...I was a little cautious about buying the Rare Replay game collection. Whilst I remember loving games like Jetpac, Battletoads, and Banjo-Kazooie, that doesn’t necessarily mean that I’d still love playing them now. Games have advanced considerably since then, in story, in graphics and in length. But I figured I’d give it a go, because seven year old Alec was itching to get his hands on some of the greatest games of his childhood...
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.
Yep
In a word, absolutely!!
I think so
well, I wouldn't say YES as a blanket statement. Most of those games are mostly for nostalgia purposes and its nice to have accessible, but in reality they are very difficult to get into and play. Mostly because they haven't aged well.
Out of the bundle, there are like 10 that are worth playing. The rest vary with mileage.
hell of the yes