Yet another delay leads to rumours that Rare's next title has hopped platform to Xenon.
British developer Rare has announced a further delay to its Xbox-exclusive title Kameo: Elements of Power, with the Microsoft-owned studio pushing back the title to an unspecified date, raising speculation that the game may be Xbox 2 bound. A statement on the developer's website informs readers that "after a lot of thought and discussion, Rare and Microsoft Game Studios have decided to push back the launch of Kameo: Elements of Power in order to incorporate several changes and new features (some minor, some not so minor)."
Kameo was originally destined for the GameCube before Microsoft's purchase of Rare, and has already been delayed several times - and has reportedly been significantly redesigned on at least one occasion since it was shown in playable form at E3 2003. This fresh delay will undoubtedly push Kameo back into mid to late 2005 - and has caused some to speculate that Microsoft may have decided to re-target the title on its next-generation Xbox 2 platform, which is expected to launch in late 2005.
News source: GamesIndustry.biz
British developer Rare has announced a further delay to its Xbox-exclusive title Kameo: Elements of Power, with the Microsoft-owned studio pushing back the title to an unspecified date, raising speculation that the game may be Xbox 2 bound. A statement on the developer's website informs readers that "after a lot of thought and discussion, Rare and Microsoft Game Studios have decided to push back the launch of Kameo: Elements of Power in order to incorporate several changes and new features (some minor, some not so minor)."
Kameo was originally destined for the GameCube before Microsoft's purchase of Rare, and has already been delayed several times - and has reportedly been significantly redesigned on at least one occasion since it was shown in playable form at E3 2003. This fresh delay will undoubtedly push Kameo back into mid to late 2005 - and has caused some to speculate that Microsoft may have decided to re-target the title on its next-generation Xbox 2 platform, which is expected to launch in late 2005.
News source: GamesIndustry.biz
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the animations on some of the characters is ****ing awesome.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks, Rare lives to delay. When other studios like Insomniac can make near perfect games in a one year development cycle, and Rare can spend 5 years on something as massively mediocre as Star Fox Adventures you know something has gone wrong. (yes, they've always delayed, but at least a quality game came after all the delays in the past)
This is the house that Donkey Kong Country, Goldeneye, and Banjo Kazooie built after all. But they sure don't look like the same company at the moment. I'd say Conker is a good way to find out if they still have the magic, but that game has it's gameplay roots on the N64, Kameo will be the best indication of Rare's current state - as it is truely a new game, rather than a remake with an expanded multiplayer mode
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