Rare takes receipt of first Xbox 2?
Insider rumblings combine with recruitment ad to make compelling case.
We have received word that UK-based Rare has already assumed ownership of one of the first batch of Xbox 2 development kits. Talk from those close to the Warwickshire studio, strangely lacking in its Fort Knox-inspired security since the Microsoft take-over, tells of a “new Microsoft machine.”
With a launch date for the Xbox update practically confirmed for the year 2004, research and development of both games and hardware will, without question, be underway and who better to take early receipt of a development kit than $375 million Rare?
Indeed, analysts believe that in order to ensure a Rare launch game of any standard, development must begin this year at the latest.
To add fuel to the fire, Rare’s latest recruitment advert, placed in a leading specialist magazine, has practically confirmed the existence of the new machine. In the section devoted to games programmers, the firm asks for coders that are “required to produce cutting-edge software for Microsoft Xbox and future hardware.”
Whatever happens, you’ll find out here first.
With a launch date for the Xbox update practically confirmed for the year 2004, research and development of both games and hardware will, without question, be underway and who better to take early receipt of a development kit than $375 million Rare?
Indeed, analysts believe that in order to ensure a Rare launch game of any standard, development must begin this year at the latest.
To add fuel to the fire, Rare’s latest recruitment advert, placed in a leading specialist magazine, has practically confirmed the existence of the new machine. In the section devoted to games programmers, the firm asks for coders that are “required to produce cutting-edge software for Microsoft Xbox and future hardware.”
Whatever happens, you’ll find out here first.
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