Kinect Sports Rivals was supposed to be a launch title for the Xbox One. Had the motion-based sports game from Rare released alongside the machine, I imagine it would have done a little better at retail. Instead, according to Eurogamer's sources, Kinect Sports Rivals launched in April to very little success. As such, the outlet has learned that Rare has been hit with a round of layoffs...
Once beloved by fans around the world, Rare has become something of an iconic "fall from grace." The company no longer demands the attention it did during its Nintendo days, and it has instead cast aside its image as a developer of wonderful IP to become Microsoft's poster child for the Kinect. This transformation has not left Rare fans very happy, a notion that Kinect Sports Rivals...
More Rare music has been put up on the internet, and by that, we don't mean music that is difficult to find. We mean music from British video game developer Rare Ltd. Last week, Grant Kirkhope made the entire Banjo Kazooie soundtrack available for free through Bandcamp, and another Rare classic is now following suit. Kameo: Elements of Power was one of the first games available for the...
How old is the chestnut "Why doesn't Rare make good games anymore?" Has that question been around long enough to be considered in puberty now? For those old fans wondering why Microsoft doesn't have the company reliving the days of their SNES and Nintendo 64 glory, it's because a handful of the creative minds behind the likes of Banjo-Kazooie, Goldeneye, and Killer Instinct all jumped...
Under the guidance of Nintendo, Rare Inc. found itself on quite a roll for nearly a decade before Microsoft stepped in. Reinventing iconic characters like Donkey Kong, popularizing first-person shooters on the consoles, and being the most prolific developer for the Nintendo 64 besides Nintendo themselves. Nothing seemed impossible for the talented British development team. One other...