Everwild Cancelled


According to people with knowledge of the project, team members were informed of the news, which comes amid significant layoffs across Microsoft and Xbox, which were formally announced on Wendesday.

Employees are likely to lose their jobs as part of broader restructuring of Seas of Thieves develoepr Rare, the sources said.
 
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"It has been [a while]. And we've been able to give those teams time in what they're doing which is good and still have a portfolio like we have. It's like a dream that Matt (Booty) and I have had for a long time, so it's finally good to be there. We can give those teams time"

 
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Isn't this the game that when it was announced not even the devs knew what it was about?

MS is damn weird man, they have all those IPs sitting there but they go and spend years and millions on something weird like this. Come on Phil, just give us Hecatomb, a new Soldier of Fortune or a new Jet Force Gemini and you'll make a lot of people happy.
 
Microsoft buying rare is one of the biggest gaming disasters in history. Took one of the most iconic devs of all time and completely ruined them. They went from banjo kazooie, perfect dark, conkers bad fur day, etc to kinect shit and they never recovered.
 
Isn't this the game that when it was announced not even the devs knew what it was about?

MS is damn weird man, they have all those IPs sitting there but they go and spend years and millions on something weird like this. Come on Phil, just give us Hecatomb, a new Soldier of Fortune or a new Jet Force Gemini and you'll make a lot of people happy.

Those are some titles lol. We cant even get a new Quake.
 
Sounds about right, wasn't this game announced like 5 years ago? I wonder how many millions were wasted to have nothing to show for. This is not surprising at all.
 
Not surprised. Sounds like a development disaster. Game was announced so long ago I had to google when the trailer came out and it was November 2019! Series X was still a full year away from launch!


Development

Development began on Everwild around 2014, and it spent many years in experimental prototyping before being announced.[2] Rare announced a new third-person action-adventure AAA game during the Xbox X019 presentation in November 2019.[5] Gary Napper, who was previously the lead designer for Alien: Isolation, joined Rare as the design director for Everwild.[6]

Video game journalist Jeff Grubb stated in a stream on 12 June 2021 that Everwild had been rebooted since its initial development and was "a ways off", scheduled for approximately 2023.[7] A Video Games Chronicles report on 14 June, corroborated that Everwild underwent a "complete reboot" after departure of creative director Simon Woodroffe, but stated that its planned release date had been pushed back to 2024 saying "Everwild's development team is now 'optimistically' targeting a 2024 release."[2]

In October 2024, Everwild development was reported to be going well, with parts of the game being in a playable form.[8]

In July 2025, Everwild development was ended as a result of broader layoffs within Microsoft.
 
Wikipedia says Battletoads 2020 was the last game they made?
Sea of Thievs was released in 2018. 7 years ago?
Collecting a paycheck for 5 years. Come into work. Sit at a computer, Get paid.
 
It was clear that some game had to be canceled after so many layoffs, we'll see what happens with what little remains of Rare.
 
Microsoft buying rare is one of the biggest gaming disasters in history. Took one of the most iconic devs of all time and completely ruined them. They went from banjo kazooie, perfect dark, conkers bad fur day, etc to kinect shit and they never recovered.
Sea of Thieves is a masterpiece and I will continue to say that every time somebody says Rare has gone to shit.

Bummer about Everwild, though.
 
Let's remeber that between 1997/2001 Rare developed on N64 Blast Corps, GoldenEye 007, Diddy Kong Racing, Banjo-Kazooie, Jet Force Gemini, Donkey Kong 64, Perfect Dark, Mickey's Speedway USA, Banjo-Tooie and Conker's Bad Fur Day.
 
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