When you think of the storied game developer Rare these days, you probably think of its acclaimed live-service Xbox title data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/sea-thieves” target=”_blank” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/sea-thieves”>Sea of Thieves, or perhaps its data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-game-cancellations-july-2025″ target=”_blank” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-game-cancellations-july-2025″>infamously canceled action-adventure game Everwild. But many years ago, the studio also created the beloved 3D platformer data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/banjo-kazooie” target=”_blank” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/banjo-kazooie”>Banjo-Kazooie, a series that follows the wacky adventures of brown bear Banjo and his backpack-riding avian companion named — you guessed it — Kazooie.
