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Sea of Thieves will have a technical alpha

Rare has announced that they will be having a technical alpha test next week for their upcoming game Sea of Thieves. The technical alpha will take place from December 16 to 18, and will only be available to ... Read More...

Rare releases update that improves Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts’ framerate

Since it's addition to Xbox One's Backwards Compatibility List, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts has suffered from issues that caused the game to preform poorly. Shortly after the game was made playable to th... Read More...

Sea of Thieves release date confusion caused by Xbox Australia

A tweet made by Xbox Australia announced that Rare's upcoming game, Sea of Thieves, will release February 2017. However, Aaron Greenberg, head of marketing at Xbox, has responded to the news by saying the game has yet to settle on a confirmed release date. ... Read More...

Rare was almost bought by Activision instead of Microsoft

Rare is known these days as a Microsoft developer after they were bought by the software giant back in 2002, but the developer was almost bought by Activision. In an interview with IGN, Xbox co-creator Ed Fr... Read More...

Sea of Thieves might have been quietly delayed to 2017

Even though it was announced over a year ago at E3 2015, we still know very little about Rare’s upcoming Sea of Thieves. With that in mind, it therefore comes as little surprise the game now seems to have slipp... Read More...

Don’t expect more on Sea of Thieves until E3

Ever since Sea of Thieves was announced at last years E3, it has been a Rare-shaped, pirate-themed bright light at the end of a tunnel gamers might not have even realized they were in. Unfortunately, the game has been dark for a while now, and it looks like th... Read More...

Rare's pirate game has multiple ways to play

Rare, the developers of Donkey Kong Country and the Banjo-Kazooie series, is making a multiplayer pirate game. It is being called Sea of Thieves and there is very little information on it so far. An interview w... Read More...

Rare keeping quiet about Sea of Thieves until 2016

Rare’s next game, Sea of Thieves, will remain under wraps until 2016 according to Aaron Greenberg. Microsoft’s head of first and third-party development responded to a user question on Twitter asking if the gam... Read More...

Rare Replay sells better than anticipated

Aaron Greenberg, head of marketing at Xbox, reveals in an interview that Rare Replay and Gears of War: Ultimate Edition have exceeded their intended sale goals. He went on to say the two games' success really surprised them. According to AR12gaming, "Greenberg... Read More...

Have a look at cancelled Rare game Conker: Gettin' Medieval

Rare has released a short video (above) talking a little about the cancelled title and showing some early character artwork. The game, Conker: Gettin’ Medieval (incorrectly spelt “Getin’” in the video), was pl... Read More...

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