So What Happened...

[Paintballr]

To RARE? Maybe just showing my age a little but I remember back in the day they made games left and right, and they were really good games (for the time). They get bought up or something? I mean outside of Mario I remember half my games on the N64 were made by them.

[Joscott]

Well Microsoft had bought them out a while ago and I think put them on the Kinect software, pretty sure they did the sports game for it. I remember hearing the guys that founded the company had left a couple of year ago.

The last big game I remember a lot of coverage on was Viva Pinata.

[tarheelpride]

Yeah Microsoft bought them out....kinda pissed me off because I was hoping to see a Perfect Dark remake or sequal for either Nintendo or the PS3

[SCMunnerlyn1]

Didn't they make Killer Instinct as well or am I thinking of another company?

[Joscott]

Didn't they make Killer Instinct as well or am I thinking of another company?

Nope, that was them, also Goldeneye...they have some impressive games on their resume.

[carpanfan96]

MS has been using them for the Kinect games and the avatars and stuff similar to that. The last full game they released expect for Kinect Sports was BK Nuts and Bolts.... They've released some DLC and some downloadable games but thats it.

[Matt Moore]

Rare died like ten years ago :/

[SCMunnerlyn1]

oooooo they did Diddy Kong Racing didn't they :D .. They had the spinning R blue and yellow logo right :D

[C47]

RARE was an excellent company back in the day....Along with Goldeneye Banjo Kazooie Perfect Dark and Killer Instinct were GREAT games....

[RedMage138]

I bet no one else remembers this gem

[Starscream]

And the Donkey Kong Country games on the SNES.

[Panthers128]

RARE is a perfect example of why the video game industry mostly sucks. Large businesses step in and ruin every game either by milking the franchise to death or destroying entire companies by not funding them properly. Then the mass firings are also really bad from what I've read.

Nintendo on the other hand does a much better job, imo. With Retro Studios they worked together to have the Metroid Prime games made and I think those are some of the best games ever made.

Interestingly enough, Retro Studios made the most recent Donkey Kong game and it's a lot of fun.

[Starscream]

I bet no one else remembers this gem

Was this the game where if you played as Griffey Jr, you hit a home run almost every at bat?