The
last
few
days
have
not
been
good
for
the
Xbox
brand
as
Microsoft
went
on
another
rampage,
jettisoning
thousands
more
employees.
Xbox
was
hit
hard,
resulting
in
at
least
one
studio
closing,
several
more
on
the
verge
of
shutting
and
numerous
cancelled
games.
But
out
of
the
darkness
comes
a
glimmer
of
something
hopeful:
Banjo-Kazooie.
The
Banjo
Kazooie
IP
has
been
dormant
for
many,
many
years
at
this
point.
Creator
Gregg
Mayels
has
been
clear
that
he
isn’t
interested
in
doing
anything
with
it,
and
Xbox
doesn’t
seem
to
have
been
interested,
either.
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Speaking
on
the
latest
episode
of
the
VGC
podcast,
Andy
Robinson
said
as
much:
“The
talk
for
ages
was
that,
you
know,
there’s
always
outside
interests
in
Banjo
but
they’re
not
interested.
I
mean,
Gregg
(Mayels)
is
someone
who
doesn’t
look
back,
notoriously,
he
said
this
on
the
record,
that
he
likes
to
do
new
stuff.
The
attitude
from
the
studio
leadership,
“no
no
no,
we’re
gonna
do
the
new
thing.””
However,
according
to
Robinson,
attitudes
have
changed
somewhat
at
Xbox:
“I
heard
more
recently
the
pitches
are
being
listened
to.”
Robinson
goes
on
to
say
that
Toys
For
Bob
seems
especially
keen
on
doing
something
with
Banjo-Kazooie.
Toys
for
Bob
split
away
from
Microsoft
last
year,
but
has
also
publically
confirmed
that
it
is
working
on
a
game
in
conjunction
with
Microsoft
and
Xbox.
There
have
been
rumours
that
Toys
for
Bob
may
be
working
on
a
Spyro
the
Dragon
game,
and
at
one
point
it
seemed
like
the
company
itself
was
teasing
exactly
that.
“Funny
enough,
I
heard Moon
Studios as
well
was
another
one
who’s
really
interested,”
continued
Robinson.
Moon
Studio
is
best
know
for
its
two
Ori
games.
Robinson
also
said
that
there’s
always
talk
of
a
movie
or
cartoon
based
on
Banjo
Kazooie
as
well.
I
would
love
to
see
Banjo
Kazooie
come
back,
but
given
what
we’ve
seen
of
Microsoft
lately
it
will
be
announced
tomorrow,
disappear
for
a
couple
of
years,
reappear
looking
strong
and
then
get
cancelled
five
years
from
now,
six
months
before
it
was
apparently
due
to
launch.
With
that
said,
Xbox
going
multiplatform
presents
a
pretty
good
time
to
bring
Banjo-Kazooie
back
as
it
could
do
very
well
on
Nintendo’s
hardware.
