Rumours on new titles being announced in March
A new Killer Instinct rumoured for the umpteenth time
With all the previously known projects from Rare already in stores, and 4J Studios’ remake of Tooie coming in a couple of months, Rare fans will now have to wait until the company decides to reveal their next title. From experience, this could be either in a major event, or any random week. But, in both cases, rumours usually precede the event.
This could (or could not) be the case with one of the latest gossips around the Net about Microsoft preparing an imminent announcement of “two new IPs by Q1 2009.” Rumour has it that Microsoft “has at least two new properties that have been in development for quite sometime,” according to V for Videogames (V4VG).
This website even quotes an anonymous Microsoft spokesperson who dares to state the following: “We’ve always focused our attention in the year of operation concerned, I would safely say that our community will see atleast two new games being announced exclusive to the Xbox 360 console by the end of Q1 2009″. V4VG itself also adds that “one might actually be an online fighter based on a very popular franchise,” while “the other is an action adventure game from one of their internal studios.”
Killer Instinct probably was the first thing that popped in your mind. And while there are reasons to be skeptic about a KI3, both Microsoft and Rare have already expressed their interest on bringing back the classic fighter to XBLA.

Still, we must admit that this sounds a bit confusing, since “a very popular franchise” is not what we could exactly consider a “new IP.” Moreover, the souce itself hasn’t been proven to be any trustworthy on this matter before, and those two titles would not necessarily have to come from Rare. But we wanted to bring this to your attention since, with the Nintendo DS out of sight, sooner or later Rare will have to unveil which their next big project is. Place your bets!
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38 Comments
woah sounds good! as long as the adventure game doesn’t use cars.. i can handle change but i just (didnt like) the addition of cars in banjo.. sooo we’ll see whats going on soon i suppose….
Comment by billy — 10.Feb.09 @ 2:34 amI don’t think they’d put cars in another game anyways considering that it would just be like a clone to nuts and bolts, obviously no one wants the same game all over again with a different cast.
Comment by saicambanjo — 10.Feb.09 @ 7:15 amwho knows what it’ll be.. for all we know since they’re doing things “different” they could have made a sequel along side the original concept for banjo.. knowing rare, who knows what they’re ever truly up to until it comes out, and then there’s always like 3 other titles we never even find out about until 5 years after they canceled them. but by cars i mean any “stupid” twist like they did to banjo, and im not arguing with you so i dont care if you think im complaining, just suck it up and dont start a fight so the rest of us can still comment please.
Comment by billy — 10.Feb.09 @ 2:08 pmlook for real though.. if you say anything negative towards me i’m not responding.. you call me childish and then your the one to attack me again, so hahhh ok, i’m definitely the child… i’d like to keep commenting on things for real, and i’m sure everyone else would like to as well, so keep it to yourself
Comment by billy — 10.Feb.09 @ 2:19 pmI recokn its ALOT more likely for Rare to show a new IP soon enough rather than a conker, banjo or perfect dark, as for KI3 it seems we have all been anticapting it so much if it is never made their will be some serious heartbreak
Comment by harry — 10.Feb.09 @ 3:09 pmgood point harry haha
Comment by billy — 10.Feb.09 @ 6:38 pmdude I never started saying shit to you now stop being so paranoid about it I’m just responding to your comment as a thought not an insult.
Comment by saicambanjo — 10.Feb.09 @ 11:30 pmok, im not paranoid, i just dont want you to ruin the fun for everyone man
Comment by billy — 11.Feb.09 @ 6:34 amWell you did jump to the conclusion that I was trying to insult you. The only reason why I got mad last time was cause every time I read an article I usually noticed your comment being really negative and I was pretty pissed at the time but all thats behind. Lets all just forget about it
you know the fighting game might just be DOA5. I hope its KI3 and some brand new awesome action adventure
Comment by Jimbojones — 11.Feb.09 @ 10:14 ami agree haha i’ll be less critical when i write things for now on
Comment by billy — 11.Feb.09 @ 5:10 pmFor the love of god it should be a serious Perfect Dark game and a new franchise!
Comment by James Bomb — 17.Feb.09 @ 8:50 amWhen I first heard that the KI franchise would be coming to the XBox 360, I don’t know why… But I got an erection. It’s on my top 3 games of all time list! KI on XBLA would be AMAZING! And KI3 would be perfect on the 360!! Nintendo totally screwed up KI on the SNES, then they completely ruined KI2 on the N64 with KI Gold. The ppl that played the arcade versions of both games know exactly what I mean…
Comment by MyBigSaggyRaisin — 05.Mar.09 @ 1:54 amwhat about a “Grand Theft Banjo” (it would be cool)hehehe
Comment by Andy patriot — 05.Mar.09 @ 10:48 pmA new IP and Perfect Dark 2!
Comment by Grant McLachlan — 09.Mar.09 @ 12:14 amit might be a new perfect dark or banjo but dont expect a ki3 rare is such a tese they are so full of it i dont know why they tease over it hopefuly they will learn their lessien for making such lies.
Comment by Jones — 10.Mar.09 @ 1:34 pmdude it’s called joking around, Rare is known for their humor,don’t get to upset just cause they love to tease, I mean who doesn’t?
Comment by saicambanjo — 10.Mar.09 @ 10:39 pmdude wtf is your problem? look just because your a banjo fan doesnt give you the right to think its cool and funny for rare to make jokes about ki3. your very lucky that the very next game being revealed is BANJO KAZOOIE NUTS AND BOLTS 2: SPECIAL ADDITION. yep i got that from inside sources and its going to be revealed next week so your verrry lucky lol foooled ya i dont have inside source nor do i no if next game is banjo but being teased and lied to doesnt feel good does it? if they made rumors and jokes about banjo u would hated so shut ur trap fanboy. if its funny to make jokes about ki3 then this whole site must be a joke
Comment by jones — 11.Mar.09 @ 5:05 pmdude wtf? you enjoy teasing people? is that what you do for s living? ok tell me when a company says that a game is being revealed very soon to hype fans about it then on that very date they say ‘NOPE JUST A JOKE’ and they do it numerous times you think its funny? other companies dont even do crap like that to fans. what is this an april fools joke every month? when rare loses its fans and shuts down for trying to be humorous then come back and tell me how funny it is ahahah lmao!!!!
Comment by jones — 13.Mar.09 @ 3:56 amlol dude just chill their gonna make ki3 why wouldn’t they who makes a fighting game but stop at 2 rare did indeed work on ki3 in 1999 but had to stop and work on perfect dark their next bigest project is killer instinct 3 thts why their denying it to keep it a secret wouldn’t u keep it a secret if u had a fighting game tht hasn’t been made in 14 yrs to surprise everyone their gonna announce it at e3 show june 2009
Comment by Marcus — 15.Mar.09 @ 5:53 amGuys really need to chill here. Im sure they will make it. they have to right? There have been rumors far too long and it should be out soon. If not well then shame. I have to agree though that teasing and making false rumors looks fun but its the wrong way to go. Personaly if it was my company I would want to focus on giving what fans want instead of joke with them. Thats a better business stradegy imo.
Comment by Saver — 15.Mar.09 @ 5:14 pmcome on!! we kno its not coming out. and e3 is just a rumor its been a rumor for a decade.
Comment by jones — 16.Mar.09 @ 11:51 pme3 is not a rumor Jones it’s been confirmed that e3 show 2009 will be held at the los angelas convention center from June 2-4
it’s not a rumor also ki3 is one of those 2 and the action and adventure game is perfect dark zero 2 which is a first person shooter game
omg all of you tools grow up!
jones teasing is for tools so get your dick out of your arse and move on.
Im just pumped for the new game and so shoudl all of you, so stop flirting on the internet and just move on. I wonder if they will have any new characters in the new game, but i srsly dont think an adventure game would work. I just want rare to bring out another donkey kong game. Hopefully one without cars thats just super gay. I just can’t wait. Apparently KI3 will be on the new console to GameWorker Elite cant wait apparently its better then Xbox and PS3 put together. Comes out in July or something so pumped
Comment by bruno — 22.Mar.09 @ 12:51 amKI is the biggest piece of sh*t ever created grandpa porn has better graphics and theres more action and excitement in beastiality sluts 9
fu*k all of you sad arses go out and do some exercise u fat slobs
Comment by Cecil — 22.Mar.09 @ 1:13 amyea yea keep leing you guys i know all of you are full of sh#t there is know ki3 on the way and by rumor i meant that ki3 is just a rumor at e3 i bet you its not going to be at e3 at all so stop fnn around guys
Comment by Jones — 28.Mar.09 @ 1:30 pmhey dummie jones E3 is freakin real they do it every year you shouldnt even be on this freakin website if you dont what E3 is dumbass.
Comment by pattymcfatty — 29.Mar.09 @ 10:06 pmlisten to what i said i KNOW e3 is real dumbass!! i said that ki3 is not real and was just a rumor not e3! cant you read? they said ki3 would be at e3 last year and it never was and thats why its fake as shit. it will not be at e3 this year. they lie every year
Comment by Jones — 30.Mar.09 @ 7:04 amthey didnt say tht dumbmuther fucker so stfu already dipass piece of shit rare is announcing two new fucking titles gawd who gives a fuck if ki3 is not announce jones needs to shut his damn mouth they didn’t say the two titles rare ki3 it could be battletoads and perfect dark 2 who gives a fuck ur ass would be looking stupid when ki3 is announced stupid ass bitch
Comment by pattymcfatty — 31.Mar.09 @ 7:25 pmOMG OMG!!! first official ki3 screen!!!!!! see its true!!!! http://www.kidzworld.com/img/upload/poll/3699/poll.jpg?1206751291
Comment by crayfish — 01.Apr.09 @ 12:43 pmplease killer instinct, mortal kombat vs dc , street fighter 4, we just need killer instick 3!!
Comment by killer instinct please — 22.Apr.09 @ 8:23 amKiller Instinct Back AWESOME
Comment by theshy — 16.Aug.09 @ 4:55 am




I hope it’s Killer instinct 3 and a new Conker game. or hell it might even be Resident Pinata, wouldn’t that be fun?
Comment by saicambanjo — 09.Feb.09 @ 10:43 pm