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| [[File:Microsoft_(2012).svg|thumb|The current Microsoft logo as of 2012]] | | [[File:Microsoft Game Studios.png|thumb|Logo for Microsoft's gaming division.]] |
| '''Microsoft''', based in Redmond, Washington, USA is an American company and the richest company in the world, with the former owner and Co-Founder Bill Gates having a net worth of over 67 Billion US Dollars in the year 2013. The company purchased [[Rare]] and its assets from [[Nintendo]] in 2002. It is famous for computer technology, the Xbox video game console, and its successors the Xbox 360 and Xbox One. Rare still releases games for Nintendo platforms on occasion. | | '''Microsoft''' is an American technology company that produces Windows computers and the Xbox line of consoles. Their gaming division is known as "Microsoft Studios". Since 2002, [[Rare]] has been a first-party developer for Microsoft (after the acquisition from [[Nintendo]]), and their franchises, including ''[[Banjo-Kazooie (series)|Banjo-Kazooie]]'', only had home console releases on Xbox consoles, mostly [[Xbox 360]]. |
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| ==Games made by Rare under Microsoft ownership==
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| *[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]- GBA
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| *[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]- Xbox 360
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| *[[Banjo-Pilot]]- GBA
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| *Conker: Live and Reloaded- Xbox
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| *Diddy Kong Racing DS- Nintendo DS
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| *Grabbed by the Ghoulies- Xbox
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| *It's [[Mr. Pants]]- GBA
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| *Jetpac Refuelled - XBLA
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| *Kameo: Elements of Power- Xbox 360
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| *Perfect Dark Zero- Xbox 360
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| *Rare Replay- Xbox One
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| *Sabre Wulf - GBA
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| *Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise- Nintendo DS
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| *Viva Pinata- Xbox 360
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| *Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise- Xbox 360
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| ==Gallery==
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| ===Logos===
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| <gallery position="center">
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| Microsoft Logo.jpg|The old Microsoft logo
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| </gallery>
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| [[Category:Companies]] | | [[Category:Companies]] |