Following Shane Kim’s comment at the D.I.C.E summit that he suspected Banjo Kazooie 3 “would be a big hit for us this holiday,” Microsoft UK has confirmed that we will be seeing it this side of Christmas.

That’s it though. Speaking to CVG, an unnamed Microsoft spokesperson said: “As announced at E3 last year, the next installment in the popular Banjo franchise is still on target for 2008.”

Ok, so it’s a long way off, but at least it’s this year. Let’s just hope Rare still has what it takes. After all, it does appear that they’re having a bit of a shake up.

Tags: banjo-kazooie, banjo-threeie, Microsoft, shane-kim

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