Many were surprised by the absence at E3 one of the most popular houses in the development, the British Rare, the makers of series like Banjo Kazooie, Conker, Perfect Dark and many others. But today there's clarification on directly from Microsoft Game Studios head Shane Kim, who explained that the company is working on several ambitious projects in the Natal.

The Microsoft executive said that Rare will have a major impact on the future of Xbox, but not limited to developing games, hinting that they are also working on "Programs" less playful. After all, Rare has created the avatar for the NXE, and it is therefore reasonable to expect that they are working to expand it and provide it with new features, such as not surprise us if, at the launch of Natal, had a chance to move on our Avatar dashboard using the movements of our body. We await further news on this.