The History of Rare

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Mendicate Bias on 28 July 2008

This is an article on IGN that is very informative on how Rare started up and where they are today

http://retro.ign.com/articles/894/894511p1.html

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RockSmith372 on 28 July 2008

i love Rare. They are the best!

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Thekirby45 on 28 July 2008

After being sold to Microsoft it lost its magic touch

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Mendicate Bias on 28 July 2008

Actually Kameo and Perfect:Dark were great launch games and Viva Pinata was critically acclaimed. Microsoft just did a horrible job of advertising for Viva Pinata since it came out around the same time as Gears of War.

Wat surprised me about the article was how Microsoft was completely ok with Rare publishing games for Nintendo's handhelds.

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scottie on 28 July 2008

Thekirby45 said:
After being sold to Microsoft it lost its good programmers

Rare hasn't made anything I like since the 64, when they were one of the best developers

Perfect Dark: zero was an abomination, it doesn't have the right to bear the Perfect Dark name

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mike_intellivision on 28 July 2008

Microsoft does not have a handheld and it makes money for them. So why would they not want Rare publishing for the DS. Plus it is not like they are heping Sony.

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MANUELF on 28 July 2008

Rare lost their touch since they sold to microsoft.

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Mendicate Bias on 28 July 2008

I get that part but don't you think Microsoft would want Rare spending all their time on the 360 after having paid so much money to purchase them?

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