10 Upcoming Video Games That Will Die At Launch

Rare's new game Everwild was first announced in late 2019, and though early reports indicated it would be a third-person adventure title with God-game elements, industry insider Jeff Grubb claimed in 2021 that it had been rebooted into something quite different following the departure of creative director Simon Woodroffe.

VGC's Andy Robinson meanwhile indicated it had been reworked from a survival game into a Viva Piñata-esque simulation title.

Whatever the new direction truly ends up being, trademarks filed for the game indicate that it will have a live-service element of some kind, and given Rare's ongoing success with their live-service pirate game Sea of Thieves, that's not terribly surprising.

All the same, considering the love for Rare's more focused, curated projects, the inclusion of live-service mechanics may well deter many.

The fact it's launching day-and-date on Xbox Game Pass will certainly give it a leg-up, but it's still easy to believe that this one will come and go without making a dent.