Today Microsoft has teased the arrival of a “historic” Rare franchise on its newly unveiled Xbox One. The company has promised 15 exclusive games from its stable of first-party studios in the first 12 months following its next-generation console’s release, one of which will be based on one of the veteran Goldeneye and Perfect Dark developer’s properties.
“Fans of Rare and Rare IP I think will be pleased with what we’re going to show at E3,” Microsoft Studios corporate vice president Phil Spencer told Polygon.
“We had a limited amount of time today and a lot of story to tell. But Rare remains an incredibly important part of our development capability.
“That historic IP that they’ve built I think can play a real important role on Xbox One.”
Microsoft purchased Rare Ltd in 2002. The developer continues to hold the rights to the Banjo-Kazooie, Conker, Perfect Dark and Killer Instinct franchises, and also developed new properties Kameo: Elements of Power, Viva Pinata and Kinect Sports for the Xbox 360.
Last year, Microsoft attempted to renew the trademark for the fighting game Killer Instinct, but was blocked by a Fox TV crime drama of the same name.
