Rare’s classic games return in a new Xbox One collection

LOS ANGELES — Rare’s games come back as a collection called Rare Replay, releasing on Xbox One on Aug. 4.

Announced this morning at Microsoft’s E3 2015 press conference, this collection of games such as Banjo-Kazooie, Kameo, Killer Instinct, Viva Piñata, Battletoads, and Perfect Dark are part of this Xbox One exclusive. The British developer used to be a second party studio for Nintendo, but Microsoft acquired the company in 2002. This release makes use of the company’s back catalog of fan favorites.