This gamer is playing an unannounced Xbox port of GoldenEye 007

gamesradar.com:

Someone has been unlocking achievements for an Xbox version of GoldenEye 007 - even though a remake of the game for Xbox hasn't been announced yet.

It all comes just a couple of months after achievements for an Xbox version of GoldenEye 007 popped up "out of nowhere" online, even though it's yet to be confirmed as coming to either Xbox Series X or Xbox One. 

"BIGsheep" has been playing the shooter off and on since October 2021, unlocking loads of achievements, most recently one for ruthlessly gunning down a multiplayer opponent without a weapon of their own.

We know this because BIGsheep's profile is completely public and trackable on  TrueAchievements (opens in new tab). 

Perhaps most interestingly of all, VGC (opens in new tab) purports that BIGsheep is a Rare developer, which would explain why they're playing a game that theoretically doesn't exist yet on Xbox consoles.

It's just the latest in a line of mysteries about the much-wanted port. The rumor mill kicked off into overdrive in February when reports swirled that the as-yet-still unannounced GoldenEye 007 remaster would get released "pretty soon" (opens in new tab). That turned out not to be, although some are speculating that that may have something to do with Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

2022 marks 25 years since the seminal shooter hit the Nintendo 64, so the timing's certainly right for a remake, and let's not forget that GoldenEye 007 was recently removed from Germany's "media harmful to young persons" list (opens in new tab) 24 years after it was initially banned. 

While banned films and games are automatically unbanned after 25 years, it seems the ban was revoked following a specific request rather than a formality, sparking speculation that the game may