Speaking to VideoGamer.com at the Develop conference in Brighton last week, Nick Burton, a senior software engineer at Rare, revealed that currently announced Rare titles only account for half the development studio.

Asked directly if Rare would be making a second Kameo title Burton replied: "This is where I have to be enigmatically vague. Never say never. I'll say that I'm not working on one at the moment. I'm not working on one at the moment. Doesn't mean nobody else is, but that doesn't mean they are either. Sorry. For the obvious PR reasons we can't talk about what we're doing now."

He went on to suggest that there's plenty going on behind closed doors at Rare that should have gamers getting very excited.

"All I can say is, you know about VP2 (Viva Piñata Trouble in Paradise), Viva Piñata on DS, Banjo obviously. There's a couple of things on the roster that are going to be pretty cool as well. Obviously you do the math. Look at the size and how big the Banjo team currently needs to be, how big our shared technology group and asset group are. Look at the number of games and how they're staggered and how many teams we have. There's about half the studio missing from the release schedule at the moment (laughs)," said Burton.
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XboxFamily has posted what is reported to be a screenshot of Microsoft's FTP which shows recently added assets for Conker Live and Reloaded, Fable, Jade Empire, and two older Xbox 360 games.

The article speculates that since the 360 titles are already Platinum Hits, it's uncommon for old assets to be added to the FTP and believes these titles could be made available for download.
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Microsoft today announced that they will be releasing a new character pack for Kameo: Elements of Power. New characters include 11 created by you the gamers...
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If you're anything like us, you love good games at a cheap price. Unfortunately, when shopping for 360 games, this confines us to the bargain been at local retail outlets which typically discount used games by as little as a couple bucks off the original price. Enter Microsoft's semi-new (new to the 360 library, anyway) Platinum Hits collection of cheapy 360 titles. Microsoft selected four games to lead the Platinum Hits charge (all priced at $29.99), and it should come as no surprise which ...
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Kameo: Elements of Power receives the latest round of Xbox Live lovin' in the form of some new downloadable content. Three content "packs" were released today that expand your ability to spend over the Xbox Live Marketplace (and add some new features to the game). The Kameo Co-Op Pack is completely free to Xbox Live Gold members and enables two-player cooperative play over Xbox Live and System Link. The Kameo Masquerade Pack delivers ten new costumes for Kameo to wear, highlighting some ...
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Microsoft developer Rare has revealed that it is working on new content for its two Xbox 360 launch games, Perfect Dark Zero and Kameo: Elements of Power. Players of futuristic FPS Perfect Dark Zero can expect a selection of new multiplayer maps, while fantasy adventure Kameo is getting a co-op mode playable over Xbox Live as well as some additional downloadable content. Rare stated that more solid details on these info titbits - which it sneakily slipped out on the letters page of its ...
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The story behind Xbox 360 launch game Kameo Elements of Power is being made available to listen to via podcasts. The UK-based developer of Kameo, Rare, is releasing one chapter a week over eight weeks, which can be downloaded from www.kameo.com. Alternatively, gamers can subscribe to the podcast feed and have chapters delivered to their audio device automatically. The first chapter will feature secrets from the magical Wotnot Book which control the various Elemental Warriors. This should get ...
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Microsoft and Maxmedia have revealed plans to adapt Rare's Xbox 360 fantasy adventure, Kameo Elements of Power, into an animated feature. The game follows the story of Kameo, an elf that possesses the ability to morph into all manner of wonderful beasts, a power she must use to defeat the evil Troll King, Thorn. The project will be headed up by Sunmin Park and production for the adaptation will begin in 2006. Park, who previously produced, co-wrote and directed digital animation Wonderful ...
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The release of Kameo: Elements of Power - Rare's epic Xbox adventure, which was originally due out in the spring - has been delayed yet again. And this time it's been postponed indefinitely. While the last official release window was January 2005, Rare have just revealed that the game will be spending yet more time in development hell. A statement from the Brit developers reads, "After a lot of thought and discussion, Rare and Microsoft Game Studios have decided to push back the launch of ...
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On: Xbox - OUT: January 2005 THE PITCH: Few doubt Rare's ability to produce a decent game. Getting the game on the shelves would appear to be a different matter for the UK coders, though. We've been waiting for Kameo and the fact that it missed its spring 2004 release date comes as no surprise, unfortunately. The game is an epic adventure of exploration and fighting, dressed up in big and bold graphics typical of Rare. Kameo's ability to morph into creatures in her bid to fight the evil ...
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