Hopefully, we don't have to wait too much longer to have an uncut look at gameplay.Įverwild is in development for PC and Xbox Series X. One of Rare's biggest ongoing projects, Everwild, was missing from Microsoft's E3 2021 Xbox showcase because it's being rebooted, a report now claims. Everwild looks like a unique addition to both Rare and Xbox's catalog going forward though, so I'm excited to see more. Initially a big deal in 2019, Rare's Everwild has gone missing - purportedly because of changes to the team and the studio's design philosophy. While Rare fans probably want the studio to return to their classic franchises like Banjo-Kazooie and Conker, Rare head Craig Duncan made it clear in an interview with Game Reactor that Rare "very much focused on new IP" going forward instead of those old franchises. It's also good to see that Rare hasn't been siloed into one franchise like 343 Industries and The Coalition have been with Halo and Gears, respectively. The Inverse Analysis - If Microsoft wants to break the stereotype of just being a Halo, Gears, and Forza machine, it needs interesting new IP like Everwild. Everwild was only listed for Xbox Series X and PC by Microsoft, so it is unknown if there will be an Xbox One version of the game. The multiple characters in the reveal trailers also suggest that it features some sort of multiplayer, which makes sense as Sea of Thieves was also a multiplayer game. Considering that many of Xbox's games are fast-paced action titles, this is definitely a welcome change of pace that makes for one of the biggest standouts from Xbox's July 23 showcase. wild approach to their worlds, but Everwild appears to take a more tranquil and less violent approach. Plenty of games, like Monster Hunter: World, take a man vs. Revealed during XO19, Everwild's announcement trailer painted a picture of the magical and nature-rich world inhabited by a world of enchanting (and. But the Xbox exclusive hasn't had the smoothest development journey. So it's used to nurture the world rather than for combat. Everwild is a brand new game from Sea of Thieves developer Rare, one which promises to give us our fix of magic and nature. At one point in the trailer, we see four characters use a kind of light-based dancing magic to heal a creature. The way the game uses magic also appears to be unique. Though the game was announced officially in 2019, it seems this game has been a project for significantly longer. The most striking thing about Everwild remains its visuals, which are colorful but stylized to complement the unique creature designs. But just recently, screen shots of Rare employee work bios were posted to twitter proving that Rare had actually started their pre-production for Everwild all the way back in 2016. By "new ways to play," it turns out Rare actually meant a multiplayer game about players interacting with an appreciating the beauty of the game's environment.