Everwild Has Reportedly Been Cancelled At Rare As Layoffs Hit Microsoft

According to a repot from VGC, Everwild, the new IP from legendary game developer Rare, has been cancelled amid the latest batch of layoffs to hit Microsoft.

Sources told the site that a broader restructuring of Rare is likely to see a number of layoffs hit the company, with team members informed of Everwild’s cancellation as Microsoft confirmed that major job losses are going to impact the company. No further details were revealed at the time.

Everwild has been in development in some form or another for more than a decade now, although it wasn’t until Xbox X019 that Rare announced development of a new third-person action-adventure title. It was later revealed that Alien Isolation’s lead designer, Gary Napper, had joined Rare to serve as designer director on Everwild.

Back in June 2021, it was reported by Jeff Grubb that Everwild had been rebooted since its initial production cycle and was still a long way off. This was corroborated by VGC in the same month, and fast-forwad to 2024, it was reported that development of Everwild was progressing well and some parts in playable form.

[Source – VGC]