Ex-Rare veterans tease Banjo Kazooie spiritual successor
And found new indie studio, Playtonic Games.
A group of former Rare developers have announced plans for a "spiritual successor" to platforming classic Banjo Kazooie.
Banjo-Tooie News
Banjo-Kazooie's spiritual successor is no longer happening
"Everyone's got other jobs."
In September 2012 a rag-tag crew of former Banjo-Kazooie developers calling themselves MingyJongo announced that they were working on a spiritual successor to the bear & bird-based N64 platformer series. Unfortunately, that project is no longer in development.
Ex-Rare staff rally up Twitter support for Banjo-Tooie spiritual successor
Considering Kickstarter, Unity.
A ragtag crew of ex-Rare staff have joined forces on Twitter to rally up support for a "spiritual successor" to Banjo-Tooie.
Rare receives birthday makeover
New logo, "new identity".
Ye olde British developer Rare has had a makeover ahead of its 25th anniversary this summer.
Rare confirms Banjo-Tooie XBLA price
As hefty as Banjo-Kazooie.
Rare has told Eurogamer that Banjo-Tooie will cost 1200 Microsoft Points (GBP 10.20 / EUR 14.40) when it's released for Xbox Live Arcade on 29th April.
The date was confirmed yesterday but the price remained unknown. We expected the inflated price point, however, as previous retro-revamp Banjo-Kazooie cost the same.
But that trip down memory lane ended in tears, as camera and control issues sullied our rose-tinted view of a game simply not worth that much of today's money. That's not to say Banjo-Tooie will repeat the same errors, of course.
Rare dates Banjo-Tooie for XBLA
Bear this April date in mind.
Rare has just given Banjo-Tooie a 29th April Xbox Live Arcade release date.
Banjo-Tooie XBLA due out in April
Nuts & Bolts user map winners soon.
Rare has announced that Banjo-Tooie will be released on Xbox Live Arcade in April following the release of the original Banjo-Kazooie through the download service late last year.
Banjo-Kazooie XBLA gets date, price
Late November for ten quid.
Microsoft plans to release Rare's Nintendo 64 platformer Banjo-Kazooie for Xbox Live Arcade on 26th November. The price: 1200 MS Points (GBP 10.20 / EUR 14.40).