To celebrate the addition of brand new levels as part of L.O.G.'s Lost Challenges, Rare also be giving away a set of free Limited Edition Gamerpics to give your online gaming persona a nice little makeover.
Rare will also release of two Limited Edition Banjo-Tooie themed Gamerpics. These will only be available for download from 10th – 14th April.
Lastly, Rare will also be releasing a very special Easter-themed trailer for the high-definition release of Banjo-Tooie on Xbox LIVE Marketplace. As we all know, Easter doesn't last forever and neither does this trailer – you'll only be able to get your mitts on it from 10th – 14th April, just like the Easter-themed Gamerpics.
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Sony's recent State of Play inspired this feature on video game remasters. How the industry is changing & how much they still benefit players. Mike @ Thumb Culture
At the rate in which we have been getting them, and the selections such as TLOU and Horizon and other similarly unnecessary remasters, no.
In terms of reintroducing classics and making them available again at a reasonable price where as previously they were locked behind ridiculously priced physical copies, yes.
agree with the Horizon but TLOU - I've never played it and the remaster it's quite impressive graphically so for someone who never played the original game it's a treat to enjoy such quality!
There a plenty of gamers who switch platforms and so I guess the remasters are meant for those
There is a new crop of gamers every generation that didn’t play the originals and some of us older games want remasters of older games to play them on current hardware. Overall I say yes it is good. Nobody is forced to buy them.
They can also gauge interest for older IP with remasters and it could lead to a new game in the series. Remasters aren’t for everyone but no game is anyway
Chances are their parents did... and may still have them. That's how I introduced my kids to gaming. They played what I had and worked their way up. They learn to appreciate them better that way.
I don't have an issue if they don't take away from developing new games. It's always nice to revisit a game you loved in the past with extra shine
remasters of older games absolutely.
but i dont see how a 4 year old game needs a ... Remaster. a upgrade update should do the trick
bjt i guess for newer players its a good option.
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"We also have some premium Gamerpics and a Dashboard Theme on the way to mark the release of Banjo-Tooie on Xbox LIVE Arcade, about which we’ll be sharing more info in due course. Now you’re probably wondering when we’ll be announcing the release date for Banjo-Tooie on Xbox LIVE Arcade... well, you won’t have to wait much longer as an announcement is just around the corner."