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Rare EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Rumor: Kameo 2 sh*tcanned by Microsoft 48 Project Natal has claimed its first victim, with the followup to Rare's 2005 adventure game Kameo thrown on the scrapheap to make way for projects involving Microsoft's magical waggle monster. Ac... This is what Perfect Dark XBLA looks like 45 Rare has sent over a handful of screenshots showing how Perfect Dark's Xbox Live Arcade remake is looking. The short of it is that it's looking pretty damn good. Everything's been given a fresh c... Rare not sure why Donkey Kong 64 isn't on Virtual Console 30 Why hasn’t Donkey Kong 64 crept onto Nintendo’s Virtual Console? Most of us aren’t wrenching our bed sheets late at night in haunting thought, but at least one Rare fan is curio... A port of GoldenEye 007 still doesn't seem likely 29 The chance of a GoldenEye 007 revival via Xbox LIVE Arcade or Virtual Console appears no more feasible now than it was around a year ago. Speaking in response to a fan question about a port comin... Rare's been battling the Xbox demographic, Natal will fix it 32 There's no denying that British developer Rare has fallen from grace since it was acquired by Microsoft in 2002. Some would say that the quality of Rare's games have suffered, but Rare believes i... Perfect Dark XBLA looks better than the original 56 Perfect Dark is still slated to hit Xbox LIVE Arcade at some point this winter. Perhaps as a reminder of its eventual arrival or to show off the brilliant texture work by developer 4J Studios, Ra... Rare could use Natal to bring back classic IP 30 Remember the good ol' days of Rare? If you do, and you're one of those who think the British studio has gone off the rails a bit, then you might be glad to know that Rare is investigating some of... Rare: No one knows who we are 29 Rare used to be the darling of the videogame world, with its contributions to Nintendo systems being hailed as some of the greatest and most memorable adventures of all. It's so sad to hear someb... Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts OST headed for retail, iTunes 5 When I think of my favorite videogame tunes from the N64 days, the sounds of the original Banjo-Kazooie often fill my head. I mean, at the mere mention of "Freezeezy Peak," I immediatel... Molyneux wants to help Rare find its identity 23 Creative director of Microsoft Europe and possible maniac Peter Molyneux has the rather unenviable task of pulling Rare from the pit of obscurity and back into the limelight. It's a tough job, bu... Perfect Dark XBLA set to have online multiplayer 32 Perfect Dark for the XBLA was finally confirmed last week during the madness that was E3. It's probably one of the best news to come out of E3 for me. Yes, I know that Perfect Dark doesn't really... E3 09: 'Rare is intimately involved with Project Natal' 20 Like Kotaku, we've been wondering what Rare's been up to as of late. As it turns out, the developer has been deeply involved with Microsoft's Project Natal technology. Microsoft corporate vice pr... E3 09: Free Perfect Dark theme is out, here's how it looks 16 So, Perfect Dark on Xbox LIVE Arcade? You guys seemed to be freaking pumped about it yesterday. While the game is still far off, the free premium Xbox 360 theme we mentioned in the last post has ... E3 09: Perfect Dark on Xbox LIVE Arcade? Yep, it exists 30 Thank you, Twitter, for once again spoiling the many surprises of this year's E3. In tonight's edition, we look at a tweet from one Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb in which the existence of P... GoldenEye developer would love to see a VC release 37 While the rumors about GoldenEye 007 on Xbox Live Arcade have gone rather quiet lately, one man would really love to see the classic N64 shooter hit Nintendo's Virtual Console, despite accepting ... Latest screens and trailer for Banjo-Tooie XBLA excite 14 You know what today is, don't you? An average, boring Wednesday. But exactly one week from now? Why that's the day Banjo-Tooie comes out on Xbox LIVE Arcade, of course.At 1200 Microsoft Points, I... T-minus two weeks until Banjo-Tooie hits Xbox LIVE Arcade 26 So, we already knew that the Xbox LIVE Arcade version of Banjo-Tooie was coming this month, and that it would feature full "Stop 'N' Swop" support, but we didn't know the exact date ...... So what's this about Perfect Dark coming to XBLA? 26 A few days ago, an eagle-eyed user on NeoGAF spotted something interesting in a screenshot of a Banjo-Tooie premium Xbox 360 theme, posted by online by Rare. As you can see in the close up above,... Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts' upcoming DLC detailed 12 The first premium downloadable content for Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts has been priced, dated, and well, explained. L.O.G.'s Lost Challenges, as its called, will be up on Xbox LIVE Marketpla... Want a NES Joystick Test Cartridge? Yours for only $1,050 13 I'm a NES fanatic, but I have to admit to never even having seen a picture of one of these things before. Currently listed on eBay for the highly affordable price of $1,050, these carts were used... A word from L.O.G. on Nuts & Bolts' forthcoming DLC 15 Saying that I weep nightly for the criminally unplayed Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts is a serious understatement. I mean, hell, the game was on sale for a mere $20 -- at that point, there are v... Rumortoid: Rare announcing two new games at E3, speculation commences 30 We still have GDC to get through, but that's not stopping the blogocube from looking toward E3 with speculative eyes. The newest rumor concerns Rare, and is hinting that two new games from the Br... User generated content could come to Avatars, claims Rare 13 A while ago, Rare had mentioned that clothing and accessories for Microsoft's twee-but-worthless Avatars could arrive in the form of Achievement-style videogame unlocks. Now the studio is back to... Avatar clothing to be an unlockable feature in future 360 games 37 So, Microsoft had Rare create the Avatar system for the New Xbox Experience in an obvious attempt to replicate the popularity of the Mii. And then they did... well, not much with it. There are a ... Could you have earned these GoldenEye XBLA achievements? 36 I have been privy to some rather interesting game-related things this morning, not least this particular little gem. Passed on by a personally trusted source who I shall refer to only as Mr. Chip... Banjo-Tooie XBLA port dated, Stop 'n' Swop to work as originally intended 12 I have got fantastic news to share with you, fellow Banjo-Kazooie die-hards -- the Xbox LIVE Arcade port of Banjo-Tooie was given a rough release date of April by Rare earlier this morning.My exp... Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts gets text embiggening patch 41 If you own a standard definition television and played through Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts without having a clue what was going on, Rare's got your back. Today an update for Nuts & B... Take pictures of your sweet Nuts & Bolts vehicle, become a part of Banjo history 11 Got a killer ride in Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts that doesn't infringe upon any copyrights? Why not take a few snapshots of your vehicle, upload them to the Showroom, and possibly have your l... Viva Pinata does Dr. Who 10 Rare may have created these for NeoGAF, but they wanted to let the Destructoid community also know of these rather natty Viva Piñata wallpapers which show the candy-stuffed abominations pl... Rare wishes everyone Seasons Greetings 12 Awwwr, lovely old Rare. Last year, Rare's Christmas card caused quite a stir when it was used in yet another Killer Instinct rumor. This year's card, which includes avatars along with the usual B... Banjo goes to Paris in this absurd Nuts & Bolts promo video 15 [video]113585:819[/video]I'll say one thing for Rare: the studio can make some sensational promotional material. Following the awesome Believa Piñata movies, here's a video of Banjo taking... Rare seeking to 'own' all Avatar properties, including their soul 18 In a shocking show of corporate greed and defilement, Rare’s studio manager Mark Betteridge has made it clear to gamesindustry.biz that his studio will seek to “own” the entiret... Destructoid review: Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts 38 Rare is a developer that I desperately want to see flourish again. I know they have it in them to make great games, but these days, they always seem to get something wrong. When they announced th... Rare WILL fix Banjo-Kazooie text issues? 37 Earlier in the week we reported that there would be no fix coming for the barely legible text in Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. The text was so small that it rendered the game practically worth... Rare won't fix Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts for SDTVs 53 You know, they're called Standard Definition TVs for a reason. The videogame industry has been quick to jump on the Hi-Def bandwagon, regardless of the fact that SDTVs are still the, y'know, stan... Killer Instinct teased in Banjo-Kazooie Nuts & Bolts demo 36 Despite sheet music and Viva Pinata cards, Rare has remained fairly tight-lipped about the possibility of a Killer Instinct sequel. That is, until now. Today, we've spotted yet another piece to a... Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts demo on Live now! 22 If you woke up this morning desperate to experience the joys of a bear and a bird building their own flying cars, then you are in luck, friend! Rare's upcoming vehicular platformer, Banjo-Kazooie... Banjo-Kazooie 3 gets release date as my wallet gets emptier 25 I really can't afford all of this win. Fable 2 and Dead Space both hit the UK this Friday, I have Saint's Row 2 in my bag, and there are even more killer games on the horizon that I need off the ... Rare keeps Killer Instinct rumors going with new Viva Pinata cards 9 Not a studio to fan the flames of gossip or anything, the guys at Rare have taken it upon themselves to create a selection of "Viva Piñata vs. Killer Instinct" Vision Cards for u... TGS 08: These Banjo-Kazooie walk-through videos have me all hot and bothered 15 Whoa, talk about a media overload! GameTrailers currently has a load of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts content from TGS 08, and if you couldn't tell from the title, it's got this Banjo-Kazooie f... Banjo-Kazooie takes a trip to Showdown Town in brand new trailer 15 [video]105978:458[/video] I think it's great how the original negative reaction to Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts has mostly faded away, with gamers having taken the stick out of their spicehole... Rare won't make Killer Instinct just to keep some die-hards happy 23 Banjo-Kazooie creator Gregg Mayles has been speaking to MTV Multiplayer on a number of things, including Peter Moore's notorious comments about Rare's place in the industry, the studio's creative... Banjo-Tooie coming to XBLA next year; Banjo-Kazooie dated 39 Banjo-Kazooie is one of the greatest platformers ever created, even surpassing masterpiece Super Mario 64 in my mind. Banjo-Tooie -- the game’s amazingly named sequel -- is also awesome, al... Peter Moore and Microsoft = BFF 6 Peter Moore's Guardian interview last week sent The Blogocube into overdrive as we frantically typed up all the juicy morsels that fell from his feline mouth. One of the most controversial opinio... Rare not reviving old franchises, my heart weeps cholesterol tears 23 There’s nothing that can clog your arteries and catch your breath like the possibility of having one of your favorite old games remade. Today Rare senior animator, Elissa Miller, crushed my... Microsoft <3's Rare, defends studio against Moore's criticism 23 Former Microsoft man Peter Moore has been a busy boy of late, and his various comments on a variety of industry-related subjects have fired up the Internet quite vigorously. We discussed one such... Moore: ' I think the industry had past [sic] Rare by' 35 The former boss of the Xbox 360 (and Dreamcast) said some harsh things about UK developer Rare in the third part of The Guardian's interview with him. Moore was asked about the Xbox 360's strengt... Killer Instinct 3 sheet music is probably real 24 A little while back, we ran a rumor involving the supposed appearance of Killer Instinct 3’s sheet music. Since then, a few other gaming communities have tried their hand at cracking the In... Rare was thinking Miis before Miis existed 25 While talking to Eurogamer, Rare’s art head Lee Musgrave said that the idea of Avatars was something that the studio had been kicking around before Nintendo unveiled their Mii channel. It w... Banjo-Kazooie DLC is ... gasp ... POSSIBLE! 14 They said it was madness. They said it was unthinkable. They said you just can't release downloadable content for a videogame. Well, they were wrong. The boys at Rare have recently turned heads w... More Banjo-Kazooie could arrive, would 'probably' build upon Nuts & Bolts 13 Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts isn't out yet, but that hasn't stopped Rare from looking at the future of the franchise. Promising that more BK is likely on the way and that "crazy ideas&quo... Rare's 'to-do' list for Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise 7 I pretty much hate MTV Multiplayer because they sometimes have really good ideas that I want to steal, and if they were a smaller blog I could probably do it and bully them into submission -- lik... Viva Pinata 2 treasure hunt shenanigans and Web site launch 5 To promote the worldwide release of Viva Piñata 2: Trouble in Paradise, Rare is doing a few things for the community this week which should interest all those obsessed with brightly colore... Pre-order Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, get Banjo-Kazooie on XBLA for free 45 [video]100283:191[/video] Microsoft announced today that by pre-ordering Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, you will get a free redeemable code for the original Banjo-Kazooie on Xbox LIVE Arcade we... Believa Pinata followup: New video, plus exclusive behind-the-scenes with Rare 11  Remember the Believa Piñata video we posted a few weeks ago? Well, Rare is back again with a follow up piece that further spoofs 2007's Halo 3 advertising campaign. Just watch and co... Rare explains XBLA GoldenEye's legal limbo 44 It's simply not possible to convince some people that time has not been kind to Rare's classic Nintendo 64 first-person shooter GoldenEye. So the idea of an Xbox LIVE Arcade remake of the title i... Half of Rare working on unannounced games, more details coming 'soon enough' 28 Rare's Nick Burton spoke to VideoGamer last week at the Develop Conference about what's next for the company, and although no new games were revealed, he says that we'll be hearing more "soo... E3 08: Rare wants Banjo to be like Mario 39 In a CVG interview with Rare studio head Mark Betteridge at E3, it was revealed that Rare will actively try to make Banjo synonymous to the Xbox experience. Furthermore, Betteridge even thinks th... E3 08: Hands-on with Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts 28 I have finally made a decision about how I feel about this game!After the last few months of constantly switching between disappointment and cautious optimism concerning Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts &... Rare: No motion control for BK, stop taking rumors so cereal 11 Rumors have been flying around the 'net lately concerning Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts and the alleged use of Microsoft's mysterious motion controller. Rare is currently denying the rumors and... « NEXT « next - expanded blog view		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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