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Rare (company)

British video game developer

Rare Limited is a British video game developer and a studio of Xbox Game Studios based in Twycross, Leicestershire. Rare's games span the platform, first-person shooter, action-adventure, fighting, and racing genres. Its most popular games include the Battletoads, Donkey Kong, and Banjo-Kazooie series, as well as games like GoldenEye (), Perfect Dark (), Conker's Bad Fur Day (), Viva Piñata (), and Sea of Thieves ().

Tim and Chris Stamper, who also founded Ultimate Play the Game, established Rare in During its early years, Rare was backed by a generous budget from Nintendo, primarily concentrated on Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) games. During this time, Rare created successful games such as Wizards & Warriors (), R.C. Pro-Am (), and Battletoads (). Rare became a prominent second-party developer for Nintendo, which came to own a large minority stake in the company, with the release of Donkey Kong Country (). Throughout the s, Rare started selling their games under the trademark name "Rareware" and received international recognition and critical acclaim for games such as the Donkey Kong Country series, Killer Instinct (), GoldenEye , Banjo-Kazooie (), Perfect Dark (), and Conker's Bad Fur Day ().

In , Microsoft acquired Rare, which retained its original brand, logo, and most intellectual properties. Rare has since focused on developing games exclusively for Microsoft's video game consoles, including Grabbed by the Ghoulies (), Kameo (), Perfect Dark Zero (), and Viva Piñata (). In , the Stampers left Rare to pursue other opportunities and, in , the company's focus shifted to the Xbox Live Avatar and Kinect, releasing three Kinect Sports games. In , Rare developed Rare Replay, an Xbox One-exclusive compilation containing 30 of its games to celebrate its 30th anniversary. Rare's most recent game, Sea of Thieves, was released in

Several former Rare employees have formed their own companies, such as Free Radical Design, best known for producing the TimeSplitters series, and Playtonic Games, best known for Yooka-Laylee (). Rare is widely acknowledged by the gaming industry and has received numerous accolades from critics and journalists. Rare is also known as a secretive and seclusive studio. Several Rare games, such as Donkey Kong Country and GoldenEye , have been cited as among the greatest and most influential games of all time, though some fans and former employees have been critical of the company's output under Microsoft.

History[edit]

Founding (–)[edit]

Rare evolved from the company Ultimate Play the Game, which was founded in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire by former arcade game developers Tim and Chris Stamper.[1] After multiple critically and commercially successful releases including Jetpac, Atic Atac, Sabre Wulf, and Knight Lore, Ultimate Play The Game was one of the biggest UK-based video game development companies.[2] The ZX Spectrumhome computer, the platform the company usually developed games for, was only popular in the UK, and they believed that working on that platform would not be beneficial to the company's growth as they considered it a "dead end".[1][2][3] Meanwhile, the company inspected an imported console from Japan, the Famicom, and believed that it would be an ideal future platform of choice for the company as it was more sophisticated than the Spectrum, it had a worldwide market, and its cartridges had no load times.[4] As a result, Rare was established in [5] Its main goal was to reverse-engineer the console and investigate the codes for Famicom's games to learn more about the console's programming.[1] With successful results, the company decided to sell the Ultimate brand to U.S. Gold, and ceased game development for the ZX Spectrum in the following year.[2]

The Famicom's manufacturer, Nintendo, claimed that it was impossible to reverse engineer the console.[2] Using the information the Ultimate Play the Game team acquired from Rare, the team prepared several tech demos and showed them to the Nintendo executive Minoru Arakawa in Kyoto.[1][5] Impressed with their efforts, Nintendo decided to grant the Ultimate Play the Game team an unlimited budget for them to work on games for the Famicom platform.[1] After they returned to England, they moved from Ashby-de-la-Zouch to Twycross, and established a new studio through Rare. They set their headquarters in a Manor Farmhouse.[5] Rare also set up another company known as Rare, Inc., in Miami, Florida. Headed by Joel Hochberg, the American company was involved in maintaining Rare's operation in the US and contacting major US publishers.[5] Hochberg was previously the vice president of American arcade manufacturer Centuri.[6] The Famicom was eventually released in North America and Europe under the name Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).[2]

My goal at Rare was to bring products that you wouldn't see for six to eight years and make it available as soon as possible.

— Tim Stamper, founder of Rare.[7]

With the unlimited budget, Rare could work a large variety of different games.[1] The first project Rare worked on was Slalom, a downhill skiing game.[8] The company then worked with various gaming publishers that included Tradewest, Acclaim Entertainment, Electronic Arts, Sega, Mindscape, and Gametek[3] to produce over 60 games for the NES and several additional Game Boy conversions.[1][8] They helped in creating new and original intellectual properties, including R.C. Pro-Am, a racing game with vehicular combat elements,[8] and Snake Rattle 'n' Roll, an action platform game with Tim Stamper developing the game's graphics.[9] Rare also developed Battletoads, a beat'em up inspired by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise.[1] The game became known for its extreme difficulty, and upon seeing success, publisher Tradewest published multiple ports for the game, and tasked Rare to develop sequels. Tradewest also gave their own Double Dragon licence to Rare, allowing them to develop a crossover game between the two franchises. Rare released three Battletoads games in , including Battletoads / Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team, Battletoads in Ragnarok's World and Battletoads in Battlemaniacs. The last Battletoads game from that era was released for the arcade in [10] Several Battletoads games were also ported to some Sega's systems like the Mega Drive/Genesis.[11]

Rare worked on licensed properties such as A Nightmare on Elm Street and Hollywood Squares, and ports including Marble Madness, Narc, and Sid Meier's Pirates!.[1] The development of four of Rare's games were outsourced to Zippo Games, including Wizards & Warriors and the third instalment of the Jetpac series, Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warship.[11] Rare eventually acquired Zippo Games and renamed them to Rare Manchester.[2] According to Ste Pickford, a Rare team member through the late 80s and the early 90s, Rare just "wanted to make as many games as they could in their 'window of opportunity'".[12] The huge library of games made large profits, but none became a critical success for the company while less creativity and innovation were shown in them.[1]

When the Super Nintendo Entertainment System was conceived, Rare was not yet ready for the change. Rare limited their releases to some Battletoads games and decided to invest their significant NES profit in purchasing expensive Silicon Graphics workstations to make three-dimensional models. This move made Rare the most technologically advanced developer in the UK, and situated them high in the international market.[1] Their priority also changed at that time, as the team decided to focus on quality instead of quantity.[13]

Partnership with Nintendo (–)[edit]

Rare, using the SGI systems, created a boxing game demo and presented it to Nintendo.[13] As the SNES at that time could not render all of the SGI graphics at once, Rare used the SGI graphics to produce 3D models and graphics, before pre-rendering these graphics onto the cartridge of the SNES system,[13] a process known as "Advanced Computer Modelling".[5] Their progress with the 3D graphics on the SGI systems impressed Nintendo, and in , Nintendo bought a 25% stake in the company that gradually increased to 49%, making Rare a second-party developer for Nintendo.[1] Rare maintained autonomous operations, green-lighting and designing projects without significant involvement from Nintendo.[14]

During this period, Rare started selling their games under the trademark name "Rareware". The company was considered one of Nintendo's key developers and had enough recognition that Nintendo offered Rare the Nintendo catalogue of characters to create a 3D CGI game.[1] The Stampers asked for Donkey Kong. The resulting game was Donkey Kong Country, which was developed by a total of 20 people and enjoyed an month development cycle.[15] Rare staff also visited Twycross Zoo, observing and videotaping real gorillas.[15][16] The game was a critical success, with critics praising the game's highly advanced visuals and artstyle.[13]Donkey Kong Country sold over nine million copies worldwide, making it the third best-selling game in the SNES library.[1] The game received several Game of the Year honours and was followed by two sequels, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, as well as several handheld spin-offs such as the Donkey Kong Land series.[1]

Nintendo's stake purchase allowed Rare to expand significantly. The number of staff members increased from 84 to , and Rare moved out from their headquarters at the Manor Farmhouse.[5] Rare also developed a CGI arcade fighting game, Killer Instinct, on their own custom-built arcade machine.[1]Killer Instinct was set to be released for Nintendo's own bit system, the Nintendo 64 in , but was forced to release the game for the bit SNES system, and had to downgrade the game's graphics. Killer Instinct sold million copies, and was followed by a sequel, Killer Instinct 2.[17]Killer Instinct Gold, the console version of Killer Instinct 2, suffered from a graphical downgrade due to the compression technology used to fit the arcade version onto the smaller Nintendo 64 cartridge.[3]

Rare then developed Blast Corps for the Nintendo The game sold one million copies, which was considered disappointing by Rare.[18] At that time, Rare was split into several teams, working on different projects. A large-scaled platformer was set to be released afterwards but was delayed. As a result, Rare changed their schedule and released their smaller projects first. The first project was GoldenEye , a game based on the James Bond film GoldenEye. The project was led by Martin Hollis and development was conducted by an inexperienced team.[19] Inspired by Sega's Virtua Cop, Goldeneye had originally been an on-rail shooter before the team decided to expand the gameplay and turn it into a free-roaming first-person shooter. New elements, such as stealth, headshot mechanics and reloading, were introduced. A split-screen multiplayer was added to the game by the end of its development. GoldenEye was the first console first-person shooter developed by Rare and it was released two years after the release of the film. The game received critical praise and received numerous awards. Goldeneye remained one of the best-selling games for two years, and sold more than eight million units worldwide.[1]

Rare then developed Diddy Kong Racing, their first self-published game.[5] Originally intended as a real-time strategy game involving cavemen, the game was re-imagined into a racing game prior to its release in It was one of the fastest selling games at the time, as recorded by The Guinness Book of Records.[1]Diddy Kong Racing also features protagonists from some future Rare games, including Banjo and Conker.[8] At the time, Rare was still working on the large-scale platform game. Originally codenamed Dream: Land of Giants, it was a game featuring a young boy named Edison and pirates.[20] The protagonist was then replaced by a bear known as Banjo, and Rare expanded the role of Kazooie the bird. The two characters were inspired by characters from Walt Disney Animation Studios films and Rare hoped that they could appeal to a younger audience.[21]Banjo-Kazooie was released in June to critical acclaim. A sequel, Banjo-Tooie, was released in [1] It was a critical success and it outsold the first game, selling 3 million copies.[22]

Upon the completion of Banjo-Kazooie's development, Hollis immediately began another project.[23] Originally set to be a tie-in for Tomorrow Never Dies, Rare was significantly outbid by another publisher, forcing Rare to develop a new concept with new characters.[24] With a major emphasis on lighting, the game was named Perfect Dark. Hollis left Rare for Nintendo 14 months after the start of Perfect Dark's development. Around the same time, numerous employees left the company and formed new studios. With major project leads departing, a new team took over its development and diminished the role of lighting in the game, making it a more straightforward first-person shooter.[1][25] The game's troubled development did not affect the progress of Rare's other teams. When Perfect Dark was still in development, Rare released two other games, Jet Force Gemini and Donkey Kong 64. In , Nintendo signed an agreement with Disney, and assigned Rare to develop several racing and adventure games featuring Mickey Mouse. The project later became Mickey's Speedway USA and Mickey's Racing Adventure.[5]Perfect Dark eventually resurfaced and it was released in to critical acclaim. The game sold approximately 2 million copies.[26]

Conker the Squirrel also had his own game, originally named Conker's Quest. It was later renamed Twelve Tales: Conker 64; however, the new game was criticised for being too family-friendly and too similar to Banjo-Kazooie.[27] As a result, the team renamed the game Conker's Bad Fur Day and was re-revealed in Conker's Bad Fur Day, unlike Banjo-Kazooie, was intended for a mature audience, and features violence, profanity and scatological humour.[5] The game received positive reviews from critics, but was a commercial failure as the game was released at the end of the Nintendo 64's life cycle and was not actively promoted by Nintendo due to its crude content.[1]

After the completion of Diddy Kong Racing, another team was working on a new game known as Dinosaur Planet for the Nintendo [28] However, Nintendo Senior Managing Director Shigeru Miyamoto suggested the team redesign the game as part of the Star Fox series for Nintendo's new console, the GameCube.[29] Unlike previous Star Fox games, Star Fox Adventures focuses on ground-based, open world exploration. The game received positive reviews upon its launch in [26]Star Fox Adventures was the only game developed by Rare for the GameCube.[29]

Microsoft era (–present)[edit]

Game development costs gradually increased,[7][30] and Nintendo did not provide Rare with more capital nor did they purchase the company's remaining stake. The Stampers were surprised that Nintendo did not directly acquire the studio.[31] Rare looked for potential buyers.[32] In early , workers from Activision and Microsoft began visiting Rare with purchase offers.[33] According to Microsoft's Ed Fries, Nintendo, Activision, and Microsoft then became embroiled in a bidding war for ownership of Rare. Rare expressed interest in Activision's offer, but Microsoft offered more money.[34] On 24 September , Microsoft purchased Rare for $ million.[35][36] Rare became a first-party developer for Microsoft's Xbox. Character trademarks from games developed by Rare for Nintendo consoles, such as Conker of Conker's Bad Fur Day and Banjo of the Banjo-Kazooie series, were retained by Rare; intellectual property created by Nintendo, such as Donkey Kong and Star Fox, were retained by Nintendo.[37] This left Donkey Kong Racing, due for release for the GameCube, unreleased.[1][38] 30 employees left Rare during the transition.[11]

Company logo: "Rare" in grey under a stylised green hexagon

Since Microsoft was not part of the handheld video-game console market, Rare continued to develop games for Nintendo handheld consoles after the acquisition.[39] In August , Rare and Microsoft entered an agreement with THQ for THQ to publish Rare's games for the Game Boy Advance, including Sabre Wulf, a game based on an Ultimate character; Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge, initially intended as a Game Boy Color game[40] and It's Mr. Pants!, a puzzle game originally developed as Donkey Kong: Coconut Crackers.[41] January saw the completion of this deal with the release of Banjo-Pilot, known as Diddy Kong Pilot before the Microsoft acquisition.[42]

In , Rare released their first Microsoft game, Grabbed by the Ghoulies, a humorous action-adventure game set in a haunted mansion full of supernatural creatures. Originally intended as a free-roaming game, it was significantly streamlined in design and concept to attract a larger, more casual audience. The game received mixed reviews from critics, and was considered Rare's worst and least-popular game.[43] At E3 , Microsoft's Ken Lobb said that Rare had obtained Nintendo DSdevelopment kits and was working on two games for the Nintendo DS. Shortly afterwards, Microsoft issued a statement that the company and its studios had no plans for Nintendo DS development. However, in July , Rare posted job openings for Nintendo DS development on its website and said that it was creating "key" DS games.[44] Only two were ever released, with the first one being Diddy Kong Racing DS, a remake of the Nintendo 64 title Diddy Kong Racing which was released in February ,[45] and the second being Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise, a life simulation game, released on September [46] Both games support the Nintendo DS Rumble Pak.

Rare released Conker: Live & Reloaded, a remake of Conker's Bad Fur Day, in with updated graphics and a reworked multiplayer option. The game received generally favourable reviews[47] but, similar to Bad Fur Day, was a commercial failure.[30] Xbox successor Xbox was released in , and two of its launch games were developed by Rare: Perfect Dark Zero and Kameo: Elements of Power. Zero, a prequel to the first Perfect Dark, was originally intended for GameCube before its redesign as an Xbox game. Rare removed several features to meet the game's release deadline in [48]Kameo: Elements of Power was also intended for the GameCube. A new intellectual property, in it the player character shape-shifts to solve puzzles. Although both received generally positive reviews from critics and sold more than a million copies,[1] they were considered disappointments.[30]

Yet, so much of the money went towards Gears of War, which is going to sell millions anyway. It was a bit of like, "What about the other franchise?" I think we got left in the wake somewhat.

— Software engineer James Thomas, on the marketing campaign for Viva Piñata.[49]

In , the company released Viva Piñata, a game involving gardening. Incorporating elements of several franchises including The Sims, Animal Crossing, and Harvest Moon, it was acclaimed as innovative.[8] The game's commercial performance was a disappointment, however, and some Rare team members questioned Microsoft Studios' large marketing budget for Gears of War and its relative neglect of Viva Piñata.[49] On 2 January , Rare founders Chris and Tim Stamper left the company to "pursue other opportunities". Former lead designer Gregg Mayles became Rare's creative director and Mark Betteridge the company's studio director.[50] That year saw the release of Jetpac Refuelled, a remake of Jetpac for Xbox Live Arcade.[1]

Black, rectangular motion controller
Rare focused on Kinectfrom to

Rare unveiled work on Xbox Live avatars, Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise (the next game in the Viva Piñata series), and Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts in Made by the core team that developed the first Banjo-Kazooie,[51]Nuts & Bolts received significant criticism from players due to its focus on vehicle construction rather than traditional platforming.[52] Though generally receiving positive reviews, the company's games for Microsoft sold poorly and Microsoft decided to restructure the studio at the end of the decade.[53] In March , Rare opened a new facility at Fazeley Studios in Digbeth, Birmingham.[54] Later that year, Microsoft confirmed that Scott Henson, a developer who had worked on the hardware and software designs of the Xbox console and Kinect for Xbox , replaced Mark Betteridge as studio manager and announced a focus on Xbox Live avatars.[55] Rare also shifted their focus to Kinect.[56][57] According to Henson, "Kinect will be the main focus for Rare going forwards as it's a very rich canvas. This is just the beginning of an experience that will touch millions of people".[58] Rare's first Kinect project, Kinect Sports, was released in November Originally titled Sports Star, a more-complex sports simulation game, the game was streamlined into what Microsoft executive Don Mattrick hoped would be the Kinect equivalent of Wii Sports. According to a former Rare employee, the team was worried about the game during its development because of Kinect's limitations.[57] Its reviews were average,[59] but it was a commercial success, selling three million units by May [60] Rare and BigPark, another Microsoft studio, collaborated on the development of a sequel, Kinect Sports: Season Two.[57]

In March , Scott Henson announced that Craig Duncan, who had worked on Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing and the Colin McRae Rally series, was hired as senior studio director.[61] Simon Woodroffe, who had worked at several studios (including Adventure Soft, Midway Games, Ubisoft, and Sega), became the studio's creative director in April [62] A Rare property, Killer Instinct, was revived in The company had a supporting role in its development, assisting lead developer Double Helix Games.[63] Another Rare mascot, Conker, was also featured in another Microsoft game, Project Spark as episodic downloadable content. Known as Conker's Big Reunion, it was cancelled in [64]

Are they gonna go: Rare is back? And what my answer would be is, Rare has never gone away. We've just changed and made different types of games.

— Craig Duncan, head of Rare on their "next project" in [65]

Rare released Kinect Sports Rivals in The game was worked on by staff members and a new game engine was developed for it.[65] The game was a commercial failure and following Microsoft's announcement that Kinect would no longer be a priority, about 15 Rare employees were laid off.[66] On 10 February , a group of former Rare employees announced the formation of a new studio, Playtonic Games, and planned a "spiritual successor" to the Banjo-Kazooie franchise titled Yooka-Laylee, which was released on 11 April with mixed reviews.[67] According to Rare composer Robin Beanland, the year would be significant for the company.[68] At E3 , a new compilation game, Rare Replay celebrating the studio's 30th anniversary, was introduced; it was released in August.[69] The compilation's thirty titles only include games to which Rare owned the intellectual property.[70] Because of this, Rare's operations director Drew Quakenbush explains why GoldenEye is not included in compilation.[71]Rare Replay became the most pre-ordered game shown at E3 that year and received critical acclaim upon launch.[72][73] A new game, Sea of Thieves, a multiplayer adventure game marketed as "The Best Game That Rare Has Ever Made",[74] was introduced at E3 that year.[75] It was delayed at the following year's conference and was released on 20 March The game received mixed reviews,[76][77] but was a commercial success; in January , Microsoft declared it the most successful IP it released in the eighth generation, with more than 10 million players.[78]

Since , Rare has been working with Dlala Studios on a Battletoads revival for the Xbox One and Windows, which was eventually released in [79] Microsoft and Rare also collaborated with Nintendo in to add Banjo & Kazooie as playable characters in the crossover Nintendo Switch fighting game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.[80] At the X event in November , Rare announced it was developing Everwild, an action-adventure game for Windows and Xbox Series X/S.[81] As of January , Rare had more than employees, after growing at a consistent pace for five years.[82]

Culture[edit]

According to Mark Betteridge, one of Rare's main goals is to create games people will find enjoyable rather than just to earn profit.[52] The Stamper brothers gave the team considerable creative freedom, although they would intervene if a product was technically flawed or under-performing. Some employees noted that working for Rare in its early days could be difficult, with staff members allowed 30 minutes for lunch and possibly working more than 60 hours a week. Nintendo worked closely with Rare, and their relationship was described as a "creative partnership" by Viva Piñata designer Justin Cook.[32] According to Hansen in , innovation is very important to the company, thus they focus on trying out new technology, such as Xbox 's Kinect.[83] Historically the company has developed only for video game consoles, never for PCs or arcade units, with the Stamper brothers citing a preference for working on a stable standard format which is specifically designed for playing games.[14] According to Duncan in , Rare would only develop games that had unique ideas, and will never develop a generic game with their intellectual properties.[65]

Everybody likes to create this narrative that Microsoft are evil, but that's not the case – they were very supportive. I guess there were a few people who have since left who thought: 'I wanted to be working on this game or my pet project, and I didn't get to.' And they've kind of painted a picture that it's all Microsoft's fault.

— Gavin Price, former Rare employee and founder of Playtonic Games, about Microsoft.[57]

Ed Fries, head of Microsoft Studios' publishing division at the time of acquisition, said that the company attempted to preserve Rare's culture so its staff could continue feeling that they worked for Rare rather than Microsoft. Rare employees differed about working conditions after the Microsoft acquisition. According to Star Fox Adventures lead engineer Phil Tossell, conditions became more stressful after an "imperceptible" start, and the culture of the two companies began clashing.[84] Tossell said that Microsoft gradually imposed a corporate structure on Rare, including more performance reviews and meetings, to which some Rare members found difficulty in adapting. Some admitted that early changes, such as permitting team members to discuss projects they were not working on and allowing staff members to use the Internet or listen to music during work hours, were beneficial to team morale.[32] Betteridge called the overall change "positive", saying that Microsoft's capital could help Rare develop their projects.[52] Former Rare employee Gavin Price said that some Microsoft executives, such as Phil Spencer, were supportive of the developer.[57]Grant Kirkhope, a former composer at Rare, strongly criticised Microsoft following the acquisition.[85][better&#;source&#;needed] Former Xbox executive Peter Moore voiced his disappointment with Rare's works after the acquisition. He noted that Rare employees were attempting to "recreate the glory years", but their skills had become outdated and were no longer "applicable in today's market".[86] Duncan insisted that there were still a lot of talented people working at Rare, and they will have a "bright future".[65]

Unlike other software developers, Rare acquired a reputation for secrecy; the approach to their office buildings, in Manor Park near Twycross, was monitored by cameras. Web video shows had been granted access in recent years, such as Eurogamer in November [87] The company was internally divided into different "barnes", where employees worked exclusively on their group's game.[88][37] According to Tim Stamper,

Rare has a different philosophy. We don't really have much contact with other game development companies and we just do things the way they've evolved. We try to employ people who are great games players and games enthusiasts and they're really interested in seeing the other games we're developing in the company, so it's really a group of games enthusiasts all working together to produce the best games they can – that's Rare.[37]

—&#;Tim Stamper, February Video Games Daily interview

Though normally secretive, Rare allowed several exclusive tours of its studio by fan sites Rarenet in ,[89] and Rare-Extreme in [90] and again in [91] In , Rare declined an offer by fansite MundoRare to film a documentary about their studios at MundoRare's expense. The film, to celebrate Rare's 25th anniversary, would have been distributed on the internet and Xbox Live. Rare refused permission to shoot the film, saying that it was not "on message". MundoRare was shut down, and stated that the site could not support the company's new corporate direction.[84][92][93] Rare's secrecy was criticised by Hardcore Gamer's Alex Carlson, as they thought that it made them "disconnected", and prompted them to develop games that "their fans don't want".[38] When Duncan took over as the studio's head, he intended to change the culture of the studio. Rare's office was completely remodeled so as to facilitate idea sharing between team members. The studio also adopted a more open attitude to its community, with the studio inviting fans to take part in the development project of their latest game Sea of Thieves.[88]

Related companies[edit]

Around , a number of Rare employees left to establish separate companies. The first was Eighth Wonder, underwritten by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, which did not produce any games before it closed.[94] After Martin Hollis left Rare, he joined Nintendo before founding his own company Zoonami, releasing Zendoku, Go! Puzzle and Bonsai Barber.[95] Other Perfect Dark team members, including David Doak and Steve Ellis, founded Free Radical Design and created the TimeSplitters series. It was acquired by Crytek and renamed Crytek UK before its closure, with most of its staff moving to Deep Silver Dambuster Studios.[96][97][98] In May , Deep Silver reestablished Free Radical Design with original founding members Steve Ellis and David Doak heading up the new studio.[99]

Former Free Radical and Rare staff also formed Crash Labs, a studio specialising in developing iOS games.[] Chris Seavor, director of Conker's Bad Fur Day, founded the Gory Detail studio along with Rare employee, Shawn Pile and released Parashoot Stan for mobile devices,[] as well as The Unlikely Legend of Rusty Pup on Steam.[][] Starfire Studios were founded by four former Rare employees and released Fusion Genesis, an Xbox Live Arcade game published by Microsoft Game Studios.[] Another group of former Rare employees formed a mobile-game studio, Flippin Pixels.[] Former Rare employee Lee Schuneman headed Lift London, a Microsoft studio.[] Phil Tossell and Jennifer Schneidereit founded Nyamyam and released Tengami.[]Playtonic Games was founded by several former Rare employees; their first project is Yooka-Laylee, a spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie.[] Chris and Tim Stamper joined FortuneFish, a mobile game company founded by Tim Stamper's son, Joe Stamper.[7] Their first game is That Bouncy Thing! The Rubbishiest Game Ever for Android.[]

Games[edit]

Main article: List of video games developed by Rare

Rare has developed a number of video games since its founding, with sales nearing 90 million copies by [35] The company is best known for its platform games, which include the Donkey Kong Country, Banjo-Kazooie, and Conker series, and for its Nintendo 64 first-person shooters GoldenEye and Perfect Dark. Rare does not adhere to a few specific video-game genres. They have also developed action-adventure games, including Star Fox Adventures and Kameo: Elements of Power; fighting games, such as the Killer Instinct series; racing games, such as R.C. Pro-Am and Diddy Kong Racing, and beat 'em up-shoot 'em up games such as Battletoads and Captain Skyhawk. Since Rare has usually been associated with a video-game console manufacturer (such as Nintendo and Microsoft), most of their games have been developed as exclusives for a particular platform.[citation needed] In , Rare released Sea of Thieves, a pirate-themed open worldsandbox game for Xbox One and Windows At Microsoft's X event, a fantasy action-adventure title called Everwild was announced.[]

The company's cancelled projects include Dream: Land of Giants, which became Banjo-Kazooie;[20]Perfect Dark Core, originally the sequel to the first Perfect Dark; Black Widow, an open world game that tasks players to control an eight-legged robot; Sundown, which featured a horde-like survival mode; The Fast and the Furriest, a mascot racer; Tailwind, an action game featuring helicopters;[]Urchin, a Fable-style game which began development after the completion of Live & Reloaded; Ordinary Joe; Savannah, a Kinect-based game; Kinect equivalents of Wii Fit and Professor Layton,[57] a sequel to Diddy Kong Racing,[] and a sequel to Kameo: Elements of Power.[]

Awards[edit]

Rare received numerous awards, including BAFTA award for "Best UK Developer" for its work on GoldenEye .[] In , Electronic Gaming Monthly named Rare "Most Promising Game Company", citing their high rate of success in putting out killer apps for the Nintendo [] Rare was awarded the BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Moving Images Award in for developing Perfect Dark.[]Tim and Chris Stamper were named as Development Legends in the Develop Industry Excellence Awards.[] Rare was included as Gamasutra's Top 30 Developers of All Time,[] and was ranked as the 36th best video game maker by IGN.[] The Herbert Art Gallery and Museum curated a retrospective of the company's work in []

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