Rare's Canceled Xbox Title Everwild Finally Seen In Leaked Screenshots

"Earlier this year, Xbox underwent a massive internal shift resulting in a number of projects getting canceled, a great deal of employees being laid off, and at least one studio closure. At the time of its cancelation, we'd only ever seen two trailers of the game."

"First reported by MP1st, the screenshots come by way of an artist that once worked on the title at Rare, and reportedly resemble a version of the game close to its cancelation. In these screenshots, you can make out the game's cel-shaded art style, as well as some elements of its menu and UI, which detail some kind of farming/survival mechanics."

Xbox experienced a major internal restructuring earlier in the year that caused multiple cancellations, widespread layoffs, and at least one studio closure. Everwild, a Rare-developed third-person fantasy title, was canceled after a turbulent development cycle with only two trailers released publicly. Leaked screenshots from an artist who worked on the project show a build close to cancellation. The images reveal a cel-shaded art style and UI menus separated into tools, seeds, and figments. Figments appear as deployable critters, seeds and figments act as consumables, and the toolbar implies farming, God game, and survival mechanics.

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