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  Microsoft buy top games producers Rare
Updated 26 September 2002, 14.05
 Rare and Microsoft are linking up
Rare and Microsoft are linking up

By Neil Doughty
CBBC Newsround Online at X02 in Spain

As well as revealing the details of Xbox Live Microsoft had another big announcement to make at X02.

At the end of a very cool looking presentation they told a big group of journalists from all over Europe that they had bought one of the top games development companies, Rare.

Rare games now exclusive to Xbox

The company that made games like Banjo-Kazooie, Perfect Dark, Donkey Kong 64 and GoldenEye 007 will now be making them only for the Xbox.

Kameo is will be the first Rare Xbox game
Kameo is will be the first Rare Xbox game
In the past Rare have been working only Nintendo consoles but now they've switched sides in big deal worth $375m.

Since being founded in 1985 Rare have sold more than 90 million games all over the world.

Rare are expected to make five games for the Xbox over the next two years, with the first - Kameo - arriving in Spring 2003 and a sequel to Perfect Dark also on the way.

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