Posts tagged as: Rare

Watch Rare Send in the Clouds in the New Sea of Thieves Development Trailer

Developer Rare has released a new video that looks behind the scenes of its upcoming Xbox One and Windows 10 pirate-themed game Sea of Thieves. This latest clip takes a look at the unique challenges the company faced in creating the clouds for the game. The YouTube clip shows has Valentine Kozin, the principal technical […]

See Ten Minutes of Rare’s Sea of Thieves

Sea of Thieves is Rare’s upcoming seafaring pirate sandbox that’s due to launch/dock next year. Similar to the studio’s back catalogue of games, this ‘un boasts some typically easy-on-the-eye cartoon-like visuals—a sizeable chunk of which was showcased at this year’s San Diego Comic Con. Rare revealed a snippet of gameplay at E3 in June—at the panel […]

Killer Instinct System Specs Are Here – Game Launches this Week on Windows 10

With the start of the game’s third season this week, Killer Instinct will finally roll out on the Windows 10 store. The rebooted fighter has been an Xbox One staple since launch, and while apparently it’s pretty good, the best thing about it is it’s free. The only potential snag is whether your PC can run it or not, […]

Microsoft E3 Press Conference Trailers – Halo, Recore, Forza, Dark Souls III

Microsoft held its annual Xbox E3 Briefing today and you can watch the reveals below! They also revealed that Xbox One will get backward compatibility, so that you can play Xbox 360 titles. The 90-minute show kicked of with the Xbox One video titled “E3 Jump Ahead.” Halo 5 E3 Campaign Demo: Revealed at E3 […]

Xbox Boss Cool With Rare’s Banjo Being Part of Super Smash Bros. DLC

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has spoken positively about the potential for Rare IP to be featured as DLC in Super Smash Bros. on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. Now that would be something to behold. @PedroDarkinson I think it would be cool if Banjo was in the next SSB DLC. We've worked with Nintendo on […]

Killer Instinct Classic Has a New Online Multiplayer Mode

If you got an Xbox One in your Christmas stocking this year , you’ll soon have a new way of beating up on your faraway friends. Killer Instinct Classic will receive an online multiplayer mode as part of a free update launching tonight. Released last year via Killer Instinct’s digital Ultra Edition, Killer Instinct Classic […]

David Tennant Brings His Godly Voice to Kinect Sports Rivals

Former Doctor Who star David Tennant is providing Kinect Sports Rivals with his hearty Scottish lilt – officially he’s the game’s narrator, but we prefer the actor’s own description of the “voice of God.” If you’ve only heard Tennant in his role as television’s greatest time-traveler – sorry, Sam Beckett – then yes, that Scottish […]

Kinect Sports Rivals Gets Primed for April Release

The finish line is finally in sight for Kinect Sports Rivals, after Microsoft announced the Xbox One game hits North America on April 8. Rare’s collection of sporting mini-games comes to Australia and New Zealand on the same day, while Europe signs up on April 11. Kinect Sports Rivals was an Xbox One launch game […]

New Kinect Can Understand Two People Speaking at Once

The new Kinect for Xbox One can pick up two people speaking at once and discern what each one is saying. Kinect Sports Rivals studio Rare sounded off on the sensor’s features via a new video, as shown by Microsoft Corporate VP Phil Harrison to the audience at the Eurogamer Expo in London recently. “It […]

Microsoft UK Gives New Game Studio a Name and Shuffles Game Executives

Microsoft UK’s new London-based studio now has a name- – “Lift London.” Helmed by former Rare production designer Lee Schuneman, Lift London is a “21st century studio – not a studio that would make retail games – but a studio that would make games for the cloud,” says Microsoft EMEA corporate vice president Phil Harrison, […]

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