To the collective horror of Rare fanboys everywhere, Microsoft announced the opening of preorders for their HoloLens augmented reality headset, and along with it a new Conker game.

Conker the Squirrel will appear in Microsoft's game creator Project Spark, set to launch holiday 2014.

An inside source has let loose information of the new Xbox to MCV. The surprising detail: The new Xbox won't have an optical drive for discs.

Eurogamer looks into Rare's buyout history for clues explaining their perceived decline.