By way of a GI.biz report, word comes that Microsoft led UK-based developer Rare, creators of the Perfect Dark and Banjo-Kazooie franchise, is undergoing extensive restructuring and jobs may be cut as a result. Speaking on the move, studio manager Mark Betteridge said:

As the entire industry struggles to address the increasing scale and cost of development, we too have felt a need to restructure our current approach so we can speed development and better manage the scale required to create high quality games.

Going forward, Rare plans to focus primarily on expanding the Xbox 360 user base, as well as help grow the New Xbox Experience by better integrating the use of features such as avatar support and continue delivering AAA-quality efforts. Apart from the Xbox Live bit, this does not appear to be a significant departure from their previous strategy. Hopefully that means job losses, if any, will be minimal.

Rare restructures to simplify development process [GI.biz]

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