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title: "Rare Ltd.: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "Rare Limited is a British video game developer and a studio of Activision based in Twycross. Rare's games span the platform, first-person shooter, action-adventure, fighting, and racing genres."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-rare-ltd
type: Organization
wikidata: Q642707
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_(company)
website: https://www.rare.co.uk/
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# Rare Ltd.

> Rare Limited is a British video game developer and a studio of Activision based in Twycross. Rare's games span the platform, first-person shooter, action-adventure, fighting, and racing genres.

Read on the web: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-rare-ltd

## Facts

- Category: Artificial intelligence
- Country: United Kingdom
- Founded: 1985-01-01
- Headquarters: Twycross
- Status: subsidiary
- Website: https://www.rare.co.uk/
- Also known as: Rare, Ashby Computer & Graphics, Ashby Computers and Graphics Limited, Rareware, RAREWARE
- Industries: video game industry

## Accounts

- x: https://x.com/RareLtd
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJqdvIL9boKz6cXEdcx6V1w
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RareLtd
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rareltd

## Key people

- Tim Stamper, founder
- Chris Stamper, founder
- Eveline Fischer (British video game composer)
- Martin Hollis (British video game designer)
- Gregg Mayles (British video game designer (born 1971))

## Ownership

Parent: [Microsoft](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-microsoft.md), [Xbox Game Studios](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-xbox-game-studios.md)

## Products

- software

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Rare Ltd., dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-rare-ltd#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q642707, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_(company)

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