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Fans of 1990s hit Banjo-Kazooie will have to wait a little bit longer for its spiritual sequel. Yooka-Laylee will now arrive in Q1 next year for PC, Wii U, PS4 and Xbox One, developer Playtonic says. The studio also detailed how the development partnership with Team17 is working. The firm …

Phil Tossell is also part of indie developer Nyamyam

Volume and Stealth Inc designer Hamish Lockwood completes trio of new staff for Yooka-Laylee studio

No more games will be added to the Rare Replay collection, the studio has said. UK developer Rare hinted that more games could be added to its package of 30 titles, when engineer James Thomas said on a live Twitch stream that ‘there could be space for more’. But lead …

Kevin Bayliss created character looks for Donkey Kong, Battletoads, Killer Instinct, Diddy Kong, Star Fox and more

Reports of Rare’s death appear to have been greatly exaggerated as the studio scored its first No.1 hit in 17 years. But why did so many believe they were dying in the first place?

If Nintendo had had its way, James Bond would have killed none of his enemies in the hugely successful Goldeneye on N64. Bond is a violent franchise and making that fit with Nintendo, which is very much family-friendly, was a challenge,” the game’s co-designer Martin Hollis explained to an audience …

Put the Rare Replay compilation disc into the Xbox One and you’ll be greeted by a song and dance routine. Classic Rare characters – from Banjo Kazooie to the Great Mighty Poo – have been recreated in 2D puppet form, and they all start singing a self-referential ditty. It’s daft, …

Dark Souls, Banjo-Kazooie, Zelda, Resident Evil, God of War, Devil May Cry, Final Fantasy, Grim Fandango, Borderlands, Gears of War, Journey, Saints Row… 2015’s release schedule reads somewhat like a greatest hits of the games industry. These aren’t really new releases, of course. They’re titles from the last three decades …

Tim Stamper tells all in his first interview since 2007