"If you are like Bronspn, a child of the 90s who grew up playing primarily Nintendo consoles, chances are to this day you hold an affinity for two companies. The first being Nintendo, yes the proprietor of Mario, Zelda, and company being the obvious first of the two. The second being Rareware. Yes, Rare, the company that brought back Donkey Kong and almost single handedly made the N64 worth owning. Now currently Rare might be the most under-utilized tool Microsoft has forced to make Kinect games, but before we talk about what Microsoft should do with Rareware, lets take a look back at their history then a look at the possible future."
-TheGamerAccess.com
Gregg Mayles writes: "Today was my last day at Rare Ltd. Thanks to everyone who played and enjoyed any of the games I helped create while I was there. Also thanks to all the people that worked on the games alongside me. It seemed fitting that I should say farewell with one final rhyme!"
Godspeed for the rest of your journey, sir. Loved BK. I think I'll play it this weekend to show my appreciation for this classic.
Louise O’Connor, a 25-year Rare veteran, has been made Xbox Game Studios’ Chief of Staff.
Not to offend anyone. But what was Rare doing with Everwild for so many years? Development began in 2014, with a reveal in 2019. From 2019 onwards nothing was about the game.
"Notably, O’Connor’s boss of 13 years, former Rare studio head Craig Duncan, was appointed head of Xbox Game Studios last year."
Hiring internal talent from Rare worked out so well last time.
2025 marks the 40th ‘Ruby’ Anniversary of that bold endeavour, and Rare’s inviting everyone to join the celebration of this impressive milestone, offering free gifts, discounts and plenty of swag to claim in their shared-world pirate adventure, Sea of Thieves.
It's a shame it seems pretty Sea of Thieves centric
I was hoping for some cool Banjo / Conker merch or maybe a re-release of Rare Relay with some added games, possibly work something out with Nintendo so they can add Goldeneye to it with online support.
Title is confusing.
Oh how the mighty have fallen.
Rare is no more, only ShovelRare remains.
I want more games like banjo and viva pinata
Subjugated to making Kinect shovelware and avatar clothing in Microsoft's basement.