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Retro

Why Conker Went From Cute To Crass

2:00PM January 19, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

Rare’s Conker used to be a nice little squirrel. He was cute, he had polite friends, and he was going to be starring in a very Nintendo platformer for a Nintendo console. More »


News

Conker’s Bad Fur Day Was Supposed To Include Pokémon And KKK Jokes

7:00AM January 19, 2012 | Stephen Totilo

The most outrageous game Nintendo ever published could have been more outrageous if Nintendo hadn’t nixed a couple of jokes, the game’s creator, Chris Seavor, said in a recent interview. More »


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Should You Buy Fusion: Genesis? No.

7:00PM November 25, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Fusion: Genesis is a top-down, twin-stick sci-fi shooter meets old-school role-playing game. It’s developed by a handful of ex-Rare designers, one of which was the lead designer for Perfect Dark. More »


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This Japanese Kinect Sports 2 Ad Is Too Long And Too Serious

12:30AM October 26, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

And that music, ungh! If you’ve ever wanted to see Japanese people playing Kinect in a large living room, here’s your chance. Enjoy. More »


Retro

The Rarest, Longest-Lost Atari 2600 Cartridge—Once Sold Door-to-Door-is Finally Found

2:00PM October 7, 2011 | Owen Good

Before the infamous crash of console gaming in the early 1980s, third-party cartridge development was somewhat a wild-west affair. Development costs were negligible compared to present times and, without the need for a presence in online distribution channels, a garage-built game might actually turn a profit on door-to-door sales. Thus Extra-Terrestrials was born. More »


In Real Life

Coming Up This Weekend At PAX: Kinect Sports Baseball

1:30PM August 23, 2011 | Kirk Hamilton

This coming weekend, Stephen, Joel and I are going to be heading to Seattle for PAX–we’ll be fighting our way around the show floor, taking pictures of as much crazy stuff as possible, playing a whole lot of upcoming games, including… well, including baseball. More »


News

Rare To Demo New Voice Controlled Games?

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10:15AM June 6, 2011 | Mark Serrels

As we discussed last week, Australia is yet to receive voice control for Kinect, despite the fact it was one of the major selling points of the device. Now, Rare is looking set to demo some new games that utilises that very function. More »


PC

A Trip Through Pokémon Black And White’s Online Dream World

5:20AM April 23, 2011 | Mike Fahey

With the Pokémon Global Link service, Pokémon Black and White players can sync their game data with their PC and enter a magical world that exists in the dreams of pocket monsters. Join me on my first trip to this Pokémon Dream World. More »


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Kameo 2 Artwork Hints At The Pretty Sequel That Might Have Been

4:00AM April 7, 2011 | Mike Fahey

In 2005 developer Rare graced the newly launched Xbox 360 with Kameo: Elements of Power, a cartoon-styled action-adventure game starring a fairy with the power to transform herself into various magical creatures. Slow sales killed its rumoured sequel, but the art lives on. More »


In Real Life

The Banjo-Kazooie Relationship Takes A Sinister Turn

5:00AM March 23, 2011 | Mike Fahey

What kind of Red-Crested Breegull spends all of her time stuffed inside the backpack of an adventuring bear? A Red-Crested Breegull with nowhere else to go. More »