Overview

• Mayles announced on Tuesday that it was his final day at Rare, sharing a farewell message on social media.
• The confirmation aligns with VGC’s July report that he was set to leave the studio.
• An early design hire, he earned his first credit on Solar Jetman in 1990 and later directed Donkey Kong Country, Banjo-Kazooie and other classics.
• During Rare’s Microsoft era he designed Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts and Kinect Sports and served as creative director on Sea of Thieves.
• His tenure concludes after Everwild was cancelled this summer during widely reported layoffs at the studio.