youtube.com/channel/UCcZ4ZNB… Just threw together a YouTube channel serving as a one-of-a-kind hotspot for watching the episodes of the TV show including other things. Haven't uploaded anything yet because I need to deal with that part but here's the channel for those who wanna sub.
20th anniversary in 2-3 months (show premiered in late August in the US, early September in Canada) maybe an extra 2 months given the game came out in November.
Matthew Ball is now Xbox’s new Chief Strategy Officer after CEO Asha Sharma announced the hire this week.
He is a well-known gaming expert who writes the popular yearly report called State of Video Gaming, and many people in the game industry respect his ideas because he has advised Microsoft before on the Game Pass service.
In his new job, Ball wants to revive some of Microsoft’s old popular game series such as Banjo-Kazooie, Viva Piñata, and Blue Dragon, since these classics still have fans and can generate money.
He also wants to strengthen the Xbox console business and make it more profitable as the industry shifts toward subscriptions like Game Pass instead of single-game purchases.
Ball believes Xbox can grow by focusing on these services and legacy series.
Considering the 20th anniversary is coming up, this is probably perfect timing. But who’s to say this will actually turn out great in the long run? Only time will tell what they go about doing with the franchise if they revive it, but I am cautiously optimistic.
digging through 00's tv archives you'll remember how unavoidable star wars was
pre-disney lucasfilm let anyone with a pulse put the brand in their commercials and even without one studio executives were encouraging creatives to reference it as much as possible
Oh btw here's all the games announced at Xbox Partner Preview 👇 | #XboxPartnerPreview
ALT Title at the top reads: “Xbox Partner Preview”. Game art is shown in within parallelogram shaped tiles. The respective game name is show underneath along with if it will be coming to Xbox Game Pass. Games listed are: Hunter: The Reckoning - Deathwish, Wuthering Waves (Xbox Game Pass), The Expanse: Osiris Reborn (Xbox Game Pass), Grave Seasons (Xbox Game Pass), Serious Sam: Shatterverse, STRANGER THAN HEAVEN (Xbox Game Pass), Super Meat Boy 3D (Xbox Game Pass), Forever Ago (Xbox Game Pass), Ascend to Zero (Xbox Game Pass), Dispatch, Alien Deathstorm (Xbox Game Pass), Frog Sqwad (Xbox Game Pass), Bluey’s Happy Snaps (Xbox Game Pass), S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope, Moosa: A Dirty Fate (Xbox Game Pass), The Eternal Life of Goldman (Xbox Game Pass), Vaunted (Xbox Game Pass), Hades II (Xbox Game Pass), Artificial Detective.
We lowered the sails on the S.S. #FanArtFriday once more, and the first heading for 2026 took us to Instagram where we found Viva Piñata's Leafos by artsyicey and a moody @SeaOfThieves number from maria_ronold_artwork! That'll do nicely, have a good weekend.
ALT A cartoon fridge door with Fan Art Friday in colourful magnets. A framed piece of art on the right shows Leafos from Viva Piñata, a character in a green mask and gloves with many leaf motifs. Text reads: Art by Icey, instagram.com/artsyicey.
ALT A cartoon fridge door with Fan Art Friday in colourful magnets. A framed piece of art on the right shows a pirate at night holding a round lantern. The pirate's skin features a vein-like pattern of blue and purple wrapping around their back. Text reads: Art by Maria Rønold, instagram.com/maria_ronold_artwork
As we trudge to the end of the seventh week of the month, we offer you a pair of exquisite Instagram #FanArtFriday delights to help take your mind off the temporal anomaly known as January. The Viva Piñata piece comes from avocobbo, while the very junior Reaper is by colourmefun.
ALT A cartoon fridge door with Fan Art Friday in colourful magnets. A framed piece of art on the right shows a very colourful Viva Piñata scene full of the papery critters from the game. A very happy Dragonache is filling the majority of the image, but they're surrounded by a Buzzlegum, Sparrowmint, Fudgehog, Lickatoad and more. Text reads: Art by Vic, instagram.com/Avocobbo.
ALT A cartoon fridge door with Fan Art Friday in colourful magnets. A framed piece of art on the right shows a rendition of the Sea of Thieves character The Servant of the Flame as if they were a small child, still wearing the same clothes (minus the mask) and playing with a toy boat. Text reads: Art by Danielle, instagram.com/colourmefun.
As the weekend nears, the #FanArtFriday post can be seen creeping from its lair, to perch on the timeline and display its finds in the evening sun. This week it has two pieces from Twitter: a Viva Pinata piece by @snekjoyy and a @SeaOfThieves work from @MiddyMidMid. Magnificent.
ALT A cartoon fridge door with Fan Art Friday in colourful magnets. A framed piece of art on the right shows the masked gardener Leafos from Viva Piñata. Her mask is green and tapers to a plant-like point above her head, while her outfit is a colourful mix of purple, orange, red and yellow. Text reads: Art by Milo, @snekjoyy
ALT A cartoon fridge door with Fan Art Friday in colourful magnets. A framed piece of art on the right shows a skinny, tattooed pirate lounging in a room of plants and lights, smiling at a parrot that's raising a claw and squawking at them while perched on their left hand. Text reads: Art by mid, @MiddyMidMid.
We aren't at our laptops right now, but through the wild magics of scheduling tools and trust, our scrumptious 2025 Holiday Card should be below to wish you all a wonderful time and unbridled celebrations! Happy holidays you zany lot, we'll speak again next year.
ALT A scene on a ship at night time, where a number of Rare characters, including Banjo the bear, Conker the squirrel, Kameo, Joanna Dark, Sabrewulf and many more, surround the Pirate Lord Ramsey as he holds a present that looks rather like a sword.
40 years of @RareLtd.
From devoted Rare gamers to single-series stalwarts, we want to show our appreciation for anyone who's visited even just one of our worlds. For keeping an assorted ragtag of creatives working magic in the Midlands, only two words will do: THANK YOU 💙💛
ALT Theatre seating contains a range of characters from Rare games, including Banjo and Kazooie, Conker, Rash from Battletoads, Mr. Pants, Joanna Dark and Elvis from Perfect Dark, Lesedi from Sea of Thieves, Mr. Ribs from Grabbed by the Ghoulies and various Piñatas from Viva Piñata. Some are just sat smiling, while others are getting up to mischief.
we've got updates! here's what's changing with Xbox Game Pass:
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Community note
PC Gamepass was not mentioned despite them saying every tier is getting "upgraded." It will see a 40% price increase with nothing new being added from $11.99 to $16.49 monthly.
Gamepass can also no longer be acquired with Rewards points, an unmentioned change.
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