Hello again friends. Today I am taking a closer look at a fun little gem called Captain Skyhawk! Here is a great game developed by Rare and features top down forward scrolling, isometric graphics and gameplay for days. This game alsways seems to catch people by suprise as people say “I didn’t know this game existed” or “Rare did this one?” so I wanted to bring it out for your [...]
Its is now time for me to bust out a game that falls under “Jasons handfull of all time favorite games”! Yes, that is right, I am reviewing one of the best fighting games that brought so many firsts to our community. This is none other than the cult classic Killer Instinct! After watching this review check out my “Killer Instinct Remix”! it’s the second video down and if you [...]
The official website of Microsoft-owened British developer Rare has closed, the front page of the site replaced by a countdown that appears to be counting down to a website relaunch and the reveal of what the newly rebranded Rare have been up to for the past couple of years. Rare recently recieved a new logo treatment, seen above, and have been confirmed to be at the heart of Microsoft’s plans [...]
The British game developer association TIGA has put forward a plan for giving developers in the UK a tax break, and we learned today that the Government has accepted this plan. What this means is essentially that the UK based studios will have more money to go around, which can mean more jobs, bigger budgets and so on. It also makes it easier and more lucrative for up-and-coming developers to [...]
Microsoft Game Studios’ Ken Lobb that Pefect Dark’s XBLA release on March 17th will come with a bit of a bonus. Goldeneye multiplayer levels Complex, Facility and Temple have been confirmed for Perfect Dark’s multiplayer, and Lobb told Kotaku that certain guns from the classic shooter will also be available for Perfect Dark’s multiplayer, albeit under different names for legal reasons. Are you more excited for March 17th now? I [...]
That’s right, you read that correctly: Rare classic Perfect Dark is hitting Xbox Live Arcade March 17th alongside three other games throughout the rest of March–Toy Soldiers, Game Room, and Scrap Metal. And to sweeten the pot, should you buy all four games, Microsoft offers a kickback of 400 MSP and a month’s worth of Xbox Live Gold Subscription (the latter is only awarded if you’re already a Gold member) [...]
Concept art from a cancelled version of Rare’s retro classic Sabre Wulf has recently appeared on the internet. A lot of you might not be familiar with the name Peter Mckinstry as an employee for Rare, but you’ll definitely be familiar with his work – he is a concept designer for the Dr. Who and Torchlight television series.
Perfect Dark is one of my all time favourite shooters, just behind BioShock and GoldenEye for the N64. Rare is currently working on an enhanced version of the game to be released on Xbox Live. Rare announced that Perfect Dark will be playable at Microsoft X10 next week. This comes courtesy of the company’s twitter feed. “In Perfect Dark XBLA news: the game will be playable at the X10 event [...]
Legendary British developer Rare may be planning a move into the UK’s second city Birmingham with negotiations for them to move into Digbeth’s Fazeley Studios allegedly reaching the final stages. The Birmingham Post reports that sources at Fazeley studios say that the deal for Microsoft-owned Rare to move into Fazeley have been in the works for “seven or eight months.” Fazeley Studios is a new development in Birmingham designed to [...]
After the reveal of Microsoft’s Project Natal at E3 this year, a lot of gamers were sceptical to what sort of games it would be compatible with. Driving games, rail shooters and point’n'click games seems like an obvious choice, but it was agreed upon by many that FPSs didn’t seem compatible. Okay, so maybe it was only me, but Rare has their hopes up that this will change. According to [...]
