1UP is reporting that Rare founders Chris and Tim Stamper have left the Microsoft owned development studio. The two have reportedly left to "pursue other opportunities", with the departure supposedly having nothing to do with the poor sales reception of Viva Pinata. Who will replace these two you may ask? Current Rare employees will take over and run Rare Ltd. It is sad to see two people that were good for the industry move on. They made some titles including, Goldeneye 007,Perfect Dark Zero,Viva Pinata. This wont be the last as Im sure we will see them with another company or they may start another company,
Viva Piñata could well make a come back after Microsoft moved to renew the trademark, along with Blast Corps.
Rather see Banjo-Threeie
Hell a remake-revamp of Grabbed by the Ghoulies, great concepts, not executed the best but having everything around you as a weapon was great, with new tech they could get more creative
This game rocked. It was so relaxing making a little garden and getting pinatas to... Dance with each other.
Jared writes: "With the Battletoads having made a triumphant return, let's look at the rest of Rare's back catalog for which series deserves a return to form next."
Donkey Kong Country is probably my favorite game of all time but I've not connected with much else Rareware has made since other than maybe Killer Instinct. Sea of Thieves has got to be close to my worst $60 purchase I've ever made.
Kaan writes: "Rare is easily the most historic Xbox Game Studio. Founded in 1985, Rare may have begun life churning out middling titles for Nintendo but in the '90s Rare became a juggernaut within the games industry. They released classic after classic in quick succession and the most impressive part was the variety in titles. Beat 'em ups, Kart racers, platformers, first-person shooters, third-person action games; Rare did it all. But they need to bring some of these games back. Now."
That's weird...hmm hopefully it doesn't impact Rares status as a good game developer, and hopefully doesn't make banja kazooie a bad game
people move on, people get old, people die, and companies must go on. The creator of final fantasy quit square and didnt stop them from make like 20 versions of it. Hope them the best with wherever they are going to do. Maybe Nintendo offered them something better.
Every Final Fantasy title is unique, so they're definitely not sequels. Well, except for the damn chocobos.
Considering most of the staff from Rareware took off long before the Microsoft acquisition, it doesn't surprise me that the founders finally went off too.