It is not dead; rather, it is resting
Everwild, happy 4th anniversary! In any case, this month marks the four-year anniversary of Rare’s new IP, which was first announced at X019 in London in November of 2019. Aside from a couple of social media posts, we haven’t heard much about the project in 2023, but Rare is clearly still working on it! The company is hiring for a variety of positions, including work on Sea of Thieves and Everwild.
Here’s what a job advertisement for an Engine Programmer says about the position:
“Our cutting-edge Engine team are seeking an aspiring Engine Programmer to join us. You would be working across both Sea of Thieves and Everwild, collaborating with game teams to identify scalable approaches to new problems, optimising and hardening new and existing systems, tracking down tricky bugs and developing new runtime and workflow capabilities to enable us to continue delivering experiences the world doesn’t have.”
Xbox Game Studios appears to want to keep this project in the background and quiet until there’s something significant to say, which is probably for the best. We certainly hope it’ll be worth the wait, but there are plenty of skeptics who doubt it’ll ever hit the market at all. The only way to know is to wait and see!
