Zenek be representin'

Psst Hudson. Offtopic is for nonRare stuff.

~Moved

But boy Zenek's gettin his name everywhere these days

I like how Zenek's mention was considered more important than the game being cancelled. xD

Is it me or does Microsoft decide to cancel every other Rare game nowadays? Seems unfair we'll never be able to experience the stories these games had to tell. As if they're robbing Rare of their identity nowadays. Kinda disheartening to tell the truth... I reckon times are tough all around.

Zenek/Nader for President '12! You got my vote

Good job, Hudson! Thing is, I saw this a long time ago just browsing older titles that were dropped from the classic Xbox at one time or another and it was pretty wild to see stuff from myself on a site I've no afiliation with. I was gonna bring it to everyone's attention someday, but I guess I forgot.

Of course my mention is more important that the game its self! Dur. I'm sure if you guys look, you'll find my mark in many other places on the interwebz. And as for Urchin, I don't think it's as much Microsoft Game Studios sending out the Headsman with a To-Chop list- It's more of there's a HUGE wealth of great and wonderful ideas for games from Rare, Lionhead, Bungie and many other 3rd party studios that Microsoft partners with, but many of these ideas are discarded internally before pushing it on the publisher. Although it's true that MGS HAS to axe many game ideas on the cutting room floor too, at it does cost plenty to make a game of such high quality from any of these talented studios... (Lionhead has had some AWESOME Non-Fable ideas that would've been one of the best games on the Xbox if they followed through for example...) Nader as my running mate?! No thanks, I'll take Ted Nugent as VP. Don't forget to vote 2012*!



Although it's way cooler to imagine Headsman swooping in on Rare HQ to shatter some IP!

-Zenek

PS. Well since you asked, here's a Zenek cameo on Xbox.com with my sage advice regarding Gears of War:
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/friendsofx...112-gowtips.htm
Taking over the internet one site at a time!
*Never too early to start the campaign, I suppose!

I guess Microsoft is the reason why the games Rare make don't come around much.

But quality over quantity I suppose.

Yeah, only Rare have been struggling with the "Quality" part as of late.

Is Rare still a large company? Are they anywhere near being considered an "Indie" gaming company?
I don't even know the last game they released.

It used to be. Now it's way smaller (number wise). They aren't "Indie" per se. They might as well be, since Microsoft just kinda ruined it for them over the past years since they got bought out.