In depressing news, megastar Banjo-Kazooie composer Grant Kirkhope is callously shafted out of a job after a series of bizarre circumstances. 38 Studios (owner of his company, Big Huge Games) just ditched their entire staff on account of massive financial hemorrhaging that nobody seemed to notice until last week.

We're reporting this a little late, but it's high time we extended our most heartfelt big-ups to the man who brought the Banjo-Kazooie series to life.