Xbox

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

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.


March 23, 2011
In Real Life

The Banjo-Kazooie Relationship Takes A Sinister Turn

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.


March 22, 2011
Xbox

The Perfect Dark That (Thankfully) Never Was

There was another Perfect Dark game in development at one point, a follow-up to Xbox 360 launch game Perfect Dark Zero that would have been a “more realistic”, seemingly grittier version of Rare’s first-person shooter.


March 18, 2011
News

Rare Game Pulling Five-Figure Bids, With Some Proceeds Going To Japan Relief

It’s well settled that Stadium Events is, if not the rarest video game on the collectible market, is certainly the rarest of any retail release. A year after a sealed copy of the NES game set a record for the most ever paid for a single game, another verified, factory-sealed copy is seeking to dethrone it.


March 14, 2011
Xbox

Hope You’re Ready For More Kinect Sports

Interested in the idea of Kinect Sports more than the rather basic game released last year? Maybe Kinect Sports 2 will do a better job.


January 19, 2011
Nintendo

Learn The Secrets Of Nintendo’s 3DS From The Man Behind Mario Kart And Nintendogs

With the annual Game Developers Conference set to kick off next month, we’re starting to learn much more about the talks, including one that promises to walk us through the creation of the Nintendo 3DS.


December 4, 2010
News

Nintendo Has This Theory About Donkey Kong Music

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The soundtrack for the original Donkey Kong Country is so enchanting that the president of Nintendo listens to it in his iPod. How did it get so good?


November 12, 2010
News

Kinect Sports Launches Facebook App

Rare has built and launched a Kinect Sports application for Facebook, which will keep track of players’ league results, allow them to issue invitations and be invited to others, and collect video highlights in a single place.


November 10, 2010

GoldenEye 007 Then Vs. Now: How Far Bond Has Come

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November 4, 2010

Review: Kinect Sports

The Xbox 360 finally has its motion-based sports game. Packed with six sports, ten if you include all of the events of track and field, Kinect Sports drops you controller-free into an eclectic mix of athleticism.