Get ready for more nuts and more bolts action as Rare gears up (pun intended) to release the first major add-on pack for Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts: Lord of Game’s (L.O.G.’s) Lost Challenges. Slated for an April 7 release, the add-on will feature 12 new challenges, 7 new multiplayer games and the chance for gamers to add 250 achievement points to their gamerscore. Oh, and I should mention that gamers who complete L.O.G’s challenges will be rewarded with a new version of Klungo’s Arcade Game. All this for what, only 400 MS Points ($5.00)?! Sounds like fun to me. Read more!

During today more information regarding the new Banjo-Kazooie game was released, including a trailer which you can see above.

The game, which is now called Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts, spans across many genres, its like Banjo-Kazooie meets Legos meets Diddy Kong Racing. You get to build vehicles using a wide arrange of parts and using said vehicles to clear levels that range from platforming to aerial dogfighting.

Being such a unique game some fans are already calling this a spin-off on the franchise and not a faithful sequel. Be what it may, its still an interesting concept worth checking out.

Also what’s with the 8-bit Mario getting beheaded in the trailer near the end? Rare breaking free from the spiritual bond the franchise shares with the big N? Marketing stunt? Whats your call?

A member of the NeoGAF forums posted a couple of screenshots he claims are from Rare’s upcoming game Banjo Threeie. The supposed leak happened at an Italian forum, which should make you take them with a grain of salt. They are consistent with the style shown in the teaser for the game and if real it means the game will look beautiful. Also after reading ‘Mumbo’s Nuts’ plastered over the first screen its pretty obvious that Rare’s good ol’ sense of humor is still there, alive and well.

[NeoGAF]