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With the incredible success of the Yooka-Laylee, Microsoft and Rare should be feeling a little silly about not getting a new Banjo-Kazooie out yet There is clearly a huge desire for this kind of product and that authentic Rare voice. Well, despite many of the company's creatives going off to work on that passion project, Rare[...]

We've worked with Nintendo on Rare IP before, no issues. — Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) April 3, 2015 It would be really neat to see Banjo in Smash He fits the bill well and it would be exciting to see him mixing with other Nintendo characters for the first time since Diddy Kong Racing. Phil Spencer has been[...]

The game is coming from former Rare creatives as they try to create a spiritual successor to Banjo and Kazooie. Not too much is known about the project, apart from it being a platformer and featuring two unknown protagonists. For those that are excited, rejoice We will get a look behind the curtain soon enough as the game[...]

People have been wanting Rare to create a Banjo Kazooie type game for a long time, but for the past half decade or so, they've been stuck making Kinect family games If you are a fan of the studio's older output like the aforementioned Banjo Kazooie, GoldenEye, Viva Pinata or Perfect Dark, you've been out of[...]

Last year, Microsoft renewed their trademark on Rare's Battletoads IP, the notoriously hard NES game This coincided with Xbox lead Phil Spencer taking a visit to the studio to see a new title that felt 'distinctly Rare' When people put two and two together, they came to the conclusion that this game must have been[...]

Rare were once the darlings of the gaming world, especially during the Nintendo 64 era They were responsible for games like Banjo-Kazooie, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Golden Eye and Perfect Dark After being bought by Microsoft in 2002, they also hit the ball out of the park with Viva Piñata at the beginning of the last[...]