Eurogamer writes: "Downloadable content can't do much about a bad game, but in the case of a good game that didn't quite live up to its potential, it gives developers the chance to zero in on the things everybody admired, and then build something new to play to their strengths. Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts should be a perfect example: the original game's mission design was weak, but there's nothing to stop Rare taking better advantage of the glorious vehicle-builder and Banjo's charmingly silly patchwork game-world in hindsight."
During the Inside Xbox live stream today, developers from the backwards compatibility team announced that the program would sadly be coming to a close.
What a good run. Assuming every og xbox, 360, and One title will be available on Scarlett. Will make next gen transition easy. Hats off!!
As long as they continue adding more BC once the Scarlett comes out.
Brandon Thompson writes: "A lot of games have them and a lot of them are annoying. We're of course talking about side kicks in video games. Whether your favorite genre is the classic platformer or you're more into hardcore action shooters, chances are you've had an annoying side kick at some point.
We run down our top five worst side kicks of all-time. It's not likely that you'll agree with them all, but you're certain to remember how some of these number twos bugged you at some point."
I would have Daxter in the top. He was ok in his solo on the PSP, but I never liked that "animal with an attitube" BS.
I actually found Daxter to be a pretty cool and funny character on the "Jak & Daxter" series.
Not sure why Slippy always makes the list, fact is, he was intentionally made as a crappy character.
MundoRare writes: "Recent times and cancellations have shown that all is not well in Rare-land. As if the cancellations of both Perfect Dark 2 and Kameo 2 in favor of Project Natal have shaken the faith of even the most loyal Rare fans, David Wise's departure from Rare could very well be the killing blow. [...]
From his Facebook: "I think the business of Rare has changed a great deal, and at the moment there is just not the opportunity to create the soundtracks that Rare were fortunately very famous for."
Unfortunately, though, this is only the most recent loss of a distinguished employee within the British developer in the recent months.
Back in August, Steve Burke, another prominent Rare musician from Kameo fame, also left the company to take a year's sabbatical "to go travelling," according to some Rare sources; no word if the real reason could be or not related with his well known desires to work for the film industry. Burke and Wise's departures only follow the trade open by Grant Kirkhope a year ago.
Out of the musical department, there has recently been huge losses, with Microsoft's recent restructuring process affecting several engineers and artists, including Steve Malpass, designer for Banjo-Tooie, Perfect Dark, Ghoulies and Nuts & Bolts. Moreover, some programmers have also left, like veteran Mark Edmonds, one of the remaining members of the original GoldenEye 007 team, who abandoned Rare in late 2008 after 14 years of work at Twycross."
Rare better jump ship quick, back to Nintendo before they become another memory of the video game industry.(Acclaim,Midway,Squar esoft). They're probably cutting themselves right now, watching the Wii and DS take hold of the gaming industry.
Yup, Rare has had the life sucked right out of them.
I think you can see a trend here and why MS has such a hard time having a strong first party. They just are absolutely horrible at it.
