There’s no scarcity of beloved 3D platforming franchises which were dormant far longer than their followers would have appreciated, however few of them have seen the kind of demand for a comeback as Banjo-Kazooie. The Uncommon-developed collection has been MIA for over a decade-and-a-half, and though there’s been no official phrase on its return, from leaks claiming {that a} reboot is within the works to the pinnacle of Xbox acknowledging the demand for one, hopes have been excessive that Banjo might really return within the not-too-distant future.
It appears, nonetheless, that that return is likely to be farther off sooner or later than some might have anticipated. Journalist Jez Corden touched on the subject of a brand new Banjo recreation throughout a current episode of the Xbox Two podcast, the place he claimed that as of proper now, opposite to prior claims, a brand new Banjo recreation isn’t really being labored on.
“It’s not,” Corden mentioned on the subject of whether or not a brand new Banjo title is in improvement. “I can inform you proper now, categorically, there isn’t any Banjo recreation as of this podcast.”
Earlier this yr, outstanding leaker NateTheHate claimed {that a} new Banjo recreation had been greenlit by Microsoft in early 2022, earlier than later including that following being greenlit, the venture would go on to be “reworked from its unique imaginative and prescient and scope”, and that it was nonetheless in early improvement.
Microsoft itself has, after all, but to speak something associated to the way forward for the Banjo franchise in an official capability, however whether it is true that the collection certainly doesn’t have a brand new instalment within the works, it’s possible that the corporate goes to take care of its radio silence.
