Rare's Unannounced Project: Microsoft's Surprise Reveal for Comic-Con?

Split-screen: "Remember Microsoft's announcement about showing off an 'exciting unannounced project' at Comic-Con on July 23rd? How the attendees would get a look at a 'new, exciting unannounced project from one of our top franchises'? The funny thing is that each of the games being showcased - Halo 3: ODST, Left4Dead2, Alan Wake , Shadow Complex, etc. - all put in an appearance at E3 2009. The only Microsoft developer missing oh so conspicuously? Rare. Which would make indicators of this 'unannounced project' belonging to the Rare stable even stronger. But that's not all."

[green]

"From one of our top franchises".I think it's going to be Perfect Dark 2 because PD Zero sold very well for a launch title.But it could be KI3 due to all the rumors that have been doing the rounds for over a year.Well, we will find out in a few days time.

[gamesR4fun]

just might make me buy another 360!

Perfect dark might be alright i doubt well see a new ip tho.

One things 4 sure if they do KI then Sonys gonna have a hard show 2 follow.

[Nike]

Even though Microsoft technically owns Killer Instinct, they haven't really published any KI games for Rare, right? If we go by it literally then of the existing franchises on the 360, Perfect Dark and Kameo would be the most logical (Banjo-Kazooie already had it's time in the sun, as stated in the article). Then again, MS/Rare could pull a surprise out of it's hat yet.

[Once Upon a Fable]

I bet it's either a Rare Franchise or a JRPG from Mistwalker... either way Epic Win for us gamers!

[coolirisGB]

Microsoft said "new, exciting unannounced project from one of our top franchises."

You're late to the party and trying to downplay the news is a major downer.

[Freak of Nature]

Lots of shooters,and some fighters out there...But where are the platformers? A act/adv/platformer like " * Conker *" would be my choice...

Rare are probably working on 4 projects. All with some tie into Natal.I am sure one is mini game casuals based...

KI3 and PD2 would be the biggest money makers for them IMO. But if they come out with a Conker,or proper Banjo platformer,or a Kameo 2 act/adv,done with full force,and Microsofts backing it could do very well still.

Rare need to go all out,no "settling",look to innovate,and advance,bring in some new game mechanic,think big,raise the bar,not just settle for "good enough"...

My quess would be PD2,KI3,A casual mini game,and either Conker or Kameo 2....

My wish list would Conker,A proper banjo platformer,kameo 2 and a new cart racer,but I am not holding my breath....

I think Rare is best at quirky toon based games,leave the shooters and fighters to other devs...

[Boody-Bandit]

Do you know this for sure? I always wondered if the Nintendo had any rights to the KI series because they were in Nintendo cabinets in the arcade. I would flip if a Killer Instinct game was announced for the 360. It is my top 3 favorite fighting series.

4 disagrees?
It's not my favorite top 3 fighting series?
I guess people here know me better than I know myself. LOL this place is a riot.

[cherrypie]

@1.3

Blue Dragon 2 from Mistwalker would fit very-well with the audience.

Personally, I'm holding out hope for Kameo 2 or a new Conker (I would suggest would also work well with this audience).

[pumpkinpunker]

people are disagreeing because KI also appeared on the Sega Genesis and Nintendo has no rights to KI.

[RememberThe357]

But I honestly hope that they put out a great game. A great Perfect Dark is just what the doctor ordered.

[cherrypie]

Viva Pinata, Kameo and PDZ were all *very* well recieved. Banjo Kazooie N&B -- which got good reviews and sales, just not "massive hit" level -- was a very good title.

Really, If your not playing Rare's games, your missing out. The issue is (IMO) Rare's "target audience" skews a little younger, and the "core gamer" is solidly behind titles like L4D, ME, Halo and other massive hits.

Rare's doing terrific work -- play the games!

[Mr Remington]

I'd rather see an entirely new franchise.

And something that's not made for the regular 360 demographic. (A scrawny, ghastly white kid wearing Hollister with a sideways hat and Fallen shoes.)

[Elven6]

Mr Remington: Uh, what do you think Rare has been doing for the past few years? The problem is no one bought the games like Rare had hoped.

[-MD-]

I can't wait until I sit down on the computer and I see the words "Rare announces Perfect Dark 2"

God that is gonna be an amazing day.

Edit: I don't get the whole Gavin Price part of the article.. why is he a point of interest? Is he going to be at comic-con or something?

[coolirisGB]

Perfect Dark has a secret beta going on its epic.

[-MD-]

I wish =(

It's going to be amazing though I know it. even with PDZ rushed as a launch title I loved every second of it.

[coolirisGB]

I know somebody working on it.

[Once Upon a Fable]

CoolIris I hope you're right! What has he said about it and what does he do? You can't just leave us hanging like that!

[coolirisGB]

Tests Multi player. He was playing it over a year ago when he told me about it. The game had plenty of blank place holders and they did not see the game's art just rough character builds. He said the scale of the battles were epic and the animations and physics were great with a high number of players in matches thats all he said.

[-MD-]

I really hope you aren't messing with us because I want some PD action.

[Nelson M]

Perfect Dark
Gimme a Break
Its a XBL Arcade Game at best

[da720izcumin]

well I guess that means that it should be announced for fall 10/Q1 2011 sooner or later...

[Kareshi_X]

I want COKER BAD FUR DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mr_iClu7ch]

iTs all i ask for!

RaRe needs to come with an Triple A Game !

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Kameo 2 would be cool or a Killer Instinct sequel.

[OmarJA]

Their last game was a flop & they ruined the franchise, won't expect much from them.

[Montrealien]

Over a million sold is a flop now?

Kids these days.

[Once Upon a Fable]

Perfect Dark Zero: 81% http://www.metacritic.com/g...

Banjo Nuts and Bolts: 80%
http://www.metacritic.com/g...

Viva Pinata:84%
http://www.metacritic.com/g...

Kameo: 79%
http://www.metacritic.com/g...

I thought AA games were good games too...actually the next best thing after a AAA game. Like Infamous, Crackdown, Uncharted, Halo Wars, Heavenly Sword, Project Gotham Racing 4.

If you're a real gamer, you would easily enjoy every one of those games.

[coolirisGB]

Sick, pretty good for a launch title.

[TheMART]

@ OmarJA

Strange that you call a game from Rare, that got an 8 out of 10, call a flop when:

PS3 games like GT5p, Yakuza 3, Warhawk, Motorstorm 1&2, Tekken 5, Heavenly Sword, Disgaea 3 and more is around that score and you PS3 tard promotes it on N4G as the best AAA line up ever.

You stink, you stink like a donkeys ballsack that hasn't been washed for at least 25 years. Go suck the PS3 motion dildo now kid.

[AngryTypingGuy]

Mart, totally agreed. Also, thank you Mart for helping to find the perfect job for every PS3 fanboy: donkey ballsack washers. It's an easy job for them and convenient too, since they won't even have to use their hands.

[-MD-]

OmarJA has pretty much been destroyed in this thread.

[Eiffel]

I'll be the first to say.

OMARJA JUST GOT PWNED.

There its out.

[interrergator]

my prediction that i want lol either maybe a remake of goldeneye or conkers bad fur day

[KingKionic]

Rare...make it happen.

[TheProfessional]

Perfect Dark 2 will only be great if its like the original, Perfect Dark Zero was garbage. The cartoony graphics, mediocre gameplay and lack of polish really ruined it for me eventhough the first is an all time classic. The only positive thing I could say about PD Zero is that it had bots.

Whats happened to Rare? Did they lose a lot of their best team members? Just look at Zero, Kameo and the new Banjo and tell me there's not a huge drop in overall quality.
They really need to go back to their roots, even a new Jet Force Gemini has tons of potential.

I just hope their next game turns out to be worth the wait, whatever it is.

[KingKionic]

Rare started making avatars....

rofl...

[coolirisGB]

Perfect dark Zero was a rushed launch title. It has been known for years developers had no time to learn the 360 hardware because of the early console launch and a general lack of multi core knowhow did not help. Calm down G

[PS360PCROCKS]

Oh come on now, I mean they weren't great games but they were hardly bad games either, you're over reacting.

[darkmurder]

What's wrong with the new Banjo? I thought it was a brilliant game and had a lot of fun with it.

[PS360PCROCKS]

Agree if you think it's Kameo, Killer Instinct or PD

Disagree if you think Rare's track record for this gen and their lack of utilization on Microsoft's part means it will be something stupid, Kiddish, using Avatars or Natal.

[TheMART]

It'll be Killer Instinct for the 360. Pretty logical. Rare already has made several pointers to that game.

[Mr_iClu7ch]

Kameo and PDZ <3 <3 <3

[Gen0ne]

Take a guess as to what I want to see.

[iChaos Amongus]

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[PS360PCROCKS]

Damn that brings back good memories!

[lucifon]

If its true then it better be a new Conker. Its the only Rare franchise I seriously have been begging for a sequel to for years now. Conker Live and Reloaded was one of my favourite games on the original xbox. An awesome hilarious singleplayer and a robust online multiplayer made it one of the best xbox titles.

Lets be honest Perfect Dark isn't that great of a shooter. I really dont think Rare have it in them to stand up to the shooters of today. If its true then the title will be out Winter this year, and Microsoft would be seriously stupid to release Perfect Drk along side Halo ODST and MW2.

[JonnyBigBoss]

Quit making news articles about projecting what it'll be, and just wait for the announcement. There are better things to talk about.

[JimboJones]

but its always fun to speculate

[JimboJones]

I rly hope its Conker, but any Rare game is fine ( Not Natal VP) , but Conker.

[The Master Chief]

Can't wait Rare, bring on the goods. :)

Perfect Dark 2 plz.

[Enate]

Actually if you were a true gamer you would know what you like an play it that simple. Not to say those are not good games but to say everyone should like them is an incorrect forced opinion as a statement. We don't all play the same games for the fact that we all have different taste regardless of meta critic or any other site. I would hope that maybe that is part of your process but for it to be all of it just shows no mind of your own at all to the person that actually does that.

[Spike47]

Anyway, I'm hoping it's Conker, I loved it and it was one of my favorites alongside ratchet and clank. IMO PDZ wasn't that great, maybe because there are already dozens of shooters that are kinda better, (ex.Bioshock, Halo, R2, Battlefield,etc.) But hey to each his own, I JUST WANT CONKER REALLY BAD!! LOL

[Spike47]

Conker would be a great addition as a platformer on the xbox360.

[OmarJA]

Lotta of butt hurt bots in the Gamer Zone & here...

Lack of AAA titles on your cheap console will do you that ROFL!

[tehReaper]

You're the one who got owned up there.

Lack of AAA games? Hah, I won't even bother.

[Nelson M]

Dont Bother
It's Pretty Hard to count to Zero

[Montrealien]

I play C B A AA and AAA games on any console. I win!

Infact, I am going to play Armed and Dangerous on my Xbox, I have had enough BF 1943 on my PS3 for today. Being a true gamer is so fun!

[RockmanII7]

360 has 21 AAA games
PS3 has 13 AAA games
Wii has 08 AAA games
13 + 8 = 21

So having a 360 is as good as having a PS3 and a Wii.

[tehReaper]

Nelson, maybe you should stick to "Ha-ha!". It seems math is too hard for you.

[TheMART]

OmarJA

We reserved butthurt for you in this thread, remember?

"Strange that you call a game from Rare, that got an 8 out of 10, call a flop when:

PS3 games like GT5p, Yakuza 3, Warhawk, Motorstorm 1&2, Tekken 5, Heavenly Sword, Disgaea 3 and more is around that score and you PS3 tard promotes it on N4G as the best AAA line up ever.

You stink, you stink like a donkeys ballsack that hasn't been washed for at least 25 years. Go suck the PS3 motion dildo now kid."

GO RUN, WITH THE TAIL BETWEEN THE LEGS YOU DOG RAPED BY AN ELEPHANT!

Don't forget to get that PS3 motion dildo out of your anus

[MajestieBeast]

Rares talent went to free radical and the empty shell went to microsoft.

[TheDeadMetalhead]

I lost all respect for Free Radical when they made Haze.

[m23]

I'm hoping for a new conker game, the first is one of my most favorite n64 games. I already have too many shooters to play so another Perfect Dark would be cool, but I'd rather get something else. This is of course assuming this theory is right that Rare is even announcing a game, it could just turn out to be something from someone else.

[g0green]

ive seen ps3 owners tryin to boast mlb 09 the show.... sports games kinda suck just so you know....

[TheDeadMetalhead]

I will buy a 360.

[-MD-]

Then we can be XBL buddies. :)

[KingKionic]

Yay!

[gamesonsmash]

when was the last time rare was rare of old

[dark_101]

plz plz Microsoft dont forget forza 3 --- new gamplay at less :(

[xino]

You know, I just had a dream today that I was at Comic Con, and Microsoft were the one to show case all their games.

lol

I can't even remember what happened or the games they showed.
But I could only remember that it was packed and full up with gamers:/
Some people couldn't even get to sit down.

I think it was because of this stupid EvO thing that Capcum have been putting up in their twitter:/

[Mr_iClu7ch]

This Week stay tuned to ForzaMotorsport website.

And yes they will show Forza 3 i think :)

[Belasco]

that its not some crappy xbla title, unless its full retail, not interested.

[QuantumWake]

I really hope its Perfect Dark 2!!! Killer Instinct would be awesome though. Now Conker.... I will jizz my pants. :D

[ShadowCK]

"Can't wait Rare, bring on the goods. :)

Perfect Dark 2 plz."

Agreed.