"Believable and consistent up close": What the dinosaurs of The Lost Wild share with Microsoft’s cancelled Everwild, according to the designer who worked on ...
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"Believable and consistent up close": What the dinosaurs of The Lost Wild share with Microsoft’s cancelled Everwild, according to the designer who worked on ...
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Asha Sharma's "reset" of the Xbox division continues today with the departure of two key roles at Xbox Game Studios: head Craig Duncan and chief ... Show more
5 promising games recently cancelled by Microsoft: If you wished for more pizazz at this year's Xbox Showcase, there's lots of it buried in an growing graveyard ...
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Banjo-Kazooie Director Marks Departure From Rare With A Poem: End of an era
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Borderlands 4 Is Already On Sale Despite Gearbox Boss’ Warning: Also: Helldivers hiatus, Sucker Punch's future, and more veteran developer departures
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Rare's Louise O'Connor appointed chief of staff at Xbox Game Studios: Former Rare exec producer Louise O'Connor has been appointed chief of staff at Xbox ...
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Paid articlePaywallEverwild's exec producer moves from Rare to Xbox Game Studios following cancellation and Microsoft layoffs
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Paid articlePaywallMicrosoft Celebrates Rare's 40th Anniversary With a Limited Edition Controller and a Sea of Thieves Virtual Hat, Weeks After Everwild Cancellation - IGN
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Perfect Dark Reboot Cancelled, The Initiative Shut Down: Perfect Dark and The Initiative are the latest victims of Xbox's mass layoffs.
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Key FactsBattle to Save Perfect Dark After Cancellation
Jul 5, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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- Perfect Dark was canceled by Microsoft in 2025 despite several years of secret development.
- Alix Wilton Regan, Joanna Dark’s voice actor, encourages fans to advocate for the series' continuation.
- Elias Toufexis highlights lost income and growing fears among freelance actors due to frequent project cancellations.
- The shutdown of The Initiative studio underscores ongoing instability in the gaming industry despite heavy investments.
Agent Dark doesn’t give up and neither should any of you.— Alix Wilton Regan, the voice of Joanna Dark, expresses her determination and encourages fans to support the series after its cancellation.
Xbox's absent landord execs are only part of a much bigger problem: Microsoft's continued job slashing at Xbox and beyond reveals a troublesome disdain for the ...
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OpinionMicrosoft has never been good at running game studios, which is a problem when it owns them all
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EA Japan GM Speaks Out on Microsoft Layoffs and Cancellation of Games Like Everwild and Perfect Dark: ‘If a Game Was in Development for 7~10 Years ...
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Microsoft cancels the Perfect Dark reboot that blew us away last year, closes developer The Initiative
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Romero Games Says It’s Not Dead, But Looking For A New Publisher After Xbox Layoffs
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Microsoft Layoffs Are Here and These 3 Games Have Already Been Canceled: Microsoft is cutting more than 9,000 jobs -- 4% of its global workforce -- and as a ...
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Everwild has reportedly been cancelled amid Xbox layoffs: The game has been in development for over a decade.
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Original Doom Designer's New FPS Is The Latest Casualty Of The Xbox Cuts: The loss of funding for Romero Games is leading to more layoffs
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Microsoft Kills Sea Of Thieves Studio's Long-Troubled Action-Adventure Everwild: Rare's next game was in development for over a decade
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Rare Would Be In A Better Place If Xbox Never Came Knocking: I don't know if Everwild would have been a great game, but I know Rare deserves better.
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Veteran Banjo-Kazooie, Sea of Thieves Director Gregg Mayles Reportedly Leaving Rare After Everwild Cancellation - IGN
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Microsoft will let Rare and Double Fine cook, says Phil Spencer: Phil Spencer says that Microsoft has so many games now that it can afford let studios like Rare ...
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Xbox's First Showcase Of 2025 Will Have Deep Dives Into Doom: The Dark Ages And More
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