20 Years Later and ‘Perfect Dark’ is Still Better than ‘Goldeneye 007’
Perfect Dark and GoldenEye 007 Represent Two of the Best First-Person Shooters of Their Generation. One of the most eagerly anticipated games released for the...
Top 10 Games on the Hypothetical Nintendo 64 Classic
With the recent release of the NES Classic, the Internet is exploding with the possibility of a SNES Classic. While a SNES Classic would surely sell...
‘Yooka-Laylee’: Pre-Alpha Toybox Preview
Since the disappointing release of Mighty No. 9 last month, there’s naturally been an increase in weariness over other crowd-funded games fueled by nostalgic properties....
Hall of Fame Entry #16: ‘Conker’s Bad Fur Day’
Goomba Stomp’s Hall of Fame is reserved for only those Nintendo titles that can be called absolute classics. Chosen by the crew of the NXpress...
15 best video game characters created by Rare
15 – Mr. Pants Rare’s off-beat mascot, Mr. Pants didn’t just cameo in several of the games Rare developed, but he also starred in his...
Five Things You Didn’t Know About the making of ‘Battletoads’
by Staff
In 1991, Rare developers Tim and Chris Stamper created Battletoads, a game that became infamous for its difficulty and praised for its gameplay, its personality and...
The Making of ‘Jet Force Gemini’
Jet Force Gemini isn’t Rare’s best game, but as our very own Mike Worby wrote, “it remains a hidden gem in the truest extent of...
The Making of ‘Blast Corps’
Blast Corps is a brilliant concept for a puzzle game featuring a very simple objective: destroy a series of buildings using a variety of unique...
NXpress Nintendo Podcast #41: ‘Conker’s Bad Fur Day’
This week we bring you a bonus episode of the NXpress podcast with a review of Nintendo’s most boundary-pushing piece of software, Conker’s Bad Fur Day....
Awesome Mixtape Vol. 2: Best of Rare’s Soundtracks
Over the years, Rare developed some of our favourite video games, but what many people often forget (and sometimes don’t acknowledge) is the superb soundtracks...
Rare Replay: Five Things You Didn’t Know About ‘Blast Corps’
by Staff
In a recent review of Rare’s 1997 surprise hit Blast Corps, our very own Mike Worby wrote, “While there’s a long and varied laundry list...
NXpress Nintendo Podcast #39: ‘Perfect Dark’ and our 16 Predictions
Few games were more eagerly anticipated than Rare’s unofficial sequel to GoldenEye 007 back in the year 2000. This week we continue our month-long spotlight...
Rare Replay: ‘Banjo-Kazooie’: 18 years later and still as charming as ever
A bear with a bird in his backpack on a quest to save his kid sister from the grasp of an evil witch. At first...
NXpress Nintendo Podcast #38: Rare Spotlight + The 16 Most Anticipated Games of 2016
It’s a new year and we are back with a new intro and a jam-packed episode. This week we discuss three of Rare’s best games...
Rare Replay: ‘RC Pro-Am’ paved the way for the ‘Mario Kart’ series and more
In 1987, Rare developed what is considered one of the best games released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and a game often cited as one...