Rare

What is Rare?
Rare is a game development company that has produced games for many consoles like the Nintendo 64 and Xbox 360. The company was bought by Microsoft in 2002 and since has mostly made games for Xbox consoles (www.rare.fandom.com).

History
Rare was founded in 1982 by Tim and Chris Stamper, two British entrepreneurs. There games were published as Ultimate Play the Game for 8-bit consoles. IN 1995 they made a licensing agreement with Nintendo and began publishing games for them. In 2002 Rare was bought by Microsoft and game have been made for Xbox consoles mostly and on occasion Nintendo consoles as well. In 2010 Rare open a second studio in Birmingham, England (www.rare.fandom.com).

While working for Microsoft they helped make Xbox Live Avatars and made the Kinect Sports game which sold 3 million copies. They went on to release 2 sequels to Kinect Sports and then their focus moved towards development of Sea of Thieves (www.rare.fandom.com).

For more information on the game developed/published by Rare click this link - List of Rare Games