Phil Spencer has tweeted about a new Rare game in the pipeline. I take a look at five of the most plausible options.
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.
Good list of possible x1 games. But I think doing a new IP is too risky, especially since MS install base need to catch to Sony's.
So, with that being said, I think the x1 mystery game will be one of the other game on your list.
They will be making crap, as that's all Microsoft keep forcing them to make. Great legacy... yet Microsoft forced them to make terrible Kinect games for years.
Microsoft logic.
Who cares about Rare any more. They are not what they use to be
Goldeneye vs Perfect Dark
I would love another Banjo Kazooie (N64)