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Post-launch content plan to be revealed in a developer video next week
Read More »Rare responds to Sea of Thieves player feedback
A Rare success: Sea of Thieves has 2m players already
Pirates ahoy! Sea of Thieves makes a big splash
Read More »Pass the grog: Rare talks up Sea of Thieves’ maiden voyage on Xbox Game Pass
With a just week left until launch, MCV talks to studio head Craig Duncan about being first up on Xbox Game Pass and the game’s single cross-play community
Read More »We Need To Talk About Crunch
Crunch is still all too common in the games industry. Marie Dealessandri asks Partnership HR, Sony Interactive Entertainment London Studio, Real Time UK, Playtonic and Rare how they tackle the issue
Read More »Playtonic hire Rare veterans ahead of Yooka-Laylee launch
Blog post on Playtonic website welcomes Andy Wilson and Gary Richards aboard
Read More »Rare’s Sea of Thieves started with photorealistic water
Dev diary discusses how upcoming pirate game renders different bodies of water
Read More »Rare picks up ex-Lionhead and FreeStyleGames staff
British outlet Rare has furthered strengthened its workforce by picking up devs from studios struck by layoffs and closures. Ted Timmins will lead up PC design and development at Rare, having formerly lead design atrecently deceased studio Lionhead, as well as Another Place Productions. Among the most recent engineering additions …
Read More »Rare continues hiring spree by picking up ex-FreeStyleGames and Lionhead staff
Trio from Guitar Hero developer, former Lionhead design lead and pair of comms hires bring Sea of Thieves studio’s additions over last three months to 13
Read More »Rare targets Banjo-Kazooie, Conker, Perfect Dark and Sea of Thieves merchandise
UK games developer Rare has teamed up with licensing agent Tinderbox to develop merchandise based on its hit brands. That includes Sea of Thieves, which was unveiled at E3 last week. The pirate game is currently without a release date. Other games set to receive the merchandise treatment includes Battletoads, …
Read More »The £2.1m question: Is Playtonic’s Yooka-Laylee any good?
Industry commentators have taken to calling Playtonic ‘the new Rare’. But really, it’s more like the old Rare. The majority of the 20-strong team is made up of former Rare employees, and the game it’s making looks, sounds, and plays just like the 1998 Rare classic Banjo-Kazooie. And according to …
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