Activision bought out Rare!!!!!?!?!?!?!

[BigJustinW]

http://www.gamesradar.com/news/game_news_3055.html

Activision have bought Rare. This is the - as-yet unconfirmed - rumour that is currently sweeping the games industry.

Gossip about Rare's future kicked off in December with a Christmas card they sent out to members of the games industry that hinted at a multi-format future for the developers.

At one point, is also appeared as if Microsoft were in the running for buying the company but, if the rumours are correct, it seems that games giant Activision stumped up the necessary cash in order to take control of Rare.

Until now, Rare have coded games exclsuively for Nintendo. With their titles including classics such as GoldenEye, Banjo-Kazooie, Perfect Dark and Donkey Kong 64, they are generally regarded as one of the best - if not the best - games development company in the world.

But if they really have fallen under the Activision umbrella, expect to see them begin work on games for PS2 and Xbox, as well Gamecube. Whether this supposed new multi-format direction will herald a dilution in the quality of their products remains to be seen - don't expect them to be able to use Nintendo characters such as Donkey Kong and Star Fox, for example. More news on this sizzling story as we get it.

I really don't know what to say... in a way, I hope it's true, in a way, I hope it's not.