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Sea Of Thieves

Developed by Rare and published in 2018 by Xbox Game Studios, Sea of Thieves is a swashbuckling multiplayer adventure that puts players in the role of a pirate in the golden age of piracy.
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Sea of Thieves gets first legendary ship customisation

Two animated characters on a ship, aiming their guns at the camera
Having been criticised for lack of content in their swashbuckling adventure, Rare have responded by rolling out their first legendary ship customisation option for Sea of Thieves. If Rare are to be believed, this is just the first of many.

Far Cry 5 tops UK boxed charts for the third week running

Two armed people walking towards a church
Far Cry 5 seems to have made itself quite comfortable in UK's boxed sales charts, coming in first for the third time running. Having said that, there haven't been any new releases in the past weeks, which does slightly diminish the title.

Sea of Thieves gets a short term roadmap, promises more content

Pirates are fighting the undead in Sea of Thieves.
Players have been getting disgruntled with Sea of Thieves recently, due to the lack of end game content and general repetitiveness. Rare's executive producer, Joe Neate, came out with a response today regarding the game's future content.

Sea of Thieves rolls out a 1.2GB update, rebalances weapons, ADS sensitivity, fixes

Animated character being attacked by several sharks
It appears that Sea of Thieves devs aren't as worried about the apparent lack of content as they are with in-game mechanics. Rare's latest patch weighs in at 1.20GB and brings updates, balancing of weapons, ADS sensitivity fix and more.

Sea of Thieves announced features round up: events, pets, customization and more

Animated character walking on a road that leads into a jungle
With Sea of Thieves fans clamouring for more features for a while now, we've come across a neat list of bits players can expect to be added to their pirate adventure game. Events, pets, ship ownership and customization, to name but a few.

Sea of Thieves player reaches Legendary Pirate status, fans outraged

A bunch of pirates posing on a beach for a picture in Sea of Thieves.
Despite Rare promising amounts of content on a previously unprecedented scale for them, players claim they have failed to fully show the game's potential. One player even reached the famed Legendary Pirate status, which is not an easy task.

Sea of Thieves getting a full game update today, will fix access issues and performance

A skull shaped hole peeking into a world of the game Sea of Thieves
Sea of Thieves hasn't had the smoothest of voyages since launch but Rare is setting a golden example in transparency. In the new Dev Update video, Rare announced a Sea of Thieves full game update, which fixes most issues plaguing the game.

Sea of Thieves' planned death fee will not be happening after all

A bunch of pirates posing on a beach for a picture in Sea of Thieves.
Rare were planning to add a death tax in Sea of Thieves but it wasn't well received by players. The idea was to charge players for dying to sharks and skeletons, but not for PvP and the penalty size depended on how avoidable the death was.

Sea of Thieves rules UK charts, Ybarra promises year of Xbox Live if you sink his ship

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Rare's seafaring adventure Sea of Thieves has rapidly taken over UK weekly charts. Now, Mike Ybarra joined the hype wagon and the deal goes like this - if you manage to sink his ship and he'll give you and your mateys a year of Xbox Live!

Sea of Thieves' newest patch adds a dying fee for the Captain of the Ferry of the Damned

A man with an eye patch holding a gold coin in the game Sea of Thieves
Sea of Thieves patch 1.0 notes are in, and the funniest among them is the one regarding the fee players will now be paying the Captain of the Ferry of the Damned. While some might find it to be an inconvenience, others see it as immersion.