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Aside from his intriguing insights into both the demise of the Dreamcast and original Xbox , in the third part of his interview with The Guardian former Xbox and Sega hardware boss Peter Moore has stated that UK developer Rare, which is now owned by Microsoft, is not in touch …
Read More »Rare lacks relevance in modern gaming, says ex-Xbox boss
Peter Moore claims the skilled UK team is no longer important to modern gamers
Read More »Rare leaks out new Pinata card with Women in Games info
Promotion for next month's conference comes with Vision Camera card
Read More »Rare composer joins Big Huge Games
Grant Kirkhope leaves Twycross for Baltimore
Read More »Rare to use Wwise audio middleware
UK studio chooses off the shelf tech over in-house tool for future projects
Read More »Women in Games’ keynotes announced
Warwick-based event to feature talks from Microsoft, Bioware and SCEE
Read More »Developers lead industry contribution to Sunday Times Rich List
Four of UK games development’s self-made men feature in The Sunday Times’ 2008 Rich List – Andrew and Paul Gower, heads of Runescape studio Jagex, Traveller’s Tales founder Jon Burton and former Rare owner Chris Stamper. At joint 746th on the list, alongside property magnates and pharmaceutical barons, brothers Andrew …
Read More »The Gowers, Burton and Stamper make The Sunday Times Rich List
Founders of Jagex, Traveller's Tales and Rare ranked amongst UK & Ireland's 1000 richest people
Read More »Microsoft to make more ‘family focused’ games
Plans to complete with Wii using Rare-developed games and by introducing new casual titles
Read More »Rare working on third Perfect Dark?
CVG reports that rumours have surfaced claiming that Microsoft owned UK developer Rare is hard at work on Perfect Dark 2 – the sequel to the original N64 title and the second instalment of the series to hit Xbox 360. Sources claim the game will feature a darker, grittier Joanna …
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