Rare speaks out on Everwild cancellation

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Rare speaks out on Everwild cancellation

Everwild was announced back in 2019 and has ended up being one of the games canceled by Microsoft following the latest wave of layoffs.

English studio Rare took advantage of its July 2025 Developer Update video dedicated to Sea of Thieves to talk openly about Everwild.

"Hello everyone. I think it would be strange to go straight to our usual updates without announcing that we've ended development of Everwild at Rare. While this has had no direct impact on Sea of Thieves, and we are continuing as we had planned, our priority as a team and studio is to support our friends and colleagues whose jobs are threatened."

"It's impossible for something like this not to ripple through the studio and affect us all in some way, so please bear with us. On that note, I wanted to thank everyone who contacted us to check in and show their support. I sincerely thank you, it means a lot."

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