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.
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