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Microsoft’s pre-E3 press conference will start at 5:30pm in the UK on Monday, June 15th – 9:30am in Los Angeles. The conference will last 90 minutes and takes place at The Galen Center on 3400 South Figueroa Street, for those attending on the day. If you are planning to attend, …
Read More »The N64 era is back: Rare veterans on Wii U, triple-A development and its successor to Banjo Kazooie
Gavin Price is feeling nervous. The creative director and studio head at Playtonic Games is about to debut his first project on Kickstarter. He and five other senior veterans from acclaimed UK developer Rare have banded together to launch a new studio which aims to take gamers back to 1996, …
Read More »Banjo-Kazooie spiritual successor Yooka-Laylee hits Kickstarter this week
Playtonic Games’ Kickstarter campaign for Banjo-Kazooie spiritual successor Yooka-Laylee is scheduled to begin later today. A post on the indie studio’s website confirms the crowdfunding effort kicks off on May 1st at 5pm BST, though no word on how long it’ll run for. The game stars the chameleon Yooka and …
Read More »Playtonic open to collaboration with Rare
Ex-employees keen to work with “good old mates down the road” again
Read More »No new Conker game coming from Rare
Studio is working on “something else” while classic character is being introduced to Project Spark
Read More »Rare isn’t making a new Conker game, but Conker IS coming to Project Spark
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has confirmed that whatever it is Rare may be working on, it isn’t a new Conker game. However, Project Spark developer Team Dakota is working on a Conker Build Pack featuring assets that players can use to create their own Conker content and has also developed …
Read More »Playtonic’s Banjo-Kazooie successor heading to Kickstarter while Rare’s Banjo-Kazooie appears at SXSW
It was a good weekend for Banjo-Kazooie fans. Developer Playtonic took to the stage at Eurogamer’s Rezzed event in London to announce that its ‘spiritual successor’ to 1998 N64 platformer Banjo Kazooie – which is still without a name – will in part be funded by Kickstarter. "If we needed, …
Read More »Former Rare devs form Playtonic Games
New indie studio teases spiritual successor to Banjo Kazooie
Read More »Former Rare and Retro dev sets up UK studio
AI lead Rhys Lewis forms Squarehead Studios after years working in the US
Read More »Rare teases big reveal for 2015
Studio's next project likely to be unveiled at E3, rumours of Banjo Kazooie return spread
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