A New Game is launched Despite layoffs at Xbox’s Rare, Crash Bandicoot 4 and Spyro remake devs are reportedly among the studios “really interested” in a new Banjo-Kazooie game is launched.
Despite layoffs at Xbox’s Rare, Crash Bandicoot 4 and Spyro remake devs are reportedly among the studios “really interested” in a new Banjo-Kazooie gamenew features
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Despite layoffs at Xbox’s Rare, Crash Bandicoot 4 and Spyro remake devs are reportedly among the studios “really interested” in a new Banjo-Kazooie game new features
This week’s layoffs across multiple Xbox studios left thousands of developers without a job, including several at Sea of Thieves developer Rare, which also had its original game Everwild canceled after years of production. But despite the devastating cuts, the iconic studio is reportedly still listening to pitches about a Banjo-Kazooie revival, and some of the interested developers sound perfect for the bird and bear duo.
In the VGC podcast, reporter Andy Robinson said that he “heard more recently that pitches are being listened to” about bringing back Banjo-Kazooie, the company’s excellent N64 platformer that’s still retained a dedicated fanbase all these years later.
More interesting are the developers who are apparently eager to see the googley-eyed series make a comeback. “I heard constantly the name that comes up is Toys for Bob [Crash Bandicoot 4, Spyro remake devs] who really wanna do one. Funnily enough, I heard Moon Studios [Ori and the Blind Forest],as well, was another one who’s really interested. There’s always talk about interest [in] a cartoon, a movie, constant.”