The most divisive entry in Banjo-Kazooie may be the one that explains why the franchise disappeared and why its ideas feel somewhat familiar now.

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts was one of the more original and exciting Microsoft-published games on the Xbox 360. Developer Rare, which started the series on the Nintendo 64, had expanded on the ...

A few weeks before E3 (Electronics Entertainment Expo) '97, Rare and Nintendo leaked word of the British developer's next big game, simply dubbed "Project Dream." It wasn't long before the game, ...