Banjo-Kazooie director Greg Miles confirms he has left Rare

Greg Miles, Director Sea of ​​Thieves And determined to Donkey Kong countryannounced that he was leaving Nader. News of Miles’ exit In July 2025 during a Via Xbox Game Studios, but the short poem is Today makes it official.

With a 36-year presence at the studio, Miles has seen it transform from an exclusive partner of Nintendo to a subsidiary of Microsoft. He has helped design games like frog, He started Banjo-Kazooie, and when studio founders Tim and Chris Stamper left in 2007, they stepped up and became Rare’s creative director. Miles also led the team at the back Sea of ​​ThievesOne of Rare’s recent successes.

The studio has been supportive Sea of ​​Thieves with new content since its release in 2018, but has also been working on a new project, everwildThat was it . The game has gone through a turbulent development process over the past few years, and it’s rare With Miles taking over as director. Microsoft’s decision to cancel the game and lay off staff at the studio this summer is likely one of the reasons for his departure.

The loss of Miles is just one example of the wounds Microsoft has inflicted on itself starting in 2025. The company hasn’t just made cuts in And the developer of Forza Motorsport It also led to an increase in the prices of both Xbox controllers and The ultimate bass game. All of these changes seem to be shifting Xbox’s business into something more focused on subscriptions and game publishing, but that shift certainly seems painful.