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UK Xbox studio enabling pirate capers in @seaofthieves.com. Also made some other games you might know.

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Rare Ltd.@rare.co.uk · 8h ago

One Big Game is soon (August 13th-14th)! 24 hours of livestreamed footie played by games industry folk of varying skill! Raising money for @specialeffect.org.uk! But don't just take our exclamations for it, squidge your peepers around this video for a look at what it's all about:

Rare Ltd.@rare.co.uk · 2w ago

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!

A cartoon fridge door with Fan Art Friday in colourful magnets. A framed piece of art on the right shows a pirate leaping from a Rowboat as a huge, white Megalodon with red eyes bites through where the boat used to be. Text reads: Art by Simily, instagram.com/similyjay.A cartoon fridge door with Fan Art Friday in colourful magnets. A framed piece of art on the right shows a 3D model of the fox-shaped Piñata from Viva Piñata, known as a Pretztail. Text reads: Art by Benny T-w, instagram.com/ivoryshiek.
Rare Ltd.@rare.co.uk · 2w ago

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!

Rare Ltd.@rare.co.uk · 3w ago

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!

A cartoon fridge door with Fan Art Friday in colourful magnets. A framed piece of art on the right shows a Sea of Thieves crew rendered in a chibi style with pastel colours. Text reads: Art by Kao, @KaoChimo.A cartoon fridge door with Fan Art Friday in colourful magnets. A framed piece of art on the right shows a rendition of the warty witch Gruntilda, rubbing her hands together and grinning. Text reads: Art by JJSponge120, @JJSponge120.
Rare Ltd.@rare.co.uk · last mo.

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).

Those colourful cakes we mentioned on the previous image? Here's they're at the front of the table, their rainbow icing on full display. They were shortly moved further back on the table, away from the deadly laser known as the Sun.A line of Rare staff deal with extreme heat as they wait for their extremely tasty luncheon. Wear suncream, kids!An Instagram perfect picnic basket of scones and strawberries sits on a blue tablecloth, some colourful cakes behind it. they didn't last long.Picnic food on a red and white picnic blanket! Eggs, sausage roll, cheese straw, a scone with cream on. Idyllic, frankly.
Rare Ltd.@rare.co.uk · last mo.

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!

A small red, blue and yellow handheld console is running Banjo-Kazooie while being propped up precariously on its box with the Rare Ltd logo in the background. This is at the top of a staircase and it didn't fall, we promise.A small red, blue and yellow handheld console is running Banjo-Kazooie sits on a coffee table next to a cup and some coasters. Imagine playing ten minutes of that on your lunch break or in a Costa? Absolutely decadent behaviour.A small red, blue and yellow handheld console is running Conker's Pocket Tales and propped up against a tree, because the game is about a squirrel and nature or something. Look, not every photo can be inside, the angle of the console is already too repetitive.A small red, blue and yellow handheld console is running Battletoads in Battlemaniacs while resting against a skull. Look, it's very hot and this seemed better than taking a photo next to a pond.
Rare Ltd.@rare.co.uk · 2mo ago

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.

A photo of a Nintendo Switch 2 running Donkey Kong 64, surrounded by bananas. So many bananas. We're now off to look up banana recipes.
Rare Ltd.@rare.co.uk · 2mo ago

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!

A cartoon fridge door with Fan Art Friday in colourful magnets. A framed piece of art on the right shows a mouse drawn in an angular style, their eyes slightly skew-whiff and tongue lolling out to give a thoughtless expression. Text reads: Art by supermimobroxx, instagram.com/supermimobroxx.A cartoon fridge door with Fan Art Friday in colourful magnets. A framed piece of art on the right shows a painting of two pirates sitting in the hands of a figurehead-like statue of a pirate in a golden mask. Text reads: Art by agnes_stelmach, instagram.com/agnes_stelmach.
Rare Ltd.@rare.co.uk · 3mo ago

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.

A cartoon fridge door with Fan Art Friday in colourful magnets. A framed piece of art on the right shows a realistic interpretation of Viva Piñata's Sour Mallowolf, all red with glowing yellow eyes and a snarling jaw full of jagged teeth. Text reads: Art by GhosteBoergre, @GhosteBoergre.A cartoon fridge door with Fan Art Friday in colourful magnets. A framed piece of art on the right shows a sketch of Sea of Thieves' Madame Olivia, a mystic with Kraken ink flowing from her eyes, who wears a purple dress, brown corset and makes sure to have a skull accessory on her hip. Text reads: Art by Similyjay, @Similyjay.
Rare Ltd.@rare.co.uk · 3mo ago

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.

A cartoon fridge door with Fan Art Friday in colourful magnets. A framed piece of art on the right shows a colourful rendition of the Pretztail from Viva Piñata, bounding with a big smile on its face. Text reads: Art by blackzodiacqx, instagram.com/blackzodiacqx/A cartoon fridge door with Fan Art Friday in colourful magnets. A framed piece of art on the right shows two Sea of Thieves pirates, one lower in the frame, bedraggled green hair framing a face in quiet, happy pondering as they fiddle with their hook, while another eerily dressed pirate looms behind them, clawed hands reaching out. Text reads: Art by ghastly.demon & megaboatman, instagram.com/ghastly.demon/
Rare Ltd.@rare.co.uk · 3mo ago

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...

A family of greylag geese enjoy a morning stroll. One parent and the goslings are having a snack of nutritious grass, while the other parent looks down its beak with nothing but murder on its mind.A family of Canada geese enjoy a walk by the lake in the morning sun. One parent and the goslings nibble some grass for breakfast, while the other parent glares to the left of the frame with the malcontent of generations.
Rare Ltd.@rare.co.uk · 3mo ago

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 cartoon fridge door with Fan Art Friday in colourful magnets. A framed piece of art on the right shows a very stylish rendition of the bear and bird Banjo and Kazooie. Kazooie is shouting at Banjo, seemingly trying to fly as Banjo puts a lot of weight on the backpack she sits in, reaching down towards the sky and clearly not really thinking. Text reads: Art by Mar Mar, @Mar_Mar_Up.A cartoon fridge door with Fan Art Friday in colourful magnets. A framed piece of art on the right shows a pirate sitting on a cannon. They're holding something that looks like a key as pink hair flows in the wind. A blue curse stains their face, skin and arm on their left side. Text reads: Art by Kyaryta Art, @KyarytaArt.
Rare Ltd.@rare.co.uk · 4mo ago

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!

A cartoon fridge door with Fan Art Friday in colourful magnets. A framed piece of art on the right shows a tiger, relaxing in the shade. Closer inspection shows that it's made of paper, and is in fact a Tigermisu from Viva Piñata! Text reads: Art by millies-theme, tumblr.com/millies-themeA cartoon fridge door with Fan Art Friday in colourful magnets. A framed piece of art on the right shows a group of three pirates looking at you from a ship. Each pirate has their own style - the one on the left is shirtless but tattooed and wears a belt with a buckle of crab claws, the one in the middle wears a classic jacket and a wide-brimmed hat decorated with a white feather, while the third has a peg leg, a taller hat with a bigger, orange feather and a jacket with very prominent lapels. Text reads: Art by snypi, tumblr.com/snypi
Rare Ltd.@rare.co.uk · 4mo ago

#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!

A cartoon fridge door with Fan Art Friday in colourful magnets. A framed piece of art on the right shows a very exaggerated interpretation of an anthropomorphic Battletoad crashing a futuristic Turbo Bike while sunglasses fly from his head and his eyes bulge out. Text reads: Art by jcpxdesigns, instagram.com/jcpxdesigns.A cartoon fridge door with Fan Art Friday in colourful magnets. A framed piece of art on the right shows a pirate lying on their side, propped up on an elbow and resting their other hand on a raised knee. Said pirate is wearing simple clothes, and their skin is blotched with some sort of blue and purple affliction. Text reads: Art by maria_ronold_artwork,
Rare Ltd.@rare.co.uk · 4mo ago

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.

A cartoon fridge door with Fan Art Friday in colourful magnets. A framed piece of art on the right shows the bear and bird characters Banjo and Kazooie leaping into the air and reaching for a golden jigsaw piece. Banjo looks appropriately in awe, while Kazooie appears livid. Text reads: Art by Dan Dark, @DanDarkOne.A cartoon fridge door with Fan Art Friday in colourful magnets. A framed piece of art on the right shows a pirate with a menacing grin and a white eye in dapper pirate-themed clothes, raising a sword in your direction. Text reads: Art by The Lord of Autumn, @ZoranDaemon.
Sea of Thieves@seaofthieves.com · 4mo ago

Season 19 Community Weekend is now live on High Seas until March 30th (10am UTC)! Set sail for your free flag and Arm Wave Emote, set out on a search for sponge, boost the Community Emissary Grade multiplier by watching Sea of Thieves on Twitch and more! 🧵

A pair of pirates cheer and smile in front of a celebratory fireworks display and a purple flag with a gold silhouette of three pirates hugging. To their left a banner reads "Join us for Sea of Thieves Community Weekend. #SeaOfThievesCommunityWeekend. 27th Mar 2026 - 30th Mar 2026, 10am UTC".
Rare Ltd.@rare.co.uk · 5mo ago

Our beloved Sea of Thieves is eight, and Instagram's gemmajohnsonart bestowed a beautiful bronze parakeet on us to celebrate! Also getting a #FanArtFriday highlight is Instagram's jrlunadesigns with their minimal, but still-intimidating, Fulgore from Killer Instinct. LOVELY.

A cartoon fridge door with Fan Art Friday in colourful magnets. A framed piece of art on the right shows a bronze parrot inspired by Sea of Thieves, flying past palm trees with coins and cakes in them. Text reads: Art by GemmaJohnsonArt, instagram.com/gemmajohnsonart.A cartoon fridge door with Fan Art Friday in colourful magnets. A framed piece of art on the right shows the face of Killer Instinct's poster cyborg Fulgore as a minimalist headshot. Text reads: Art by LRLunaDesigns, instagram.com/jrlunadesigns.