July 11^th, 2002 (12:00am) - In their latest issue , the popular European GameCube publication , NGC Magazine , sent out the strongest indication that Rare is not jumping ship.

The article reads:

"One of our most reliable sources in the industry , who has close ties with Rare , says he’s certain they’re not going anywhere.

At E3 he told us he’d been speaking to management at the twycross funsters and they are becomming frustrated with the rumuors surrounding the company, particularly that they were in discussion with activision. Another develpor told us "I just don’t see any reason for them to move. What haven’t they got at the moment? They make a lot of money, they’re left to get on with their games, they’re one of the few Nintendo-affliated companies that Nintendo aren’t calling every 2 seconds - and Nintendo put up with there delays. Activision wouldn’t put up with Starfox’s delay..."