Comandr
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Gregg Mayles, Banjo-Kazooie Game Designer, is leaving Rare
- Thread starter Topher
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They pitched Sea of Thieves and MS greenlit it. Ditto for Everwild.
They're grappling with their own share of layoffs too
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Topher
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One person leaves and the studio will be closed soonthat's a reach even by Gaf standard's.
Who said Rare is closing? And also, Tango Gameworks says hi
CrimsonTide
Banned
They really did. I am not sad he's even leaving, bc not like he was being used for anything meaningful anyway.
It genuinely sucks that Rare was basically told to just STOP MAKING classic games. Wild
SEGAvangelist
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Tim rules.
Comandr
Member
The original team behind those games has basically completely moved on. Banjo's IP will die in the grip of Microsoft, dusty and forgotten. At least release Rare Replay for PC. That's all I'm asking.
Nephryte
Member
Banjo kazooie was legendaryRare was amazing
freefornow
Member
At least we still have this
Hard to believe this was for the 30th Anniversary of Rare and "The company wanted to do something unique for what they considered a rare milestone in the video game industry and also to celebrate creative director Gregg Mayles's 25th year working at the company."
Hard to believe this was for the 30th Anniversary of Rare and "The company wanted to do something unique for what they considered a rare milestone in the video game industry and also to celebrate creative director Gregg Mayles's 25th year working at the company."