The highly anticipated return of Banjo to the Xbox 360 is drawing ever closer and the boys (and girls) over at Rare have decided to let us in on some juicy development information regarding Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. In the first of many dev diaries, Rare explains that the Banjo team is squarely focused on the single player campaign, with multiplayer nearly complete.

“Much of the work has been completed on multiplayer, so the team is squarely focused on the single player campaign. New components are going into the game as I type, giving you, the player, further powers to exploit. With so much “freedom” in the game (i.e. “stuff we really didn’t expect you to do”), a lot of tweaking obviously needs to be done, and game balancing is well under way.”

With so much progress being made, and many previews coming out from E3 stating how beautiful the game world looks and how well it plays, there shouldn’t be any doubt that Banjo will hit its November release. Check back with TGR for our hands-on impressions of the game.