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…
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.
A new undisclosed Ubisoft project has come to light and it involved Ubisoft Milan and Nintendo. The company pitched a game set in the world of The Legend of Zelda…
A new undisclosed Ubisoft project has come to light and it involved Ubisoft Milan and Nintendo. The company pitched a game set in the world of The Legend of Zelda staring an unknown protagonist and the game was titled Project Goliath. Nintendo liked what it saw from Ubisoft but wanted the game to star Ganondorf as the main character. Ubisoft complied, but the project ultimately fell through. The Legend of Zelda game from the now defunct Ubisoft Milan started out in 2022 and was pitched in 2023. It’s not clear why Nintendo decided to cancel the game.
