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Rare studio head Mark Betteridge has strongly indicated that a new Killer Instinct game could be developed for Natal. Street Fighter IV looked great and they’ve done a great job, and I’m a big fan of those products, but with KI we want to do something different rather than go …

Studio head talks of â??doing something differentâ? with standard fight controls

â??Right now our sights are trained on Natal," says Studio head

Developer Rare has told MCV that it is "hopeful" of creating an FPS for new Xbox platform Project Natal. The firm, best known for its work on GoldenEye, Banjo-Kazooie and Perfect Dark told MCV that it is focused on Natal – which it saw as a "great opportunity". Right now …

Consumer games site CVG is reporting that Microsoft has pulled the plug on a number of games in development at Rare – including a sequel to Xbox 360 launch title Kameo. The portal claims that Rare earlier this year underwent a company-wide restructure” in an effort to focus its resources …

A University of Warwick researcher and former employee of Microsoft developer Rare has demonstrated an Xbox 360 chip is equivalent in power to parallel network PCs. Dr Simon Scarle discovered the console’s Graphical Processing Unit (GPU) boasts the same parallel processing power as several thousands of pounds worth of PC …

Rare’s approach to project Natal may not be as game-centric as initially believed. A recent recruitment ad campaign revealed that the UK developer is looking for new staff that are not particularly versed in game design. Your experience in games design is not necessarily important,” it read. The full story …

Studio reveals itâ??s looking for creative minds beyond game design

Perfect Dark and Blast Corps developer hints at Natal-compatible re-releases

Former Free Radical man heading up Facebook app firm; fate of â??Pumpkin Beachâ?? now in doubt