Phil Spencer gives encouraging news about Everwild

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Phil Spencer gives encouraging news about Everwild

Over the festive season, Rare showed us a festive artwork of its next game. There was some concern about Everwild since it was announced in December 2019 and is still not available.

During his appearance on the XboxEra podcast, Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming, spoke briefly about Everwild, as well as Double Fine's (Psychonauts) future title.

"The work Double Fine is doing and the way Tim (Schafer) is soliciting input from the whole team is inspiring [...] I was recently out at Rare. It's nice to see the team with Everwild and the progress that they're making. 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 a dream that Matt (Booty) and I have had for a long time."

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