Archive For Rare Tag

Ex-Rare Developer: “Microsoft Wanted to Make Rare into What it was With Nintendo”

Ex-Rare Developer: “Microsoft Wanted to Make Rare into What it was With Nintendo”

Lackluster sales of Perfect Dark and the presence of Halo made Microsoft reconsider Rare's role.

Top 5 Timeless Features (From Once Great Developers)

Top 5 Timeless Features (From Once Great Developers)

Despite the downfalls each developer has faced, each has permanently made their mark on gaming

Kinect Sports Ultimate Collection Gameplay Trailer Details New Package, 13 Mini-games

Kinect Sports Ultimate Collection Gameplay Trailer Details New Package, 13 Mini-games

Both seasons and DLC to be featured on this upcoming collection.

Former Rare Composer: “Microsoft’s Fault for Ruining Company”

Former Rare Composer: “Microsoft’s Fault for Ruining Company”

Coming from an impressive pedigree working for Nintendo, which includes series like Perfect Dark and Banjo Kazooie, plus stellar, revolutionary titles like Goldeneye 007, Rare has seen better days. ... Read More

Rare working on “multiple AAA” shooter and action-adventure titles for Xbox 720

Rare working on “multiple AAA” shooter and action-adventure titles for Xbox 720

According to recently posted job ads (via Superannuation), once-legendary developer Rare is looking to hire people to work on multiple AAA shooter and/or action-adventure titles for the Xbox 720, s... Read More

Kinect Sports: Season 2 Review

Kinect Sports: Season 2 Review

I love the Tennis game mode in Kinect Sports 2; it brings out the pro tennis player in me. Ah… who am I kidding? I’m trying to reduce weight in the most fun way imaginable. Tennis without a racke... Read More

UK XBOX 360 CHARTS: Battlefield 3 debuts at No.1, Kinect Sports 2 at No.6

UK XBOX 360 CHARTS: Battlefield 3 debuts at No.1, Kinect Sports 2 at No.6

Just like in the UK all-formats charts, Battlefield 3 has topped the UK Xbox 360 charts for the week ending October 29, toppling Batman: Arkham City, which has dropped down to No.2. Forza Motorspor... Read More

Ex-Rare senior veterans form new studio, announce first Xbox Live title

Ex-Rare senior veterans form new studio, announce first Xbox Live title

Phil Dunne, Mark Edmonds, Ross Bury and Chris Tilston, former senior and respected staff members of Rare, have formed their own new studio called Starfire Studios, and have even unveiled their firs... Read More

RUMOUR: Rare, Turn 10, Lionhead working on Xbox 720 launch titles

RUMOUR: Rare, Turn 10, Lionhead working on Xbox 720 launch titles

UK magazine Xbox World 360 has claimed that Rare, Turn 10 and Lionhead Studios are all working on launch titles for Microsoft's next generation home console. Rare, developers of Xbox 360 titles lik... Read More

E3 2011: Kinect Sports Season 2 Announced

E3 2011: Kinect Sports Season 2 Announced

Big surprise. Microsoft announced the sequel to Rare's Wii Sports rip off, Kinect Sports, at their E3 presser today. The game looks like a poor (or rich, depending upon how much money you spent... Read More

Goldeneye 007 – Behind the Music Video

Goldeneye 007 – Behind the Music Video

[HTML1] The just re-made classic Goldeneye game has been released for the Nintendo Wii and the music has also been revamped. Former Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger does vocals for some of the music... Read More

Console FPSs Lack Innovation According To Goldeneye 007 (N64) Director

Console FPSs Lack Innovation According To Goldeneye 007 (N64) Director

Modern console First Person Shooters lack innovation- that's according to the director and producer of the N64 classic FPSs, Goldeneye 007 and Perfect Dark. "I feel that the consoles have lost groun... Read More

Rare: We Want To End Wii Sports’ Dominance

Rare: We Want To End Wii Sports’ Dominance

Talk about the progeny turning its back on the progenitor. Rare, Nintendo's premiere in house developer at one time and now Microsoft's not so premiere developer, has stated that it has no qualms ... Read More

Goldeneye 007 Coming to the DS as Well as the Wii

Goldeneye 007 Coming to the DS as Well as the Wii

If you've been following the Gooldeneye remake related rumour mill here on GamingBolt, you will remember that the game was originally leaked as a title coming to both the DS and the Wii. The game's ... Read More

Rare Looking At Goldeneye for Kinect?

Rare Looking At Goldeneye for Kinect?

Fans of the original Goldeneye 007 title for the N64 got a pleasant surprise this E3, when Nintendo announced that Activision would be releasing a remake of the beloved classic exclusively for the Wii... Read More

‘Surprises on the Way’, Says Rare

‘Surprises on the Way’, Says Rare

Rare, who announced only Kinect Sports this E3, said they will be releasing more games very soon. In a Q&A with Microsft, when asked: "We expected Rare games at E3 but we only saw Kinect Sports... Read More

E3 2010: Kinect Lag “not an issue” According To Rare

E3 2010: Kinect Lag “not an issue” According To Rare

According to Rare studios, who are currently working on one of Kinects launch titles called Kinect Sports, they said that lag will not be an issue with Kinect. Even though a lot of people who teste... Read More

E3 2010: Rare’s next project to be unveiled next week

E3 2010: Rare’s next project to be unveiled next week

After Rare marked their 25 year history last week,  we were expecting some type of an announcement due to this event, and now Rare has posted a countdown on their website, and the countdown ends exac... Read More

“First-parties to define Natal” according to Rare

“First-parties to define Natal” according to Rare

Rare thinks that Microsoft's First-party studios will be the ones that will define Natal. “I suppose at Microsoft it’s about, overall, having the right content from first-party studios to defin... Read More