One upcoming Xbox title you might have forgotten about is Everwild. If the name doesn't ring a bell, it's Rare's brand new IP that was shown for the very first time at the celebratory X019 event in London last year. Over on the official Rare website, the game promises it will offer players "unique and unforgettable experiences" set in a natural and magical world. The reveal trailer below certainly seems to match this description.
How long has Rare actually been working on this project, though? According to the LinkedIn page of executive producer Louise O'Connor, it's been in development for three years (as of June 2020). Her own profile goes on to explain how she's leading "a team of creative, talented people" to create the next "incredible and extremely special" IP from Rare.
Keep in mind, this game was only revealed to the public last November, so it's quite possibly much further into development – or at least pre-production – than some might have expected. It seems likely we'll hear more about this upcoming release in the Summer based on a recent tweet from the GM of Xbox Game Marketing, Aaron Greenberg.
As for the platforms this game will appear on, Rare's own website currently lists it for Xbox One and Windows 10, and it's believed to be coming to the Xbox Series X as well.
Do you have high hopes for Rare's next game? Do you believe it can match or perhaps even surpass what Sea of Thieves has been transformed into over the past few years? Share your thoughts in the comments.
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It seems a beautiful game indeed! Is it single player too or online only?
It looks lovely but also i bit like it could become a bit tacky to be honest, what with the dear-like creature pushing its snout against the human's hand. Interested to find out what sort of game it's going to be.
It does have very 'Zelda: Breath of the Wild' vibes about it and/or an 'indie' game art style to it. Not saying either is bad btw but with so little to go on, nothing about it appeals to me... yet!
As such, its not on my watch list so far and its not something that I am eagerly awaiting news on. It has time to change my mind but right now, there are many more games that I am more interested in.
@BAMozzy While watching the trailer I was thinking, it’s like BotW meshed with Ori and the Blind Forest. It seems like there are a lot of BotW inspired games coming out soon. It’s a nice looking game, but only the developer name caught my attention when it comes to this title. It’s a bit disappointing seeing Rare make what looks to be a BotW type game. Then again, they took the 3D platform genre and we saw how that turned out. I know this is a different era (Rare talents) but you never know. And, I don’t think Microsoft will repeat the mistakes of this era. I think their catalog will be much stronger on Series X.
@outsider83 I am not worried at all about the future of MS's first party catalogue. I doubt every game from Xbox studio's would appeal regardless and just because this looks unappealing right now to me, no doubt to others they will love it.
Despite Sony's much publicised quantity (and quality to be fair) of first party games this Gen, I still find myself buying as many Xbox exclusives a year on average. Games like Persona, Bloodbourne, Gravity Rush, Nioh etc don't appeal to me. In terms of variety, I have bought a lot of different franchises on Sony's system but still bought as many games on MS because of annual Forza releases and a few Gears and Halo games.
Point is, not every game will appeal to me regardless of the developer. You could argue its 'typical' rare who haven't really made a game with a more realistic aesthetic. People may of hoped that Rare would have 'evolved' over the years - stopped making 'cutesy' or cartoony art style games that they were making on the N64. Goldeneye may of been as close to realistic as the N64 could get but then Perfect Dark and Jet Force Gemini were quite cartoony so they are sticking to their roots.
I would have liked to see them make a realistic looking game - a rival to Horizon: Zero Dawn perhaps but maybe they are sticking to what made them successful and its just us that have 'evolved', grown up. Evolved maybe the wrong word because they may have evolved too, its just that they evolved in a different path to the one we wanted/hoped for
@outsider83 Yep, Rare made a better Super Mario 64 game.
It's good that Rare finally does something other than updating Sea of Thieves which is a fine game but I want to see what other things they can do. I don't like Craig Duncan (new studio director) at all but Gregg Mayles still works at Rare so I would love Rare to make a new Banjo-Kazooie game. They should also make a new Viva Piñata game and hire Grant Kirkhope as composer because his best work was precisely the Viva Piñata soundtrack.
I doubt very much that this won't come to Series X.
Beautiful trailer, Hopefully we see some gameplay soon..
@BlueOcean To this day I still don't get the people who genuinely think Banjo Kazooie is better than Mario 64 while it's clearly the other way round
I've always found most Rare games a bit overrated, although I thoroughly enjoyed Viva Pinata and Digger T. Rock is one of my favourite NES games. I just hope that Everwild doesn't turn into another open-world snoozefest.
Holy Moses, it's been three years in development so far?! It might be very close to primetime for Everwild. 😊
@IronMan30
I'd be shocked if it wasn't.
On a side note, two things are very clear:
First, nobody here tuned in for XO19 😩, and second, nobody here plays Sea of Thieves. 😏
@gingataisen I watched some of it and have seen the reveal trailer for this game. As far as Sea of Thieves, I regretfully have not played that one yet. Game Pass is an enticing way to play, but I have too much on my plate as it is. New Horizons is keeping me occupied and so is Three Houses. Heck, I'm still working my way through Forza Horizon 3 and Gears 4!
@IronMan30
You should get around to play SoT; there's nothing quite like it.
On a side note (again), I'm shocked at the phenomenon Animal Crossing has become. I thought that Smash fighting game was unbeatable (sales wise), but it looks like it might have to step aside this time.
@gingataisen Is SoT any good on your own or is it really a multiplayer-focused game?
I'm seeing a cross between The last guardian and Horizon zero dawn.
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