Ten years later, Rare's Everwild canceled as part of Xbox layoffs

Microsoft announces There is another round of layoffs in its gaming departmentAnd, it is reported that changes in the company will suffer a rare blow. The veteran developer is not only expected to lose a portion of its workforce, but its competition has also been reportedly cancelled.

according to VGC– –And confirmed by Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier– Over a decade of work, everwild has been placed on the chopping block. The game was officially announced in November 2019, but surpassed the trailer for 2020 Its updates are hardly present. Anonymous developer said while talking to VGC that even if the project is restarted, rare developers can't find the right direction.

In February, Microsoft Games CEO Phil Spencer said Everwild is going well This rare thing is that “progress” has been made in the project. Microsoft hasn't confirmed many details of the layoffs, but we do know that it will release 4% of the global workforce of the entire organization, including its Xbox division. This is effective for about 9,000 people, and Barcelona-based mobile game developer King has been confirmed to lose 10% of his staff.

In a memo sent to staff, Spencer said job losses were necessary so that Xbox could achieve “lasting” success, even in the current booming video game business and the recent announcement, The new next-generation game console is under development.