Rare

 


Location

Manor Park
Twycross
Atherstone
CV9 3QN


Rare Limited is a British video game developer and a studio of Xbox Game Studios based in Twycross, Leicestershire. Rare's games span the platform, first-person shooter, action-adventure, fighting, and racing genres. Its most popular games include the Battletoads, Donkey Kong, and Banjo-Kazooie series, as well as games like GoldenEye 007 (1997), Perfect Dark (2000), Conker's Bad Fur Day (2001), Viva Piñata (2006), and Sea of Thieves (2018).



Important People


Christina MCFairholme - Head of Community & Comms

Drew Stevens - Production Director

Shelly Preston - Associate Design Director

Dean Ollive - Senior Producer

Jon MCFarlane - Head of Creator Engagement









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