Sea of Thieves Developers Respond to Lots of Xbox Layouts with Somber News
Blog Andrew Joseph 16 Jul , 2025 0

Xbox Developer Rare, the Xbox Developer Rare today known for its Sea of Thieves, commented on Microsoft's recent mass layoffs that led to the studio's long-term development project Everwild.
As part Sea of Thieves Developers' July Update VideoRare Production Director Drew Stevens began to resolve layoffs. “It would be strange to go straight into our usual updates without acknowledging the news we ended in the rare Everwild,” Stevens said.By GamesRadar).
The game was officially announced in November 2019, but surpassed the trailer for 2020 Its updates are hardly present. Sources say Rare cannot find the right direction for Everwild and it is no longer developing.
Stevens added that canceling Everwild did not “directly affect” the thieves' ocean, and mentioned that development is going as planned. “Our focus as a team and studio is to support our roles in friends and colleagues at risk,” Stevens said.
The developer went on to say, “It’s impossible for something like this to ripple in the studio and somehow affect us all, so please bear with us.”
“I just want to thank everyone who reached out to check and shared their support words. Really, thank you, that really means a lot.”
As part of the Xbox cut, not only Everwild, because Microsoft Cancel too Elder Scrolls Online Developer Zenimax Online Studios New MMO and New Perfect Darkness. Microsoft also has many developers on its studio network.
The cuts are part of a broader work at Microsoft that has impacted more than 9,000 people, investing billions of dollars in artificial intelligence projects in the context of Microsoft. Some layoffs at King, Microsoft-owned Candy Crush Studio, say They will be replaced by the AI systems they helped create.