''Everywhere'' (stylized EVERYWHERƎ) is an upcoming video game developed by Build a Rocket Boy.

Gameplay

Multiple narratives will be presented for players to choose from. It is set in an open world environment, and will feature seamless

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Development

Conceptualized in 2016, the game started development on

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with a team of three ex-

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employees—

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, Matthew Smith and Colin Entwistle—numbering about thirty staff by January 2017. Royal Circus Games (renamed in October 2018 Build a Rocket Boy), is developing ''Everywhere'' from studios based in

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and

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, with the intention of offering a less restrictive experience than that of other games. It draws most of its influences from

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, according to Benzies. Staff worked from home during the

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. In November 2020, the studio announced that it had moved development to the

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. In August 2022, a teaser trailer was shown at Gamescom 2022. The game is set to be released in 2023.

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External links

* {{official website, http://www.everywhere.game/ Upcoming video games scheduled for 2023 Multiplayer and single-player video games Open-world video games Unreal Engine games Video games developed in Hungary Video games developed in the United Kingdom Video games developed in the United States