The British studio will not neglect its already established multiplayer pirate project, no matter how much they now work on their new work, Everwild.
Sea of Thieves will continue to receive full support in the future. Rare, responsible study of Microsoft's exclusive project for the Xbox ecosystem, will not neglect its already entrenched multiplayer community no matter how much they are now immersed in Everwild, the new IP revealed this past X019 in London.
Millions of people play Sea of Thieves today
The director of the project, Craig Duncan, has chatted with Eurogamer to make it clear that his head does not stop leaving Sea of Thieves aside. Its beginnings were hard on Xbox One and PC despite being available from the first day on Xbox Game Pass. It has been the passage of time and continued support that has made it a title with a community where there are "millions" of players (at least 8.4 million people since launch)
“We have a super successful IP based game as a service, Sea of Thieves, which still has millions of people playing it. We love that community. We love the feedback they give us, ”he says. In addition, he qualifies that Rare is going through a “fantastic” moment as a studio because they have been able to work on what they wanted, without creative limitation, and with success among the public.
Why new IP instead of sequels of existing games
He himself revealed days ago the reason for his decision to bet on new intellectual properties instead of advocating the development of sequels. According to the philosophy of the company, where some have been for many years, they are passionate about creating new things where they can deposit those ideas not yet materialized; get away from the comfort zone. “It's not a matter of taking the game that I wanted to do or that people want to create; it is about the whole team being able to do what they burn in desires and from the heart to make the experience more amazing. ”
In any case, do not rule out in that conversation that they will not carry out sequels in the future of some of the IPs of yesteryear, such as the highly demanded Banjo & Kazooie. At the moment, what is certain is that they prefer to bet on the never seen.
Everwild, an action adventure in a colorful fantasy world, will arrive soon exclusively for the Xbox ecosystem. It has a team of about fifty people.
