Rare has had a handful of games cancelled over the years, and a bunch during the Xbox 360 generation. Looking at which of these games should get a second chance.
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.
They should put that Kameo model in Killer Instinct
I would love a sequel to Kameo.
I would like a Perfect Dark 2 (not Zero) and a new Jet Force Gemini would be really cool.
Urchin sounds awesome. Would love to play that.
Heres some games that need/ deserve sequels with modern mechanics and the full triple A treatment.
Conkers
Jet Force Gemini
Kameo
Blast Corps
Not all of these need to be 65 dollar games, for example I envision Blast Corps to be an arcade game.
But something like Jet Force? Thats untapped potential.