Conker: Live & Uncut Rare Retrospective

He’s back, and he’s packing more heat than ever before. If you’ve spent the last couple of years gagging for the next-generation debut of everyone’s favourite amoral rodent, your time has come: Conker: Live & Uncut sees our hero return for a riotous multiplayer-heavy battle-fest which should sort out the Squirrels from the Tediz once and for all.

Since Rare joined Microsoft Game Studios, some of the most common questions have revolved around our plans for Xbox Live. However, even the most ardent Live fanatics probably weren’t expecting anything so comprehensive quite so quickly. In Conker: Live & Uncut, up to twelve players can jump in from all corners of the world to help man a besieged fortress against the enemy, striving to make the best possible use of its arsenal of heavy artillery and hand-to-hand weapons.

Whether you choose to play a defensive game or lead the assault directly down the opposition’s throat, you’ll never be empty-handed for long: from old favourites knife, katana and baseball bat though shotgun and sniper rifle to some of the weapons making their first appearance, all the good stuff’s here, and you’d be hard-pressed to find a more brutal and varied videogame armoury. Which is just as well, because you might be surprised at just how relentless and bloodthirsty an army of scowling cartoon animals can be.

Also, if you were paying attention to the title, you’ll realise that the Live elements only make up part of the package – the rest consists of the classic solo outing Conker’s Bad Fur Day, here not only in its entirety but actually expanded with extra footage that didn’t make the original cut. If you missed it the first time around, you owe it to yourself to experience Conker’s BFD to see just how funny (and foul) a game can be.

Conker: Live & Uncut hasn’t been tagged with a release date just yet, but keep watching the skies (for defenestrated Tediz) and we’ll be sure to let you know when the game nears completion. In the meantime, keep your shooter out and your helmet polished – there’s a war a-comin’.