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Conker: Live & Reloaded's marvellous fuzz launching on XBOX Backward Compatibility on PC last week led to @steveburkemusic.bsky.social unearthing this recording session for the 2005 game, featuring young @robinbeanland.bsky.social own marvellous fuzz! Enjoy this rare peek behind the curtain...

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Creatures huge and papery fill the #FanArtFriday frames this week thanks to this duo from Instagram. The big, hungry @seaofthieves.com Megalodon is from similyjay while the model of a petite Viva Piñata Pretztail is the work of ivoryshiek. And that's it for another week. G'bye!

Now that the World Cup is over, we can finally announce this year's true major ball-punting event: One Big Game is back! After a year off, the @rare.co.uk-organised 24-hour games industry footy marathon returns August 13th-14th to raise more dosh for @specialeffect.org.uk. Details soon!

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Been a couple of weeks since we've had one so who's ready for an eye-massaging #FanArtFriday!? Oh yeah, you definitely are, person looking at these words. Behold the pastel @seaofthieves.com beauty from KaoChimo, then enjoy the bold hues of JJSponge120's Gruntilda, both from Twitter/X. FEEL RELAXED!

Overheard at Rare: "I have the exact same frog!"

Start #FanArtFriday post. Something about the heat. Pithy remark about the sun. Sentence about these images coming from Instagram. Conker and Berri by super.butter.scotch. @seaofthieves.com pirate by nurukk0. Final remark about now being a puddle. End post.

Our annual Pride Picnic encouraged staff to brave the UK heat in the name of #PrideMonth! The bright and bold celebrations served as a beautiful reminder that Rare welcomes everyone (and the factor 50 sunscreen on offer kept everyone's skin un-singed during the celebrations too).

The Hyper Mega Tech Super Pocket Rare Edition arrives this week! It's got 14 classic Rare games built-in including an optimised version of Banjo-Kazooie, plays @evercade.co.uk carts and we took some lovely photos of ours, just for you. If you're grabbing one, we hope you enjoy it!

Side by side, hand in hand, we all enjoy #FanArtFriday together! And what a pair from Twitter/X today: Banjo and '80s glam Kazooie from JuJuBee2008 and a peaceful @seaofthieves.com pair by the prolific hasmoq. Right, done, off you hop!

As Donkey Kong 64 has been on Nintendo Switch Online for a little over a week, we have to ask: has anyone been playing it for the first time!? Many of us here look back on it fondly, and it's fun to see it being rediscovered (with every Kong individually) all these years later.

If we can find time to dig about on Instagram to bring you these #FanArtFriday highlights, then you can find time to do that thing you're putting off. Highlights are from supermimobroxx (Marvin from Conker's BFD) and agnes_stelmach (@SeaOfThieves painting). NOW GO DO THAT THING!

Overheard at Rare: "No idea, I've never put up a medieval pavilion tent."

We're seeing red. No, it's not the bloodlust setting in, it's just some #FanArtFriday highlights that share a big splash of the shade. From Twitter, the realistic Viva Piñata Sour Mallowolf is by GhosteBoergre while the @seaofthieves.com Madame Olivia piece is from Similyjay.

We're about to saunter off for a three-day weekend, but not before blessing your optic nerves with these #FanArtFriday beauts! From Instagram, the Viva Piñata Pretztail is the work of blackzodiacqx while the @seaofthieves.com duo is the work of both ghastly.demon and megaboatman.

Spotted as we drove onto the @rare.co.uk grounds this morning: strolling geese. Baby geese! POTENTIALLY WARRING FAMILIES OF GEESE! Well, hopefully not, but we've seen less aggressive glares in a boxing ring. Plenty of grass to go around now, no need to get feisty...

Good day fine Internet-scrolling person, please indulge us for a fine #FanArtFriday Twitter duo! Or don't, we're not your legal guardian. We will glare at you as you leave, mind. The Banjo-Kazooie piece is by Mar_Mar_Up and the cursed @seaofthieves.com pirate comes from KyarytaArt!

A tiger and a trio walk into a #FanArtFriday, which is an impressive feat for two pieces of art from Tumblr and a hashtag, but we needed some sort of intro didn't we? The Viva Piñata Tigermisu comes from millies-theme, while the @seaofthieves.com pirate crew is by snypi. GOOD STUFF!

Overheard at Rare: "I'd love to be a landlord. Let me in, I'm going to paint over your sockets!"

#FanArtFriday's here again bringing the colours, you just need to bring the exuberant praise! Preferably over on Instagram, where these came from. Go and big up the Battletoads piece on jcpxdesigns's page and angle Sea of Thieves sweetness towards maria_ronold_artwork. Thanks!

It may be Community Weekend in @seaofthieves.com, but right here it's time for a good old #FanArtFriday. A pair from Twitter/X this week, with the extremely characterful Banjo and Kazooie from DanDarkOne and a somewhat scary pirate from those aforementioned waters by ZoranDaemon.