The three months since the worldwide release of Sea of Thieves have been quite the ride! We’ve been blown away by the community’s response to the game, with more than 4M people having played since launch. Seeing Sea of Thieves establish itself as the best-selling new IP for Xbox this generation has been humbling, and watching players create and share their stories on Mixer, Twitch and YouTube has been inspiring. From everyone at the studio, thank you to all our fans for their support. But launch was just the beginning for Sea of Thieves. In April we shared how we intend to evolve and grow the game after launch, and delivered the first of three summer updates with the release of The Hungering Deep on May 29. We absolutely loved seeing the stories coming out from players’ adventures with thi...
A game made by developers whose name is also indicative of their recent game releases, Rare releases a game that has been highly anticipated ever since its announcement. Sea of Thieves is an open-world action adventure game with a strong focus on multiplayer. It focuses on literal piracy and plundering with some of the best water systems till date. With a lot of expectations from this game, players have been anticipating this game and looking forward to it, especially Xbox One owners. So, does Sea of Thieves deliver or is it just a gorgeous treasure chest that is filled with nothing, let’s find out. Sea of Thieves has you play as a pirate who with his other pirate friends must find and plunder treasure. There’s not really a story in the game other than that. The game focuses mo...
Happy New Year, everyone! We’re back working hard on Sea of Thieves after the holidays and a December chock-full of announcements. We revealed March 20 as our launch date and made a star of an unsuspecting chicken with a swashbuckling trailer, kicked off pre-orders, revealed how you progress through the world of Sea of Thieves, and showed off our haunting Limited Edition controller. All that and we hosted our biggest ever Technical Alpha play session last month. All hands are now back on deck here at Rare as we sail toward launch. We’ll have plenty to share, show off and celebrate before then, but we’re beginning 2018 with the announcement of our upcoming Closed Beta dates. The Sea of Thieves Closed Beta will run from 12 p.m. GMT on January 24 to 8 a.m. GMT on January 29 (4 a.m. PST on Jan...
At The Game Awards last night, we were thrilled to announce that Sea of Thieves’ shared-world adventure will be setting sail globally on the Xbox One family of devices and Windows 10 PCs on March 20, 2018 for $59.99/£49.99/€69.99. The game is now available for pre-order, and you can check out the trailer above for the latest taste of the daring adventures you’ll find in-game. Pirates who pre-order digitally or at retail will receive exclusive access to a pre-release closed beta, providing the perfect opportunity for fans to find their sea legs ahead of launch. In addition, players will kick off their sartorial adventures in style in the form of the Black Dog Pack, offering unique clothing & items with spectacular designs. Pirates are nothing without the right tools, so we’re als...
Apart from giving out awards to great games, the Game Awards is also now a place for new and exciting games to be announced. So here are all the new announcements and trailers from The Game Awards 2017. New And Completely Weird Death Stranding Trailer In The Valley Of Gods – New Game By Firewatch Devs Bayonetta 3 Switch Exclusive Soulcalibur 4 Announced Motorcycle Added In New Breath Of The Wild Update Take A Break From Job Simulator With Vacation Simulator Please Let This Be Bloodborne 2 These Zombies Are Fast – World War Z Game A Way Out Release Date & Demo PUBG’s New Desert Map Fortnite – 50 Vs 50 Battle Royale Fade To Silence – Post Apocalyptic Winter Survival Game Sea Of Thieves Release Date Announced One Can Dream That ‘Dreams’ Will Relea...
We’re super excited to be at gamescom, showing off the magic of cross-play for the first time in Sea of Thieves. On the show floor, you can play together on Windows 10 PCs and Xbox One S, so if you’re at the show, be sure to swing by and experience it at the Xbox booth! Sea of Thieves as an experience is perfectly suited for cross-play, and we love how it brings our players together, regardless of device. An important part of cross-play is obviously our Windows 10 PC version, and ensuring we deliver the experience our players expect. At gamescom we’re showing our support for 21:9 displays and the game running in 4K resolution at 60 frames per second. In December, we launched our Insider Program, and since then we’ve been working with our community, growing the game and adding features with...
When the Xbox One was announced originally, people were skeptical if it was more powerful than the PS4. Turns out it was not as powerful as the PS4 which led to a lot of criticism towards Microsoft and Xbox. Then came the PS4 Pro and people bashed Microsoft even more. Sony even upped their exclusives’ game in the meantime which led to the rise of PlayStation’s popularity which left people wondering if Microsoft would step up their game and if so then how? We heard rumours about Project Scorpio for a long time, every couple of months we would get new information but nothing substantial about it. Then they revealed that Scorpio would run games at 4k and people were skeptical but still intrigued by the idea of it. Now, we finally have it officially announced, with the specs and ga...
With so many expectations for Project Scorpio and people watching to see how Microsoft plan on going toe to toe with Sony again, Microsoft did not disappoint. Their whole conference was packed from start to end and they had a lot of things to announce. So here are the highlights from the Microsoft Press Conference. Xbox One X Project Scorpio finally got revealed it is called Xbox One X. They released a world premiere trailer alongside a bunch of impressive details about it. The Release date of One X is 7th November 2017 and it’ll cost $499. They also announced backward compatibility for the original Xbox titles and that over 40 pre-existing titles will get the One X update to support 4k. Forza Motorsport 7 Microsoft showcased Forza Motorsport 7 on the newly released Xbox One X and i...
We all love to slay noobs while sipping Mountain Dew and eating Doritos (or Uncle Chips in India), and for those looking to do more of that, here are the top 10 multiplayer games coming in 2017. Also, we’ve thrown in a few honorable mentions at the end, for those who just can’t get enough. Sea Of Thieves Sea Of Thieves is an upcoming Xbox One exclusive, where you play with other players in a free form open world sandbox, with the aim of become a pirate legend. Based heavily on co-op and team based gameplay, you will be out on the sea aboard your ship, in search of plunder and glory. Crackdown 3 In development for quite a while now, Crackdown 3 is the sequel to one of Xbox’s most beloved franchises. With a focus on large scale destructible environments, Crackdown 3 allows you t...