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Sea of Thieves fans are concerned for Rare’s future, as the studio has been consolidated under Activision as part of Xbox’s latest reset.
Earlier today, Microsoft announced drastic changes for Xbox’s first-party studios, including layoffs and consolidation. Activision is taking over a lot of different responsibilities at Xbox going forward, including leading the charge on the next Halo game. Sea of Thieves developer Rare has also been put under Activision’s umbrella, leading many to wonder what the future of that team will look like. In the past, Activision has swallowed up beloved teams like Neversoft and put them on Call of Duty to make maps and support the development of the FPS franchise.
“Well, if the years of watching how Activision does things is any indication, then we can expect one thing in the future: Rare as a CoD support team in the CoD mines like every other studio Activision touches,” said a fan.
Some players are hopeful that Rare may have the chance to do something that it is more suited for, such as developing a new Crash Bandicoot game or Banjo-Kazooie, given the studio’s history of making platformers. Nothing has been explicitly outlined for Rare’s
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