[The Rare Canceled Game Art Thread]
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And now we've got Chris Seavor telling us all about what Conker's Other Bad Day would have been.
I weep.
My god. Twitter feed of the year.
I weep.
My god. Twitter feed of the year.
Anticitizen One
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Captain K.Rool didn't even know Rare HAD an art staff
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What Microsoft has done to Rare over the years has pissed me off so much that I will no longer be buying any products from Microsoft. My money now belongs to Apple!
If I had to guess I'd say main building shut down, everything moved to Fail-zley. My guess is that with all the 'talent' gone there's little reason to keep Rare afloat the way it is now. I'll see if I can get any of my old contacts to respond...Shiggy said:
Also oldschoolcoder is some Rare guy as well is responding to Chris and others:
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Kafel said:
Wow...
Combichristoffersen
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cabel said:
Did someone mention kittens???
TheUnknownForce
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Somewhat related, I'd pay quite a good price for a book which detailed Rare's history and catalog of canceled or beta games.
Hell, I'd do that for most any gaming company
Hell, I'd do that for most any gaming company
Kafel said:
Rare was well known for taking a long time with their games, long before Microsoft bought them. So why did Microsoft buy them in the first place?
Sorry, Redmond. You bought a dev team that takes unbelievably forever but tends to make quality work when done. Deal with it..
Except, uh, don't, make them draw football jerseys for avatars instead. Seems like a solid business investment.
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[Nintex] said:
So by now they've been reduced to doing Avatar stuff?
The Awkward Wizard
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So all Rare is doing now is Kinect Sports 2 and Avatar add-ons?[Nintex] said:
Ruh-Roh
What else would they be working on? Also: "racing game"? Was that with Avatars, or was that the one with Pinatas?Shiggy said:
Don't know but before Kinect Sports shipped more projects were put on hold including Kinect Fitness and a Music game. These recent developments are hard to track but it all started earlier this year with artists putting up their animation reels and what not on Vimeo to quickly find new work as they knew the axe was coming. It was assumed that Seavor and the rest of the 'flex art team' were cut, like the rumors indicated but with the recent panic on the social media and the departure of more people it seems to go further than that.Combichristoffersen said:
Especially the message from Kirkhope is concerning...
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As a Birmingham native I hope a beautiful Birmingham-based Phoenix rises from the ashes of Rare. Jesus. 
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apana said:
You don't think they could use those IPs for Kinect games?
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apana said:
Whether it's optional or not is beside the point, they can use those IPs for what ever they want.
Personally, I'd like to see some nice Kinect games made with Rare's old properties, but also some traditional controller titles. Neither is out of the question until we get a better idea of what's really happening at Rare. I'd rather wait and see than jump to conclusions based on random tweets.
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[Nintex] said:
Damn it. That just sucks. I loved Rare damn it. How very very sad. It's safe to say now that Rare is dead. Rest in Peace Rare.
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V_Ben said:
Which is what they bought Rare for in the first place, to help spread the Xbox brand to wider audiences.
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V_Ben said:
Some people definitely did not, just look at the list of people who left the company. But there's more to Rare than that and some have obviously embraced the new direction. Going by interviews published over the last couple of years, a part of Rare is genuinely interested in the whole Avatars + Kinect approach. What comes out of it in the end remains to be seen.
apana said:
I'm not entering that discussion at all, I was just answering your question about what they could do with Rare's IPs.
REMEMBER CITADEL said:
It wasn't in Microsoft's DNA to reach out to that wider demographic. I think they kind of expected it would just fall into place if Rare kept putting out the same kind of games. I think Rare was so successful with Nintendo because they were a terrific supporting developer that very well worked with the audience Nintendo was already capturing. There was certainly common ground.
In any case, this is sad. I bought my 360 for the Rare games and I've loved all of them. I can't see myself buying another Xbox console for just more Gears of War, Halo, or Fable. Not enough substance, style, or originality to fill my wide interests.