Rare have been on the hot-wire this afternoon, telling us that Banjo-Tooie will hit the Live this April, delivering many gamers' first chance to play the developer's remake of this age-old Banjo sequel.

Word of the new downloadable title comes courtesy of community boss George Kelion, and the official game blog.

According to Kelion, "items collected in Banjo-Kazooie will 'magically' appear in Tooie, resulting in... well, you’ll just have to find out."

The 'Stop 'n' Swop' functionality will be added, you see, and all in all the British developer sound more than a little upbeat about this new release.

More on this as April nears, we imagine.

By Luke Guttridge