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Rare Responds To Peter Moore Out-Of-Touch Critique, Doubts Killer Instinct Revival

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2008-09-25 14:00:23 by Patrick Klepek in MTV Multiplayer
When I asked Banjo & Kazooie creator Gregg Mayles about ex- Microsoft Xbox marketing chief Peter Moores recent comments about Rare and a gaming event in San Francisco yesterday, he became visibly uncomfortable Rare is owned by Microsoft and has a big fall this year, with the release of Viva Pinata and Banjo Kazooie sequels But Moore had recently...
 
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Rare Developing Unknown Title For 2008

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2008-02-16 02:04:31 by Brian Lockhart in DigitalBattle
It looks like Banjo and Viva Piñata for the DS arent the only two projects well be seeing out of Rare this year. During one of the Scribes questions, the writer confirmed a third unknown project was in the works. That has to be a new sort of record of Rare if true, one of the reasons Nintendo dropped the company so easily was they usually only...
 
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Rare Scribes Reveals New Banjo Information

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2008-02-15 02:48:17 by Brian Lockhart in DigitalBattle
It has been a pretty decent week for information on Banjo Kazooie 3. We know it may actually be releasing this year, in the holiday season, and now we even know a bit on what the game is potentially about. The Rare Scribes is a question and answer thing that Rare puts out, with e-mailed questions, which they actually do a decent job of...
 
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Moore: ' I think the industry had past [sic] Rare by'

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2008-09-17 09:26:00 by Dale North in Destructoid - Hardcore video game blog
The former boss of the Xbox 360 (and Dreamcast) said some harsh things about UK developer Rare in the third part of The Guardian's interview with him. Moore was asked about the Xbox 360's strengths during his reign, and this somehow led him to talk about how he feels that Rare's skills are "not applicable in today's market Microsoft, we'd had a...
 
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Defining 'RARE'

2007-03-13 08:10:00 by Oobgarm in 30 Lives
 
RARE . That one small word has a lot of weight behind it. Using that word in conjunction with any common item can cause folks to stand up and take notice, since it usually implies that you really have something special or unique. But, by declaring that common item as RARE, you've ousted yourself as a complete and total asshole, or at the very...
 
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Rare Working on Sports Mini-games

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2008-01-05 18:21:53 by Rajiv Ashrafi in DigitalBattle
Xbox 360 Fanboy claims to have the inside scoop on a sports-themed Xbox Live Arcade title from Rare that makes use of the Vision camera. Dubbed The Fast & The Furriest , the game will be composed of sports mini-games like the 100 meter dash and curling, though they will come with a Rare twist The site notes that most of the games will be...
 
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Peter Moore - Microsoft couldnt help Rare recreate their glory days

2008-09-17 19:32:26 by RawmeatCowboy in GoNintendo
 
I thought ultimately it would be very successful and you know, Microsoft, wed had a tough time getting Rare back Perfect Dark Zero was a launch title and didnt do as well as Perfect Dark but we were trying all kinds of classic Rare stuff and unfortunately I think the industry had past Rare by its a strong statement but what they were good at,...
 
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Rare fails ... at Halo 3

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2008-03-07 15:30:00 by Xav de Matos in Xbox 360 Fanboy
Filed under: Fan stuff During this week's Halo 3 Humpday Challenge , Bungie, formerly of the Microsoft camp, took on Rare, still of the Microsoft camp. Maybe someone should have told Rare that winning could secure them freedom because based on the results Rare didn't bring any passion to the party Actually they took Bungie out to town like a...
 
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Its Rare and Pretty Important

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2007-03-19 00:09:41 by webnet in Livewire 360 Gaming Blog
Every sinceMicrosoftbought Rare, there has been a constant spew of doubt surrounding the companies worth. Unfortunately the low sales of Viva Pinata, Kameo and Perfect Dark Zero have not help Microsofts claims. In EGM Peter Moore gets hit with questions concerning its worth and Geoff Keighly in OXM is witting of the fall from grace that the...
 
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Rare: Microsoft's Best Hope For All-Ages Gameplay

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2008-05-13 08:01:00 by Wired.com Staff in Wired: Game|Life
Once, the videogame industry had to fight against the perception that all games were for children. Nowadays, some game companies are struggling to make quality games for kids Microsoft has assembled a crack team of studios that churn out Mature-rated titles like there's no tomorrow. The Xbox 360 has no shortage of Gears of War or Halo . But the...
 
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