Game Overview:
Sea of Thieves is an action-adventure game developed by Rare and published by Microsoft.
Players take on the role of a pirate in an open world setting, either solo or with other players as part of a crew.
Microsoft and Rare's mu;tiplayer pirate game was the most downloaded PlayStation 5 game in both regions last month.
The upcoming season of Sea of Thieves will kick things off with a bang with a boss fight world event against Captain Flameheart.
Sea of Thieves has turned out to be incredibly successful on the PS5, topping EU charts and coming in third on the US/Canada charts.
Premium Edition owners on PS5 got access to the game on April 25, sending it shooting up through US sales charts.
Rare's Sea of Thieves is the definitive pirate fantasy with its range of content, gorgeous visuals and irresistible charm.
The pirate-focused action-adventure game supports 4K/60 FPS and 1080p/120 FPS, PlayStation-only servers, and more on the console.
After recent multiplatform releases for Hi-Fi Rush, Pentiment, and Grounded, the company is set to release Sea of Thieves for PS5 imminently.
Since its launch for PC and Xbox in 2018, the multiplayer pirate game has had over 40 million players. It launches for PS5 later this month.
The PS5 version of Sea of Thieves will be getting its full release on April 30, and playing the beta will get you some fancy cosmetic rewards.
With Sea of Thieves set to launch for PS5 and introduce a wider pool of players, Rare is considering increasing the cap on ships allowed per server.
Rare and Microsoft's multiplayer pirate game is set to launch for the PlayStation 5 later this month, on April 30.
Leaks have claimed that Microsoft has larger plans for releasing first-party titles on rival platforms than what's been officially announced.
Players can also utilize the DualSense's haptic feedback and adaptive triggers and unlock 250 Trophies, with only 60 required for the Platinum.
Closed beta players can earn Renown, currency and cosmetics from Season 11 and receive ten levels of Renown for Season 12.
PlayStation Plus is needed to play online in Rare's title, but Safer Seas allows for playing solo without a subscription.
Rare's acclaimed pirate adventure is out on April 30th for PS5 players. Here's what you should know before sailing the high seas.
Rare's multiplayer pirate game recently become available for pre-orders on PS5 ahead of its launch on April 30.
Rare and Microsoft's multiplayer pirate game is set to launch for PlayStation 5 on April 30.
The mid-season update will also allow Safer Seas players to play without needing subscriptions to Xbox Game Pass.
"Something that we've always been passionate about is the idea that we should remove barriers that prevent players from playing together," says creative director Mike Chapman.
Grounded and Pentiment's Switch announcements have been followed up versions, while Sea of Thieves has also been announced for PS5.
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer confirmed the titles are "over a year old," with two being "community-driven" and the others smaller.
Other first-party titles are reportedly under consideration ahead of Microsoft's February 15th podcast to discuss the future of Xbox.
Leaks have previously claimed that first-party Xbox titles like Sea of Thieves and Hi-Fi Rush are headed to PlayStation and Switch.
It's been claimed that Microsoft's multiplayer pirate adventure game will be releasing for rival platforms in early 2024.
Sea of Thieves pirate crews can now compete with each other for a new treasure in a server-wide world event.
Sea of Thieves players will soon have to race each other in the new PvP-focused voyage where they race against each other to find a skull.
Sea of Thieves is kicking off its latest season with the addition of a new social feature, with more updates planned for the rest of the year.
The third Tall Tale of Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island will take players to the eponymous island to confront evil zombie pirate LeChuck.
Season 10 of Sea of Thieves is bringing with a host of content that revolves around the game's social aspects.
Players will get to explore Monkey Island in Sea of Thieves on September 28, bringing an end to the collaboration.
Part 2 of Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island opens up more of Mêlée Island for explorations and new game mechanics.
The Monkey Island collaboration with Sea of Thieves continues with its second part coming out later this month, and the third slated for September.
"We’re hopeful that while things may feel a little slow at the moment, we’ll be barrelling into the last few months of the year with lots of momentum," Rare says.
The new trailer for Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island shows off famous locations from the iconic Mêlée Island, like the SCUMM Bar, and Stan's Previously Owned Vessels.
After first becoming available for Nintendo Switch in February, the demo showcases the gameplay mechanics without spoiling the story.
Monkey Island creator and writer Ron Gilbert says that the deal for the Sea of Thieves crossover happened behind his back.
Pirates in Sea of Thieves will get to explore the world of Monkey Island in the game's next epic crossover.
The newest update is bringing a few minor changes, including a revamp to an outpost, and new cosmetics.
Ideas floated around include smuggling mechanics, painting screenshots, and rewarding those who defend others from griefers.
Check out the quality of life features-focused ninth season of Sea of Thieves in its latest update.
The next season fo Sea of Thieves hopes to bring some quality of life features, UI tweaks, and updates to the game's open seas sandbox.
Sea of Thieves is getting a new update that hopes to reduce PvP queue times, and along the way, is kicking off its new PvE adventure.
"It’s been incredible supporting them on their thrilling pirate adventure," developer Lucid Games says.
Rare has released a new trailer for Sea of Thieves, going into detail about what went into the creation of the new PvP mode.
Check out the new PvP features coming to Season 8 of Sea of Thieves, alongside the new cosmetics in a new trailer.
Rare has kicked off the newest adventure for Sea of Thieves. Titled Return of the Damned, the new adventure focuses on the impending return of Skeleton Lord Captain Flameheart.
The newest adventure for Sea of Thieves, titled The Herald of the Flame, is now available for free for all players. Check out the launch trailer.
Check out the newest trailer for Sea of Thieves, focusing on the next Adventure coming to the game—The Herald of the Flame.
New Captaincy-related features coming to Sea of Thieves in Season 7 have been detailed in a nearly-10-minute-long deep dive trailer.
The Forsaken Hunter, which will be live from June 30 to July 14, will focus on legendary sailor Merrick's mysterious disappearance.
Sea of Thieves' next season will bring new Captaincy features, including being able to name your ship, redecorate its interiors, and more.
Deliver supplies to Merrick and help rebuild the Golden Sands Outpost. Or align with the Servant of the Flame and keep it in shambles.
A unique new narrative adventure is coming to Sea of Thieves with a new trailer. Players can either help rebuild Golden Sands, or join the Reapers to keep it destroyed.
Rare has released a new cinematic trailer for the upcoming story adventure The Shrouded Deep for Sea of Thieves.
Rare's pirate utopia adds new Sea Forts to raid, a narrative-driven Adventure to tackle, a new Plunder Pass, and much more.
"We have ambitious plans for the future of Sea of Thieves as part of our amazing studio," says the game's creative director, Mike Chapman.
"The Arena regretfully never became popular enough to justify focusing our creative efforts there," Rare says about the PvP mode.
Rare has shared its plans for Sea of Thieves in 2022, including narrative-driven Adventures and Mysteries on top of seasonal updates.
Rare says that this will be the "biggest year yet" for its live service multiplayer title. It's currently available for Xbox One, PC and Xbox Series X/S.
The pirate game has reached some huge success just on Valve's storefront alone.
Sea of Thieves is giving out a free Halo-themed Spartan ship set to all players who log in before December 1, 8 AM GMT.
Rare's multiplayer seafaring pirate adventure continues to move from strength to strength, having amassed over 25 million players since launch.
Prepare to head beneath the waves, fight aquatic beasts, and tackle new obstacles and challenges in what's looking like a meaty update.
Players will head "beneath the waves" to "a forgotten world of adventure" in search for a kingdom of lost treasures.
The August update is currently live and adds several improvements to the new Tall Tales along with Pirates of the Caribbean-style cosmetics.
Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life looks to be a wondrous journey across high-seas, featuring the incredibly charismatic Jack Sparrow.
A new emote for hiding in barrels has also been revealed.
Season One's final update goes live today with a new event coming next week.
The newest update adds another major performance boost.
A new Merchant Alliance Voyage, event and Pirate Emporium items are now available.
Seasons will last for three months with seasonal content being free for all players.
The pirate adventure has seen numerous updates since 2018.
The playerbase is also split evenly between consoles and PC.
Both consoles will benefit from improved loading times.
Contend with the four Ashen Lords and use their skulls as weapons.
Rare's seafaring adventure continues to enjoy great success.
The new update brings the permanent addition of ghost ships.
Not too shabby considering the long journey to the platform.
Rare's successful multiplayer pirate title is already a top-selling title on Steam.
However, details of these enhancements will come later.
More pirates can now come to the party.
It adds a new Emissary system, new Trading Company and pirate cats.
There's no release window outside of "coming soon" though.
That's a lot of pirates.
There’s a lot of gas left in that tank for now.
The pirate game gets a new challenge in this terrifying fort.
Improvements to combat, additional female clothing options and more also coming.
The pirate game continues to dominate the Game Pass seas.
The sea-faring title is getting even more content later.
The update adds a new story adventure, fishing, PvP, and a lot more.
The story driven expansion is part of a free update.
The upcoming mode promises lots of fish to catch with a rod or harpoon.
Craig Duncan seems pretty proud of how the game has come along.
Tall Tales' first instalment will bring new story content, cutscenes, and a lot more.
Rare will talk about and demo the upcoming PvP mode.
Anyone who redeems a free code also gets 35% off on the game should they decide to purchase it.
Rare chief Craig Duncan gives an update on Sea of Thieves' upcoming cross-play update.
The upcoming February 6th update offers some changes for better combat.
It’s so good to see a developer actually trying to contain the madness that is modern game file sizes for a change.
Xbox One players may have not one, but TWO Gears games to look forward to.
Plus, the developers also discuss the unique perspective that the upcoming PvP mode adds to the game.
Hopefully this is a foundation Rare can build on.
This is a very wide ranging update that targets a whole lot of issues in one fell swoop.
The expansion also includes Skeleton Galleon encounters and loot for Megalodon and Kraken kills.
Players will be able to queue for PvP battles while unlocking new rewards.
Some big changes could be coming to the shared world pirate adventure game.
New novel releasing on October 23rd will also expand on the game's lore.
Explore The Devil's Roar, deal with new volcanic hazards, and earn new cosmetics and items.
The delay has been made to address a problem that came to light in the eleventh hour.
“They were, for us, the breakout hits of the Spring.”
Row, row, row your boat, gently down the seas...
Rare wants to continue expanding on its sea-faring adventure with more post-launch content.
Design director Mike Chapman also says there are "no plans" in place for monetization.
It seems like the game has managed to overcome its issues and cultivate a healthy community.
Now you can formally band up together in Sea of Thieves.
Players will go deep sea diving to find cursed artifacts and earn Doubloons for new items.
Not wanting to play follower, Rare doesn't discount the idea, but isn't committing.
The limited time item is a knowing wink to other Rare faithful on the seas.
Rare is also bringing on a fourth team to help with future updates.
Rare wants to keep players on their toes, to keep them engaged.
You have until July 10th to earn glory and doubloons.
Microsoft has announced two new expansion packs for its seafaring adventure.
Well, that's good to hear.
New cosmetics like scars and tattoos, the drum and Speaking Trumpet and more available.
The game will automatically update on the Xbox One when launched, while PC users will have to get the update from the Windows Store.
The update will become available on May 29.
Rare will revert two of the latest features while further investigating.
The Hungering Deep update will also be dated next week.
"I think they have limited capacity within their studios to innovate."
A whole lot of stuff on both fronts.
Rare's got a lot of pirate booty to bury this month.
More booty for the plundering.
MLB The Show and Kirby at numbers 3 and 4 respectively.
Looks like a very real issue.
Rare plans to add lots of new content to the game starting with The Hungering Deep update in May.
A message from the damned.
After an amazing debut last week, Ubisoft's open world opus continues to dominate.
Players will be able to decide if they want to open their crew up or not.
Rare brings more booty to Sea of Thieves.
Ubisoft's latest open world effort has set new records in the UK.
The game has beat out other titles such as Ni No Kuni 2 and A Way Out.
Other players don’t like how this rank was achieved.
This is why we can’t have nice things.
Shared world pirate adventure has racked up over 2 million players since launch.
Rare's shared world experience has proven fairly popular on Xbox One and Windows 10.
But Microsoft and Rare are working on a fix.
But you still have to download the full client file again!
A pirate’s life requires a development roadmap.
A complete guide for Sea of Thieves
Developer is looking into short-term fixes to address player griefing.
Ni no Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom sees a strong debut at third place.
A pirate’s life for me.
Lost at sea? Let us guide ye back to land, matey.
Dying is about to get a lot more expensive in the coming days.
Aye, but when will Rare deliver more booty to plunder?
Rare releases developer update to discuss current issues.
Head to head comparison between both console versions of Sea of Thieves.
This was discovered by a player due to a glitch which allows you too see under water.
The shared world pirate adventure can now be experienced by all and sundry.
US and UK players will have servers going live at different times.
Release the Kraken!
Now this is classic Rare.
As well as parental controls.
The developers answered fans' questions in an AMA session.
The trailer showcases different aspects of gameplay including ship battles, customization, and more.
There are 60 of them, and they are all in riddles!
The Merchant Alliance and Skeleton Forts will be available for all players to try.
The game will be playable to reviewers only on March 20, so it will take a while for well-rounded reviews of the game to published.
Yet another Sea of Thieves video released.
Design Director Mike Chapman also talks about power leveling in the game.
A perspective we don't often get.
A universal challenge with a unique solution.
Pretty good deal, I have to say.
Sea of Thieves has some serious stream pull it seems.
Eight new titles coming to Microsoft's Netflix-style service next month.
Rare talks about the enormous strongholds and the loot they hold.
Rare's pirate world will continue to evolve.
The terror of the high seas is unleashed in Rare's new game.
"We want people to think, this is my very own Rare-created pirate character."
They will also support the game for "as long as people play it".
The developer will be focusing on releasing a lot of post-launch content.
Rare is more committed to its vision for the game.
It will run on a toaster if you want it to.
Rare confirms that pay-to-win mechanics are "completely out of the question".
A pirate's life 4K me, yo-ho!
Contextualizing the loot, literally.
The developer has revealed data regarding the closed beta.
Everything you need to know about Rare's next big game.
While some players have complained about a lack of content, one user has datamined the beta test, revealing lots of hidden content.
Spencer also congratulates Capcom on Monster Hunter World.
Due to login issues faced by some players, the closed beta has been extended.
A pirate's life for you, in closed beta anyway.
Some Xbox One and Windows 10 players can't access the beta despite it being "live".
Chicken on a raft.
The beta will last for five days and can be accessed by pre-ordering.
The deep purple controller looks great and also brings in-game content for buyers.
Take up work with different factions, embark on Voyages and earn reputation for sweet gold.
The co-op pirate adventure is only a few months away for Xbox One and Windows 10 players.
Release date announcement please?
Those subscribed to the programme can partake in the last phase of testing before release.
A bottle of rum.
On the seven seas.
The team talks of how player created moments and intuitive game design has influenced Sea of Thieves.
These range from the use of non-verbal communication to the brig where players can be sent by crew members.
You won't need much to go thieving on the high seas.
Plus, community guidelines for the game published as well.
Something that is much appreciated for a game like this!
Plus a great new anti-troll system too.
"I remain super confident in our rendering team's ability to make it look amazing."
Time for a recap before we get the next onslaught of media on the game.
An overview of what the game is about.
It's good to hear that they are trying to not alienate any piece of hardware.
"That’s just invaluable, because their water is great."
They also discuss the PC version at length.
As always, the game continues to look great.
Players from the community were happy with 15 FPS so Rare went ahead and actually supported it.
The seven seas aren't divvied up by what platform you play the game on.
Plus, new 4K screenshots shared, too.
Plus, we get a tease of how the game might look in 4K.
"It’s the most fun and welcoming multiplayer game ever. That’s our ambition."
The changes include greatly improved combat, thanks to enhancements made to gunplay.
Enjoy eye popping art in full glorious 4K in this new gameplay video.
The challenges of making convincing but challenging AI.
Sailing the stormy seas.
Those are bold words, indeed.
True 4K is a wonderful thing.
It will be launching in Early 2018.
"It just feels right for this game."
Pirates of the... seas?
Emergent gameplay.
Rare footage.
A consistent experience across platforms.
New gameplay trailer shows the open seas.
There's also digging for treasure because of course there is.
Offered to only 1000 players.
And the game continues to look great.
The program will allow users access to test builds.
The sounds of the ship.
Yet another look at the game.
A look into the game's music.
You won't have to worry about No Man's Sky-style shenanigans in Sea of Thieves.
The power of the cloud(s).
The tech behind Sea of Thieves, explained.
A pirate's life for them.
Ghost Ship will be a place where dead players can socialize.
20 minutes of a pirate's life on the high seas.
And the game is reportedly that much better for it.
More details promised in the future.
It spins round and round.
Pirates of the Caribbean.
More information on Rare's excellent seeming upcoming adventure game.
I didn't even realize this was something people were worried about.
Scalebound also releasing in same month.
Supposed details for Microsoft's E3 presser revealed.
The best loot of it all...
Looks like Rare is back!
You'll hear more about Rare's most ambitious title next year.
Rare's Nick Burton talks extensively about the company, Microsoft and much more.
Microsoft corporate VP believes Rare will enable "memory driven stories" with its next game.
Luckily, it seems Quantum Break developer Remedy has benefited from the additional prep time.
Also, Rare Replay announced.