, AGAIN!!! How many times can one company tease an announcement?!? Anyway, while Rare was showing off a new Banjo-Tooie premium for the 360, eagle-eyed spotters noticed a certain image in a screenshot of the tab with your avatar and last played games. This image is clearly the image of Perfect Dark heroine Joanna Dark -- exactly the image of Miss Dark in her Nintendo 64 days. So what does this mean?

Well if Rare is not just teasing us harshly, then we could very well see a port of Perfect Dark to Xbox Live, hopefully with online multiplayer and a HD make over. Rare is not shy about releasing its old classics onto XBLA; the recent release of Banjo-Kazooie and the already available Jetpack Refueled prove that Rare shares its little gems. Was this an honest mistake on Rare’s part? Knowing Rare, probably not. They probably did this on purpose to gather some steam before announcing the XBLA game. Hopefully they also plan to announce an XBLA game for Killer Instinct... one could wish, no?

TGR Rating: Highly Likely