It's a classic: the day before a major conference of the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase (June 12, 19 p.m.), rumors are multiplying. The latest is the Banjo-Kazooie series which, according to content creator ModernVintageGamer, is about to make a comeback. "Banjo will be present at this show, and a game will even be announced, indicated - during the last Nate the Hate podcast - the one who is also a developer at NightDive Studio. I spoke to a number of people. I am not an insider but a developer. But sometimes I hear things, and at GDC this year, people were talking about Banjo. [...] Something is brewing, but I'm not able to tell you what it is exactly." A compilation tinged with nostalgia? A whole new game?
Convinced that something will be formalized during the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase, the guy points out that Microsoft's catalog lacks family games developed by its own studios, and that a new Banjo-Kazooie would precisely correct the situation. As Video Games Chronicle points out, two years ago, Phil Spencer, the boss of the Xbox branch, said that the return of old glories of Rare depended above all on the British studio.
“I let the studios decide which games they want to work on, he assured. I have a lot of respect for Rare and what they do. They like to create new things, and they had success with Sea of Thieves. And I think they're really excited about Everwild. Battletoads has been well received as well, and I think Dlala [who co-developed the game with Rare] has done a really good job." Precisely, in 2018, Grant Kirkhope, ex-musical composer of the saga, spoke on the subject: "You know, I don't feel it... The only way that Banjo-Kazooie continues is that another studio Rare doesn't want to. They don't want to do it I think. I don't know for sure but I have friends there and they don't talk about it internally. you'd have to convince someone else to develop a new game."
Come on, a few more hours of patience friends.