Microsoft released three first-party games towards the end of 2008. Gears of War 2, we know, is a smashing success. But what of the other two games, Fable II and Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts?

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts on the 360 has a problem. Like Dead Rising a few years back, it has small text. This small text looks nice and clean on a HDTV, but if you're still soldiering on with a CRT television, you won't be able to read it. It's just too small, too blurry. The problem was noticed as soon as the demo…

The latest entry in Rare's epic tale of bird meets bear is now available for download via Xbox Live Marketplace. The demo for Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts weighs in at 1.07GB of precious, precious hard disk space, and allows you to take control of the dynamic duo as they build vehicles and take on Jiggy challenges,…

We got some awesome new images of everyone's favorite bear and bird. The screens definitely show us that the game still doesn't fail to impress visually. Sure, there are a lot of folks out there a little concerned about the Lego Grand Theft Auto tie in with the Banjo formula. Knowing Rare and what we've seen so far, I…

While visiting the Xbox Japan offices, Rare gave a Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts walk through, talking up the game. "It's good to be back in Japan, because Banjo was inspired by Japan," studio boss Mark Betteridge. Apparently, the character's backpack was inspired by backpacks that Japanese children carry around.…

Even if Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts turns out to be nothing but a prelude to a bigger idea, the game sure does look good. We got a few new screenshots for you guys to drool over until the game comes out on Xbox 360 November 14th.

It has been ten years and two console generations since the team of Banjo and Kazooie stormed the Nintendo 64 to rave reviews and not much has changed, at least not much for platformers, or so say Rare.

Speaking as part of a long, long interview with CVG, Rare design head Gregg Mayles talks in-depth about the freshly-announced Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. First revelation? Banjo's let himself go - "slobbing out," as Mayles says, while poor Grunty starts off as only a head until he hooks himself up with a mechanical…

During my dinner with Shane Kim and Kudo Tsunoda I started talking with Kim about Rare's relatively checkered history with Microsoft.

New details on the game formerly known as Banjo Kazooie 3 and Banjo Threeie have emerged courtesy of Game Informer and GameReactor, both via message board NeoGAF. Rare's latest Xbox 360 venture, Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts, won't strictly follow the traditional gameplay of the previous two colorful platformers, but…