Banjo-Kazooie director Greg Mayles has confirmed he's now left Rare after 36 years at the British studio. News broke of his departure in the wake of layoffs at Microsoft back in July, but now Mayles ...

Gregg Mayles, the director of Sea of Thieves and designer on Donkey Kong Country, has announced that he's left Rare. News of Mayles' exit was first reported in July 2025 during a rash of layoffs and ...

Fans have been wanting Xbox Game Studios to bring Rare's platformer series Banjo-Kazooie back for years. That doesn't seem to be happening anytime soon, but fans do have another game to look forward ...

As ironic as it may sound, many people have been thinking about Banjo-Kazooie lately despite it not having a new game and not having any meaningful content in recent years outside of a DLC character ...

At the heart of the game is the unlikely partnership between Banjo, a lovable bear, and Kazooie, a sassy bird who resides in his backpack. This dynamic duo not only provides comic relief but also ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Would original Banjo-Kazooie composer Grant Kirkhope return to score a new entry in the series? Absolutely. Does he think there will be a sequel for ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook It’s been more than 15 years since the last Banjo-Kazooie game, and it’s never seemed less likely ...

Banjo-Kazooie fever has reignited after a game of executive quote telephone that ended with Xbox's Aaron Greenberg acknowledging "how much" the classic platformer means to fans. At around the same ...

Over the weekend, Xbox’s Aaron Greenberg found himself at the center of a new controversy surrounding Banjo-Kazooie. The VP of marketing at Xbox Games said at a recent event that “nobody cares about ...

Originally released in 2000, Banjo-Tooie features lots of returning characters. The bear and bird return for another adventure as they tried to stop another of Grunty’s schemes. While the main ...

It's been over 15 years since the last Banjo-Kazooie game--unless you have managed to convince yourself that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a Banjo-Kazooie game. But hey, at least Microsoft and Rare ...

Platforming Games We could've gotten a Banjo Kazooie cartoon in the '00s, but Xbox was breaking fans' hearts even then: "Microsoft did not see this as something that they wanted to invest in" Puzzle ...