Rare Wants You To Try Sea Of Thieves At Their Studio In England

Yar! Rare is looking for a few hearty folks to be the first in the world to try their upcoming pirate game, Sea of Thieves for the Xbox One. Check out the details on how you could win a trip to England and be a first to hit the seas in Rare’s next Xbox One adventure.

Musings From The Crystal Ball – Nerd Bacon’s 2016 Predictions

A businessman is consulting a crystal ball to foretell the future.

NerdBacon’s News Director, theWatchman has been peering into the crystal ball, reading teal leaves, and exploring his guts in order to bring you his predictions for 2016. Will 2016 be as exciting as 2015 was? Is theWatchman a madman with these predictions? Only one way to find out –

Was It All A Dream? – The E3 2015 Review

Who won E3 2015? NerdBacon’s News Director theWatchman examines Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft’s presentations at the big show, and gives you the rundown of who came out on top.

Relive Gaming History with Rare Replay -Coming To Xbox One This Summer

Rare Replay was announced for Xbox One at E3 2015 today and it is massive! 30 games including Perfect Dark, Banjo Kazooie, Battletoads, and so much more.

The E3 2015 Game Plan: What the Big 3 Need to do to Stand Out – Microsoft

E3 2015 is almost here and each company will be jockeying position to try and win your hearts and minds in the great 8th generation console war. NerdBacon’s news director theWatchman examines the big three console manufacturer’s to find out what they need to succeed this year. The series continues with a look at Microsoft and what they need to do in regards to the Xbox One and if they can pull ahead at E3 2015.

Microsoft Xbox One News

by Dovahkyle The Xbox One has become the center of our home. Not only as our family go-to for our every gaming need, but also our one-stop Blu-ray player, Netflix streamer and Skype caller. This system has yet to disappoint with more than one way to control the console. With the Xbox One SmartGlass app I… Continue reading Microsoft Xbox One News

Alien – Watara SuperVision

Platform: Watara SuperVision – Mess (Multi-Emulator Super System) Emulator Developer: Watara Supervision Publisher: Watara Supervision Release Date: After 1992 Genre: Shooter Nerd Rating: 1 out of 10 Reviewed by Dovahkyle So little to say and so much time. Wait…no that’s right. This game is about as exciting as watching someone sleep and as pleasant as being… Continue reading Alien – Watara SuperVision

Battletoads – NES

Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System Developer: Rare Inc. Publisher: Tradewest ( Midway ) Release Date: June 1991 Genre: Beat ’em Up, Platforming Nerd Rating: 5.5 out of 10 Reviewed by Spekkio     Battletoads. The first and original. I happened to of played Battletoads & Double Dragon ( The Ultimate Team ) NES version before getting my hands… Continue reading Battletoads – NES

Banjo-Kazooie – Nintendo 64

In the 1990s, a Nintendo 64 game developed by Rare was as good as gold. Having established themselves as power-houses in the game developing world, Rare would put out some of the best titles, not only for their company, but on the platform. One game that helped cement their status was Banjo-Kazooie.

Battletoads – Genesis

Platform:  Sega Genesis (Mega Drive) Developer: Rare Publisher: Tradewest Release date: 1991 Genre: Beat ’em Up, Action Nerd Rating: 65/100 Battletoads is one of those games you love it AND you hate it.  It was originally released on the NES (but I’ve never owned a copy), and word is that the NES game is UNBEATABLE… but… Continue reading Battletoads – Genesis