Xbox is planning a Banjo-Kazooie revival, developer claims
Xbox is planning a revival of the Banjo-Kazooie franchise, it has been claimed.
Speaking on the Nate the Hate podcast, ModernVintageGamer, a respected content creator and developer at NightDive Studios, claimed that he’d heard talk of a revival of the franchise and that it could be announced during the Xbox and Bethesda showcase on Sunday.
“Banjo will be at this show, and it will be announced,” said MVG. “I have spoken to a lot of people, and I’m not an insider, I’m a developer, but sometimes I hear things and I was at GDC earlier this year and there were some people talking about Banjo.
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“I’ve heard that Banjo’s coming up for months now, from different people. Something’s happening with Banjo, what I can’t tell you is what that is,” Modern Vintage Gamer conceded, admitting he’s unsure if it’s a new title or a collection of old games.
“I feel pretty strongly that there will be a Banjo announcement at this show, because man, I just keep hearing about Banjo,” he reiterated before discussing Microsoft‘s lack of family-friendly first-party titles and how Banjo could fill that void.
While dormant for some years following its last original game, the Banjo-Kazooie franchise has been more prominent lately. Earlier this year the first game in the series was added to Nintendo Switch Online, and Banjo and Kazooie were added as playable characters to Super Smash Bros Ultimate.
In 2020 Phil Spencer said that any revivals of classic Rare franchises were up to Rare itself.
“I leave it up to the studios in terms of the things that they want to go work on,” Spencer said. “I have a lot of respect for Rare and the work that they do. They do like
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