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Rare + Microsoft planning to unveil MULTIPLE new projects (Update on Twisted Pixel)

I wonder if Twisted Pixel is still working on the sort of sci-fi-ish game that was included as a concept art tease in LocoCycle.

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Looks fairly different from their previous games. It lines up with Greenberg and Spencer's comments at least.
 
I would presume Battletoads will be a download like KI, then they could be in full production of Banjo or Conker. Hopefully they are planning Perfect Dark 2 and Jet Force Gemini 2. That would be fantastic.
 
I would presume Battletoads will be a download like KI, then they could be in full production of Banjo or Conker. Hopefully they are planning Perfect Dark 2 and Jet Force Gemini 2. That would be fantastic.
Agreed with all of this!!!
 
I didn't think so at first but this makes me think that Rare is also doing battletoads( I thought an external studio would do it)

Anyway I'm calling Battletiads, a downloadable game for 2015 and banjo for 2016
 
New Banjo would be the biggest megaton of e3. EASILY.

Unless TLG shows up, along with Agent, Resident Evil Vita, God of War, Guerilla has been working on a reboot of Panzer Dragoon, a new Alundra to combat Zelda, Jade Cocoon to combat Pokemon and all the other crazy third party shenanigans that Sony can cram into a 3 hour long winded presentation of all things Playstation. Don't get me wrong, Microsoft could woo me with announcements if they wanted to; I'm just far from convinced they want to. Sony has had the ball in their court since their reveal and I don't see it changing any time soon given Microsoft's reluctance to open their policies or checkbook in order to make a real impact in the market right now. Besides, Nintendo could pull a crazy E3 out of their ass and we would all have to pick our jaws up off the floor...though the least likely it would seem.
 
Going to throw down some E3 guesses.

GeoW: Gears of War reveal
Retail project, Conker maybe? 2016
Battletoads, digital downloadable later this year, maybe launch during E3?

So 1 retail Rare title, 1 digital Rare title. And a guess as to what other games will be announced.
 
Aren't DualShockers a banned site? Honestly I wouldn't trust a single word out of Greenberg's mouth. The man has been shown he is not to be trusted on multiple occasions.

Two things I never believe:

1. Dualshockers
2. Greenberg

Yep pretty much this. Take this with the most massive grains of salt imaginable.
 
Hopefully its just a Battletoad in KI as a playable character.

MS need to concentrate on making cool new games and Battletoads ain't it.
 
there is no way current rare can handle 2 games at once

i would be dubious of any iteration of rare doing that, actually
 
there is no way current rare can handle 2 games at once

i would be dubious of any iteration of rare doing that, actually

They have at least two teams, Twycross and Digbeth. Twycross has had multiple teams itself in the past.
 
well, they did renew the battletoads i.p.
would love to see a new installment!

the property has been dormant for 20 years though. i actually hope they DON'T relegate it to a 'download only' title, and give it the full support a proper retail title deserves.
 
there is no way current rare can handle 2 games at once

i would be dubious of any iteration of rare doing that, actually
Wat. Rare was a goddamn machine in the 90s. They could easily pump out 3-4 games a year back then.

Even in the early 360 days they were capable of multiple projects at once.

They just say Rare, not that they are working on a Rare IP. Kinect Sports winter edition incoming.
Kinect Sports is technically a Rare IP. :p I doubt Rare is working on a kinect title though. Kinect is dead.
 
Aren't DualShockers a banned site? Honestly I wouldn't trust a single word out of Greenberg's mouth. The man has been shown he is not to be trusted on multiple occasions.
Why would he lie about this? The actual interview just says "multiple projects." That could mean a lot of things.

i would be dubious of any iteration of rare doing that, actually
How come? Rare had a huge output on the N64, had two launch games for the 360, and had 2 games in 2008.
 
Battletoads Remake, Battletoads VS Gears of War, Battletoads on Planet Reach, Battletoads vs MS Word. So much potential for Battletoads! Though I would just love another Conker :)
 
Battletoads for sure is one of them. There is no doubt about that. The other based info "leaked" here on GAF and rumors suggests Banjo is another.

As for Seavor, we know he was at Rare a week or 2 ago. That could mean several things:

1. He just went to visit.
2. Went to lend ideas and/or voice to a new Conker.
3. Went to do additional Conker voice overs for Project Spark.
4. Assuming Banjo is in development at Rare, he could have went to voice Gruntilda. He voiced her in the previous Banjo games.

Personally, I don't think a brand new Conker game is in development right now, so my bet is on either 1,3, or 4. Or maybe all 3.

Whatever the case, I'm excited at the prospects of the future and can't wait to see their products unveiled.
 
Aren't DualShockers a banned site? Honestly I wouldn't trust a single word out of Greenberg's mouth. The man has been shown he is not to be trusted on multiple occasions.



Yep pretty much this. Take this with the most massive grains of salt imaginable.

Well one can always just go straight to the source the podcast itself where he plainly says they have multiple projects in the works. What reason would they have to lie about it?
 
Code for: "E3 is still over 3 months away, but please be excited because we don't have much else to talk about!"
This is just plain idiotic.

They have 3 big exclusives coming out for their system this year alone:
Quantum Break
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Halo 5


Hell, at this point they can just show off dev's playing the demos at their E3 conference and it would be fucking ace.

Back on topic. I would love to see new Conker or Perfect Dark reboot. If not, a new IP that puts Rare back on the map like from their N64 days. As long as they don't make another Grabbed by the Ghoulies or a gimmicky kinect title, they'll be good. Right? RIGHT!?
 
Its hard to have any excitement at all for a rare title with next to none of the rare staff responsible for their great titles, and none of their recent games being anything good.

I suppose we'll have to wait and see anyway, but hopes aren't even there for me
 
there is no way current rare can handle 2 games at once

i would be dubious of any iteration of rare doing that, actually

They are working on at least 1 project in unity, completely possible they have 1 aaa game with ue4 in the making and 1/2 unity projects coming, and that is what we will see is happening

Around 360 launch they were 4 teams: Conker, PDZ, Kameo, vp
 
Going to throw down some E3 guesses.

GeoW: Gears of War reveal
Retail project, Conker maybe? 2016
Battletoads, digital downloadable later this year, maybe launch during E3?

So 1 retail Rare title, 1 digital Rare title. And a guess as to what other games will be announced.

A Gears 4 teaser showcasing UE4 (I know Fable Legends already is using it but Gears will be the true showcase) on Xbone is a safe bet...in fact we may see this at GDC with a proper trailer at E3. Besides that I think that a new Banjo game is more possible than a new Conker game, Battletoads is heavily hinted so it's almost guaranteed at this point.

Actually if MS at E3 shows Gears 4, Crackdown, a new Banjo game and Scalebound I will be a really happy Xbone owner. :P
 
I just want Banjo, I would even take another Nuts & Bolts. In fact I would love a hyrid old school Banjo with bits of N&B.
 
New Banjo would be the biggest megaton of e3. EASILY.
On what basis? Blind nostalgia?
RARE haven't made a 3D platformer in a very long time, never mind a good one. Any old IP revival from them automatically comes with a massive 'wait and see' sticker on it.
 
I will be extremely happy if we get these four games this gen:

Banjo Nuts and Bolts 2
Conker 2
Banjo Kazooie 3
Splosion Man 2

Make it so, Phil Spencer.
 
Any games from Rare will not be games from Rare but from just another MS studio. I know it's repeated in every thread about Rare, but the Rare that excited us is gone.

The new studio working on the Banjo like game is way more exciting.
 
Exactly.

The ammount of contempt in this thread is already astounding. Can't say I'm surprised, though.

You just need to filter out:
- the Kinect/Kinect Sports Jokes
- the "Rare is an empty shell" things
- the "Playtronic is the real Rare" entries

And you'll be fine with the remaining 6/7 messages.
 
multiple titles? fuck sake. just work on 1 aaa game than smaller a games.

They do 100% have a AAA game coming, obviously I have no idea what order they will announce stuff in (Battletoads first at GDC, Banjo at E3 would be guess) but its good they have a few things in the pipeline

Aren't DualShockers a banned site? Honestly I wouldn't trust a single word out of Greenberg's mouth. The man has been shown he is not to be trusted on multiple occasions.

You should listen to the podcast, he comes across well imo.
 
Reboot perfect dark! Who the hell cares about battletoads? Literally when have you ever said "oh man I wish I was playing battletoads". Don't polish that turd.
 
Reboot perfect dark! Who the hell cares about battletoads? Literally when have you ever said "oh man I wish I was playing battletoads". Don't polish that turd.

I'd rather the studio make what they want to make, if they want to PD, I'm down with that and if they want to do Battletoads I can dig it too. I would certainly like to see a new PD though.
 
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