Rare Doesn't Want to Return to Old Franchises

It seems Rare won't be remaking Banjo-Kazooie anytime soon.

By Alex Gilyadov

Returning to old franchises would be "the worst thing for Rare to do," according to studio head Craig Duncan.

In an interview with DK Vine, Duncan explained that Rare is not interested in revisiting some of its old franchises, like Banjo-Kazooie and Conker, as he doesn't believe it's fine to "just go make the same game that people loved before but with up-to-date graphics."

Duncan added that the team is interested making new games that "only Rare would go do," like Sea of Thieves.

"I think unless you've got an absolutely killer, amazing idea for how you would bring maybe an existing IP or maybe one of those franchises and do something new with it from a gameplay paradigm or scenario or something that could actually be genuinely different and innovative, I don't think you just re-do them," said Duncan.

Rare's pirate multiplayer game Sea of Thieves is due out for release in early 2018. Be sure to check out our hands-on preview of the game and how its water tech is improving PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.

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