It’s a classic: the day before a major conference of the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase (June 12, 7 p.m.), rumors are multiplying. The latest is the Banjo-Kazooie series which, according to content creator ModernVintageGamer, is about to make a comeback. “Banjo will be present at this show, and a game will even be announcedindicated – during the latest Nate the Hate podcast – the one who is also a developer at NightDive Studio. I spoke to a number of people. I am not an insider but a developer. But sometimes I hear things, and at GDC this year, people were talking about Banjo. […] Something is brewing, but I can’t tell you what exactly it is.“A nostalgia-tinged compilation? A brand new game?
Convinced that something will be formalized during the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase, the guy points out that Microsoft’s catalog lacks family games developed by its own studios, and that a new Banjo-Kazooie would precisely correct the situation. As Video Games Chronicle points outtwo years ago, Phil Spencer, the boss of the Xbox branch, said that the return of former glories of Rare depended above all on the British studio.
“I let the studios decide which games they want to work onhe had assured. I have a lot of respect for Rare and what they do. They love creating new things, and they’ve had success with Sea of Thieves. And I think they’re really excited about Everwild. Battletoads was also well received, and I believe that the Dlala studio [qui a co-développé le jeu avec Rare, ndlr] did a very good job.” Exactly, in 2018, Grant Kirkhope, former musical composer of the saga, had spoken on the subject: “You know, I don’t feel it… The only way Banjo-Kazooie can continue is for another studio to do it. Rare does not want it. They don’t want to do it, I think. I don’t know for sure but I have friends there and they don’t talk about it internally. You would have to convince someone else to develop a new game.“
Come on, a few more hours of patience friends.
