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Banjo Kazooie headlines
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Banjo-Kazooie join the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster as the Xbox and Nintendo love-in continues
People said this day would never come. They said it was a pipe dream. But hey – they said that about Sonic, too. Banjo and Kazooie are heading to Smash.
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Sea of Thieves' weekly update celebrates Banjo-Kazooie
Rare’s beloved Banjo-Kazooie has turned 20 years old, prompting the studio to release a new figurehead in Sea of Thieves.
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Yooka-Laylee Toybox codes sent to Kickstarter backers - here's a complete playthrough of it
Yooka-Laylee backers who chose tiers on Kickstarter which included the Toybox or Toybox+ should be receiving codes today.
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Banjo-Kazooie successor gets new character that is a snake, wearing trousers
Yooka-Laylee, the spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie, has received another development update revealing its newest character.
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Yooka-Laylee meets final Kickstarter Stretch Goal in less than 24 hours
The Kickstarter for Playtonic’s Yooka-Laylee sailed beyond its final £1 million ($1.5 million) Stretch Goal overnight, which will allow for a simultaneous release on all announced platforms.
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Kickstarter for Banjo-Kazooie spiritual successor Yooka-Laylee launches tomorrow
Playtonic Games has announced the Kickstarter campaign for its spiritual successor to the Banjo Kazooie series, Yooka-Laylee, will launch tomorrow.
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Banjo Kazooie spiritual successor Project Ukulele heading to Kickstarter
Playtonic Games, which is made up of ex-Rare employees, has announced a Kickstarter for its spiritual successor to the Banjo Kazooie series.
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Banjo Kazooie spiritual successor coming from Rare veterans
Banjo Kazooie may be languishing unloved in Microsoft’s library of licenses, but that doesn’t means fans don’t have something to look forward to.
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RARE composer says 2015 is going to be "huge year" for the studio
This is going to a be big year for RARE, according to a tweet from the firm’s composer, Robin Beanland.
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Watch this charming live-instrument cover of the Banjo Kazooie intro
There is no shortage of nostalgia-inducing covers for our favourite games of yore. This cover of the intro of the original Banjo Kazooie however is as heartfelt as it is charming.
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Get Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie in an bundle on XBLA
Microsoft has released a bundle featuring Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie via Xbox Live Arcade for 360.
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Banjo-Kazooie spiritual successor Mingy Jongo canceled, says composer
The Mingy Jongo project, purportedly a spiritual successor to N64’s Banjo-Kazooie, is not going to happen according to series composer Grant Kirkhope in an AMA on Reddit. Per Kirkhope, a meeting in a pub with ex-Rare staffers showed promise, with a character even being drawn up along with a demo level. Unfortunately, it “all fell […]
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Rare composer releases soundtracks on 'pay what you like' basis
Rare composer Grant Kirkhope has released all of his soundtracks – for games spanning Banjo Kazooie and Perfect Dark – on a ‘pay what you like’ basis.
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Ex-Rare employees want to develop a spiritual successor to Banjo Kazooie
Ex-Rare employees have banded together to work on the spiritual successor to Banjo Kazooie. It seems the series’ composer Grant Kirkhope and artist Steven Hurst are on board for the project as well, and the Unity engine is being considered for development. In order to get the title made, though, you’ll need to show the […]
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Rare releases teaser video for Banjo's Stop 'N Swoop feature
Rare has released a new video on Xbox Live showing off the Stop ‘N Swoop feature in Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie. Depending on which of the two games you choose, Stop ‘N Swoop will unlock content providing you reach a goal in the other game. Banjo-Tooie’s in the way to Arcade, so this gives a look […]
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Rare patches original Banjo
Rare’s patched the original Banjo-Kazooie, the firm’s detailed in this blog post, fixing a couple of fairly non-life-threatening issues. From the post: The update addresses issues experienced by people playing in the 1080i and 1080p. Players will be able to enjoy the game in uncompromised 1080 loveliness. It also addresses the Bottles Secret Puzzle glitch […]
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Original Banjo this Wednesday
Nelson’s confirmed that the original Banjo-Kazooie will release this Wednesday on XBLA. It’s yours for 1200 MS Points. Apparently it’s not quite the classic you remember it to be, but hopefully there’ll be plenty of you that take the risk.
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Banjo Kazooie XBLA images released
On Gamespot. The shots show a nice graphical upgrade for the ancient platformer. We’ll be playing this, as we’re sentimental old souls. You can get the game free with a pre-order for Nuts & Bolts, or you can wait a bit and buy it from Arcade later on. Details here.
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Rare outlines Banjo XBLA pre-order details
Rare popped us a mail this afternoon to clarify how you’re going to be able to get the original Banjo-Kazooie through XBLA for free by ordering Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. From Rare’s site: This time we’ve rounded up all the details to date on the Nuts & Bolts pre-order scheme with the Banjo-Kazooie XBLA […]
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Banjo Kazooie latest
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Nintendo E3 Direct: Breath of the Wild 2, Zelda: Link’s Awakening, The Witcher 3 – all the news here
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Banjo-Kazooie join the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster as the Xbox and Nintendo love-in continues
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Yooka-Laylee Toybox codes sent to Kickstarter backers – here’s a complete playthrough of it
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Banjo-Kazooie successor gets new character that is a snake, wearing trousers
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Yooka-Laylee meets final Kickstarter Stretch Goal in less than 24 hours
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Kickstarter for Banjo-Kazooie spiritual successor Yooka-Laylee launches tomorrow
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Banjo Kazooie spiritual successor Project Ukulele heading to Kickstarter
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RARE composer says 2015 is going to be “huge year” for the studio
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Watch this charming live-instrument cover of the Banjo Kazooie intro
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Banjo-Kazooie spiritual successor Mingy Jongo canceled, says composer
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Rare composer releases soundtracks on ‘pay what you like’ basis
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Ex-Rare employees want to develop a spiritual successor to Banjo Kazooie
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Rare releases teaser video for Banjo’s Stop ‘N Swoop feature