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Rare under Activision has seen job cuts but they are working on new projects

By Sickr on September 25, 2026

Earlier this week Xbox revealed that it had a big reshuffle of its internal studios and that the acclaimed Rare will now be under and reporting to Activision. The Game Business is reporting that the move has sparked a few cuts to Rare’s central operations team. However, as expected, Rare is currently working on other projects besides Sea of Thieves. Whether these will be multiplatform remains to be seen.

Rare is behind Sea of Thieves. The pirate game has been a decent success, but it has been declining over the last few years. In 2025, Rare’s Everwild project was cancelled, which led to some redundancies. However, the studio was able to mitigate that by cutting back on outsourcing, and moving staff onto Sea of Thieves. As a result of its Activision move, there have been a few cuts to Rare’s central operations team. The studio is working on other projects.