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Xbox boss man Phil Spencer has told OXM that Microsoft is "working closely" with "important" UK developer Rare, who he describes as being an "important studio". Rare reformed as the flagship Kinect studio for Microsoft, so questions are raised over what the studio will do next.

The short answer is they're still part of Microsoft, and that both Rare and Microsoft are figuring out what the studio will do in the future now that Xbox One is being sold without Kinect. Speaking to OXM UK editor Jon Hicks, Spencer had praised Rare as being an "important studio", and that they're free to do what they please.

More at the link: http://www.totalxbox.com/76560/rare-evaluating-what-they-want-to-do-next-says-phil-spencer/

 

[Majestad]

Do Conker you fuckers.

 

[Tamanon]

Huh, so even Rare might not make Kinect games any more? That's not just removing Kinect from the box, that's removing it from the ecosystem. Odd.

 

[Ghizz]

VIVA PINATA PLEASE!

 

[HotHamWater]

Any bets on "what they want to do next" will be "everyone gets fired"?

 

[Hale-XF11]

They're sitting on a goldmine of franchises and they're trying to figure out what to do? Ha, ok.

 

[Zeppeli]

Do Conker you fuckers.

Not until the VA and writer gets back on board

 

[Usobuko]

Are all the creative talents still there?

 

[Kouriozan]

Banjo Threeie is real.

Spoiler

Believe.

 

[Zeppeli]

Are all the creative talents still there?

Nope

 

[BrokenEchelon]

Avatars 2.0?

 

[BoboBrazil]

Well everything other than kinect or avatars was canceled that they came up with for 360 so I doubt that will change now.

 

[Doffen]

Do Conker you fuckers.

Best first post in a long time.

 

[friskykillface]

HD remake of blast corps and jet force gemini first to get the hype back up then sequels B^)

 

[SargerusBR]

Did Rare ever did something they wanted since they were bought by MS?

 

[MightyHedgehog]

Whatever it is they do, they had better feature this:

 

[Mr. Smiley]

Give your old IPs another shot with downloadable titles to see if you can still maintain interest with them?

 

[TheSlySoul]

Viva Piñata 3 would be better than anything they did in the last 5 years.

 

[Nethaniah]

As if they have a choice in the matter, gtfo with this bullshit MS.

 

[K.Sabot]

Hire talent, make a videogame?

 

[Winterfang]

No core Rare games confirmed at E3.

 

[RiggyRob]

Back to Nintendo! /s.

A Conker game would be really cool actually.

 

[TheRealTalker]

who's left at Rare that was major in the old days

 

[esterk]

Do Conker you fuckers.

System seller

 

[Toki767]

Rare gets a say in what they want to do?

 

[PedroRVD]

Banjo Threeie is THE megaton I want at E3. The one that doesn't let me sell my Xbone.

 

[twobear]

Surprise! It's more Kinect Sports games.

 

[legacyzero]

First step to selling me an Xbox One.

 

[KingSnake]

This sounds like "searching for new jobs".

 

[evolution]

I find it really interesting that Phil Spencer is in so many interviews regarding first party studios. Isn't there another guy responsible for them?

 

[themagicalkitsune]

Turn from rare to extinct would be my guess.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Since when does Rare get to decide anything?

 

[Doffen]

No core Rare games from Rare confirmed at E3.

More like this.

 

[pixlexic]

battle toads or wizards and warriors!

 

[Bluemercury]

Someone shouls ask him if they would sell Rare back to Nintendo...maybe a kickstart could made lolol

 

[blankempathy]

This is the video that comes to mind when I think of rare nowadays. NSFW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfaN267lI_Y

 

[Chittagong]

Blast Corps would redeem everything

 

[VaultBoy101]

VIVA PINATA PLEASE!

My thoughts exactly. New-gen Viva Pinata would be glorious.

 

[desmax]

Blast Corps for Xbox One.

heh

 

[plainr_]

Now that Kinect is an accessory, I hope they shift their focus back to controller based games. Bring back the old franchises like Battletoads.

 

[NotLiquid]

Do Conker you fuckers.

I want a sequel to Conker just as much as the next guy, but doing a Conker without Chris Seavor would be sacrilege. The franchise is better off dead unless they can get him back, and I'm not sure he wants anything to do with Microsoft anymore.

 

[Dragonborn]

While I'd love for them to go back to their old IPs, at the same time I kind of hope they don't since I feel Rare has zero talent left and as such I have no faith in them. I'd rather MS farm them out to second party devs like they did with KI

 

[Robbok]

Dat first post...

 

[-PXG-]

Conker or Banjo please.

 

[Jinko]

VIVA PINATA PLEASE!

I'll prob never own a XBO but this would be nice if it did ever happen.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Blast Corps for Xbox One.

heh

I loved that game

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Perfect Dark pls


Blast Corps would be awesome.

 

[CrimsonCrescendo]

First step to selling me an Xbox One.

It'd have to be a massive step up from Zero.

 

[-MD-]

In order of importance

1. Perfect Dark
2. Banjo
3. Conker (gonna suck without Seavor but whatever)
4. Battletoads

It'd have to be a massive step up from Zero.

Absolutely loved Zero. Multiplayer was a blast.

 

[SmokedMeat]

battle toads or wizards and warriors!

Who the heck owns Wizards and Warriors?