Everwild was an action-RPG in development at Rare for Xbox and PC that leaned heavily on nature-focused gameplay and worldbuilding. Microsoft cancelled the project during a wave of Xbox studio cuts last summer, ending what had been a notably secretive development cycle with few public details about its direction or scope.
The game has resurfaced in recent coverage mainly through the lens of its influence on other projects. Gary Napper, a former Rare design director who worked on Everwild, has discussed how principles from the cancelled game informed his current work on the dinosaur survival title The Lost Wild - particularly around creating believable, consistent creature design and behavior up close. While Everwild remains shelved, these glimpses suggest the studio was pursuing something with a strong environmental and ecological focus.
via Rock Paper Shotgun
Former Rare design director Gary Napper has shared a little about what his forthcoming dinosaur survival project The Lost Wild shares with Rare's mysterious nature fable Everwild , which was cancelled by Microsoft during a round of Xbox cuts last summer . He's also said more abou…