Rare Canceled Sequels for Kameo and Another Known Title
According to CVG, Rare was underway developing a sequel to the launch game Kameo for the Xbox 360. Sadly, the adventure game will never see the light of day because the company wants to focus more on Project Natal. Although, having poor sales for the first title didn’t help the chances of seeing a second installment, especially since it was one of the first games to be released for the system.
In the same report from CVG, another popular Rare title was also in talks of getting a green lit sequel. However, the actual name of the game was not released. Back in 2005, Rare released another title on launch day for the Xbox 360, and it was Perfect Dark Zero, the prequel to Perfect Dark for the Nintendo 64. The N64 version was the spiritual sequel to the blockbuster first-person shooter Goldeneye; many even thought Perfect Dark was better than ‘007,’ including me. When the prequel arrived on the same day for the Xbox 360, the chances of seeing a third PD in the future quickly faded. While it didn’t suck, it wasn’t great either and Call of Duty 2 overshadowed it on launch day.
In retrospect, Microsoft might have been planning on releasing a third Perfect Dark and possibly making it a franchise for the Xbox 360. But when the second one was met with not-so-great reviews, the idea was probably scrapped. Remember, Rare plans on releasing the original Perfect Dark on Xbox Live Arcade. If sales prove to be strong, maybe the studio will take the chance to developed a third installment.
