OK, this is a pretty old topic, but I didn't want to make a new one.
So, here's the news (which most of you will have heard by now). Microsoft is about to buy Rare for £350 million.
This topic was about Rare going multiplatform and a lot of people didn't want this to happen. Now they're going MS exclusive. I hope it isn't true.
Here are some links:
http://www.rarenet.com/cgi-bin/ib/ik...ct=ST;f=1;t=21
http://www.rareops.com/news/news.php?&index=132
http://www.raretopia.com/news/2002/09/06.html
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...y.php?id=79789
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content...me=dev&aid=663