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Banjo-Kazooie Developer Rare Is Now Reporting Directly To Activision
More big changes at Xbox. More big news is coming out of Xbox this week as the company looks to continue its reset. There are a few things to go through here, but the headline for us is that Xbox is looking to leverage its purchase of Activision and consolidate more power into th…
Evercade Banjo-Kazooie Cart Will Include Unreleased Game Mode Bottles' Revenge
Lotta Bottle. Evercade's upcoming Banjo-Kazooie Double-Pack cartridge not only contains both of Rare's infamously meaty N64 platformers, but also a fistful of features cut or modified from the games' original release. Spotted by Crazy Burger at the recent Evercade Nexus event, th…
Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie on the Evercade Nexus use the original Rare source code, which included 'a load of stuff' that the studio didn't even know about, Blaze Entertainment says
Blaze Entertainment has revealed that it uncovered hidden features in the source code for Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie while developing the Evercade Nexus ports.
The Game That Went On To Become Banjo-Kazooie Has Been Leaked & Preserved Online
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"Let's Get The Last Beautiful Things Hiding On Our Hard Drives Out There" - Project Dream, Rare's Unreleased Banjo-Kazooie Predecessor, Leaks Online
"There is little joy left in the industry". Well, this wasn't on my bingo card for this week. Out of the blue, yesterday, a user uploaded to the Internet Archive what appears to be a demo of the unreleased Rare title Project Dream for the SNES, the game that would later evolve in…
Project Dream, Rare’s SNES prototype which evolved into Banjo-Kazooie, has leaked after 30+ years
The ROM has been shared online as a protest against Microsoft
The Rare SNES game that became Banjo-Kazooie has been preserved thanks to a leaker who wants you to "delete Microsoft and Sony from your lives"
"Your dollar is the only thing that counts in our late stage capitalist hellscape"
Banjo-Kazooie composer says 3 companies have pitched sequels but have been shot down
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Banjo-Kazooie composer says "there's a slight chance" for a new game in the series
Even today, speculation surfaces every year that there might be a new {Banjo-Kazooie} in the works, but every time Microsoft wraps up an event, it becomes clear that nothing came of it this time either. But perhaps all hope isn't lost. The series' composer, Grant Kirkhope, has pr…
Grant Kirkhope knows of three studios that were possibly turned down for new Banjo-Kazooie
Famed video game composer Grant Kirkhope has revealed in a new interview that he knows of three video game studios that have pitched a Banjo-Kazooie game to Microsoft and Xbox Game Studios. He wouldn’t be drawn into naming the studios but he did say that he believes that none of…
New Banjo-Kazooie releases are "native ports," so devs could add cut content and "bonus features" to the N64 classics
The Evercade ports have been "rebuilt from the ground up"
Rare Was "Enthusiastic And Passionate" When It Came To Bringing Banjo-Kazooie To Evercade, Says Blaze CEO
"We got source for these". One of the more welcome pieces of news for retro gamers in 2026 was the announcement that Rare and Blaze are bringing Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie to the Evercade family of systems on a single cart, which launches in October. We're already aware that t…
Evercade CEO says Rare ‘put in a lot of energy’ to add new content to its native Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie ports
The Evercade team was given source code and worked with Rare to add new features
Lighthouse, the Harbour Masters PC port of Banjo Kazooie is out now
While we already had one PC port of Banjo Kazooie with Banjo: Recompiled, we now have another from the Harbour Masters crew. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux .
Discover Early Footage Of Banjo-Kazooie From E3 Back In 1997
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'It's A Franchise We Love' - Toys For Bob Keen To Work With Xbox On Banjo-Kazooie Game
Make it happen, Asha. The folks over at Toys for Bob are busy working on Spyro: A Realm Reborn for Xbox right now, which we absolutely can't wait for, but they've also indicated their interest in bringing back one of the most classic Rare IPs of all time. Yes, the Crash Bandicoot…
Spyro: A Realm Beyond team says working on a Banjo-Kazooie game would be “amazing”
The acclaimed developers at Toys for Bob, who are currently busy beavering away at the potentially promising Spyro: A Realm Beyond, have been asked if they have ever talked about working on a new Banjo-Kazooie game. A new Banjo-Kazooie game was the most requested game from Xbox f…
Most Obvious Studio to Make New Banjo-Kazooie Game is Officially Throwing Its Hat in the Ring
A developer once again shares its desire to make a new game in the Banjo-Kazooie series, but the decision still rests with Xbox.
Toys for Bob would love to develop a new Banjo-Kazooie
Over the years, there have been plenty of rumours, speculation, and pure wishful thinking from gamers hoping for a new {Banjo-Kazooie}. On top of that, various Xbox executives have, from time to time, said positive things about Rare's classic duo, which has been interpreted as th…