Rare Life: Business Intelligence Manager
It’s been a little while since our last run of staff profiles, as we were all wildly busy launching our first title for the Xbox One. But as we look ahead to what comes next and welcome more staff into...
View ArticleRare’s Charitable Efforts: Spring 2015
It’s been far too long since we last reported on the ongoing charitable escapades of Rare staff, so here’s an update! We recently had a spring clean of the studio’s storage spaces, giving employees a...
View ArticleRare Life: Senior Designer
It’s been a little while since our last run of staff profiles, as we were all wildly busy launching our first title for the Xbox One. But as we look ahead to what comes next and welcome more staff into...
View ArticleRare Life: Sound Designer
It’s been a little while since our last run of staff profiles, as we were all wildly busy launching our first title for the Xbox One. But as we look ahead to what comes next and welcome more staff into...
View ArticleTepid Seat: Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise
It took a while, but we successfully fielded questions from VP fans, wielded them like blunt instruments against members of the VP: TIP team and crunched down their responses into a lucid and printable...
View ArticleRare Life – Gameplay Engineer III
It’s been a little while since our last run of staff profiles, as we were all wildly busy launching our first title for the Xbox One. But as we look ahead to what comes next and welcome more staff into...
View ArticleRare Life: Principal Environment Artist
It’s been a little while since our last run of staff profiles, as we were all wildly busy launching our first title for the Xbox One. But as we look ahead to what comes next and welcome more staff into...
View ArticleRare Life: Principal Animator
It’s been a little while since our last run of staff profiles, as we were all wildly busy launching our first title for the Xbox One. But as we look ahead to what comes next and welcome more staff into...
View ArticleRare Life: Gameplay Engineer II
It’s been a little while since our last run of staff profiles, as we were all wildly busy launching our first title for the Xbox One. But as we look ahead to what comes next and welcome more staff into...
View ArticleRare Life: Interns Moira and Phil
It’s been a little while since our last run of staff profiles as we were all wildly busy launching our first title for the Xbox One. But as we look ahead to what comes next and welcome more staff into...
View ArticleRare Life: Interns Laura and Alex
It’s been a little while since our last run of staff profiles as we were all wildly busy launching our first title for the Xbox One. But as we look ahead to what comes next and welcome more staff into...
View ArticleRare Life: Interns Arran and Topher
It’s been a little while since our last run of staff profiles as we were all wildly busy launching our first title for the Xbox One. But as we look ahead to what comes next and welcome more staff into...
View ArticleKSR Superstar Player Showcase
There are lots of you out there who have proved that you’ve got the skills and determination to show us up in Kinect Sports Rivals. From smashing records set by the team behind the game to defeating...
View ArticleScoring for SpecialEffect 2014
After making it to the final of last year’s football tournament in aid of SpecialEffect, we sent two teams this year in hopes of glory! While not all went to plan, the teams had a great day supporting...
View Article#welovegamedevs at Rare too
The #welovegamedevs hashtag went big on Twitter today, with everyone from fans to other developers tagging their favourite games and creators for some personalised public appreciation. As we wanted to...
View ArticleKinect Sports Rivals at ChinaJoy
Since KSR was announced around this time last year, we’ve had Rare reps out promoting the game across the world from its Gamescom debut in Cologne to the Tokyo Game Show, Eurogamer Expo in London,...
View ArticleCrowning a KSR World Champion
After months of intense competition, the Kinect Sports Rivals World Championship concluded with all the drama and spectacle you’d expect from a live public finale at Comic-Con. Organised by Microsoft...
View ArticleRemembering Jon Mummery
With the videogame industry still being relatively young, it’s especially sad when any of its talented figures pass away. Unfortunately, that’s the news we heard this year about Jon Mummery, who joined...
View ArticleKinect Sports Rivals Tracklist
Champions and contenders! Are we all enjoying life on the KSR island with its motivational musical backdrop? Many players have asked for this information since the game was launched, and we haven’t...
View ArticleMeet the KSR Cast: Kyle Soller (Max)
While casting and recording for Kinect Sports Rivals throughout 2013, we got the chance to work with some highly talented, extremely versatile and occasionally hilarious acting talent. And it wasn’t...
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