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Rare are now owned by Microsoft. According to Rare, 5 games are planned over the next 2 years.

2 of them have been announced as Kameo (originaly a planned release for the Gamecube). Second is the sequel most will want to hear about - Perfect Dark Zero.

No news on the other 3 yet but no doubt something will surface soon. Heres me hoping for Conker's. ;-)

So after ages of rumours and waiting, its finally official. Lets give a big waving smile to the Ninties people. :-))) ::waves::

Yeh i know what you mean sav loads of people i know have done that beofore and after the announcement. I have a feeling xbox sales will boost.

Looks like the Rare deal is already paying off. One of my friends decided to trade in his GC today to get an X-Box. He phoned a few places to see who would give him the best deal and apparently the shops he called said that they'd had a number of enquires about GC trade ins.

The shop my friend ended up going to had 6 people in earlier who traded for the X-Box. Looks like Rare have quite a few fans that are happy to jump ship. ;-)

Pretty much backs up what I said before about Rare's reputation alone being able to sell consoles.
The trailer on xbox.com was good to watch. ;-)

Joanna Dark has a good new look to her and Conker looks excellent (gotta love the yell in the background when he throws back his chainsaw and you know its hit Banjo). ;-))

I think Kameo will be the first game from Rare to come out. Hopefully the likes of Perfect Dark Zero and Conker's will not be far behind. ;-)

It will be the hardest of all sequels to top.

Conkers Bad Fur Day actually restored my faith in humanity... or something.

It was the best game of 2001. No doubt.

Nah. MS won't censor anything.

They like to think that they're a "cool" company, for the older gamers! ;-D

They might even go as far as to encourage Rare to take it even further.
Suggestions will be essential. Topping the original will be VERY hard...

I really hope Microsoft don't force away Conkers attitude. I can imagine that happening.

!!! Cool ey. I have just imagined all the spoofs of films! Terminator 3 will be around, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings....

Yay for Conker.

Kameo's come on a LONG way.

At E3 2001, although the Gameplay system was playable, the gaming environment was bland and unexciting (early devellopment stages ofcourse).

Also, it's got the sort of originaity that (out of all the XBox devellopers) only Sega also have. And MS need more than just Sega...
Rare are EXACTLY what MS needed.

Don't the characters look excellent. ;-)) Pretty good new look for Joanna Dark.

Conkers looks the nuts ! (pardon the crap pun). ;-)

banjo is confirmed...and i think that conkers is being made too...otherwise why would he appear in that trailer?

Just a quick add on. Goto xbox.com to see a movie clip of Rare's announcement. Hmmmmmmmmm, is that Conker I see. ;-)

Rare are now owned by Microsoft. According to Rare, 5 games are planned over the next 2 years.

2 of them have been announced as Kameo (originaly a planned release for the Gamecube). Second is the sequel most will want to hear about - Perfect Dark Zero.

No news on the other 3 yet but no doubt something will surface soon. Heres me hoping for Conker's. ;-)

So after ages of rumours and waiting, its finally official. Lets give a big waving smile to the Ninties people. :-))) ::waves::