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Rare Limited is a British video game developer and a studio of Xbox Game Studios based in Twycross, Leicestershire. Rare's games span the platform, first-person shooter, action-adventure, fighting, and racing genres.

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Sea of Thieves is Rare's fastest selling game

To say that Rare are banking heavily on Sea of Thieves would be an understatement but it seems to be paying off. Bean counters at NPD announced the Microsoft exclusive to be Rare's best selling game ever and eight best selling in 2018.

APRIL 25

Sea of Thieves gets legendary customisations

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.

APRIL 18

Sea of Thieves is getting more content soon

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.

APRIL 13

Sea of Thieves updates weapons, ADS

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.

APRIL 12

Sea of Thieves upcoming features roundup

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.

APRIL 3

Sea of Thieves gets "completed" within a week

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.

MARCH 30

Sea of Thieves update due today

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.

MARCH 27

Rare drop Sea of Thieves death fee

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.

MARCH 27

Sea of Thieves overtakes UK

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!

MARCH 26

Sea of Thieves introduces a dying fee

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.

MARCH 24

SoT hits 1 million in 48 hours

Sea of Thieves' sailing into the world may have been marred by many a server issue but these have Rare-ly been game breaking. With the Sea of Thieves already hitting stellar figures, Rare's video explains server issues and the first patch.

MARCH 22

Sea of Thieves servers struggling with demand

Greybeards, Kiwibeards, Bronzebeards and their other error buddies continue to terrorize players who are hungry for some pirate adventuring in Sea of Thieves. Massive popularity of Rare's game eventually caused a temporary server shutdown.

MARCH 21

Sea of Thieves errors explained

Well, Rare guys really like cracking jokes, even when you're trying to access their game. Users who tried and failed may have noticed errors in the vein of Bronzebeard, so just in case you're confused, it's AltChar cavalry to the rescue.

MARCH 20

SoT gets Day One Patch, but not that kind

One has to applaud Rare's sense of humour as the news of Day One Patch for their upcoming swashbuckling pirate adventure Sea of Thieves turns out to be an actual eye patch, which can be bought in the in-game general clothing shop.

MARCH 19

Sea of Thieves gets final trailer, bundle

Although we already know all there is to know about Rare's new swashbucklin' adventure, we couldn't let the last weekend before Sea of Thieves pass without it, even if it is only the launch trailer, which teases the Kraken. Nothing special.

MARCH 17

Sea of Thieves devs roll out recap video

With the release of Sea of Thieves just around the corner, Rare decided to refresh everyone's memory on what their swashbuckling pirate adventure has got in store, as well as remind them of cross compatibility between Xbox One and PCs.

MARCH 15

Sea of Thieves open beta adds another faction

Rare's upcoming swashbuckling adventure Sea of Thieves has left the door open for all who want to take this Microsoft exclusive out for a spin. The offer is live as we speak and you may want to hurry, because it lasts only a few days.

MARCH 9

Sea of Thieves back for another round of beta testing

Sea of Thieves is slated for launch on 20 March 2018, but the game is back for another round of stress testing. Rare also announced a proper beta before launch so if you're looking for some fun gaming, you may want to skip this test.

MARCH 2

Sea of Thieves developers reveal Skeleton Forts, you're going to need a bigger boat

Rare's swashbuckling adventure Sea of Thieves is in the final stretch running up to the 20 March 2017 launch, and the devs are making sure to keep them tidbits coming so as to keep us hungry and coming back for more.

FEBRUARY 23

Sea of Thieves is back, Kraken images leak

Rare's swashbuckling adventure has been inaccessible since it's came out of closed beta, but Sea of Thieves servers will be up and running come Friday, 16 February, 2018. The game will be mostly unchanged from the closed beta version but if you're hungry to see more, and we know you are, we've got you covered.

FEBRUARY 15

Sea of Thieves devs talk biomes, griefing

Rare's design director Mike Chapman went on record talking about biomes, the dynamic world of Sea of Thieves, griefing and more. We must admit that the way of thinking the company seems to have adopted is pretty refreshing, as it leans towards the qualitative side of the fence.

FEBRUARY 14

SoT bunch of customisation at launch

Rare's design director Mike Chapman has revealed that Sea of Thieves will have "tons of customisation at launch" and that even though the company will eventually introduce microtransactions, they're not the priority here. He also talked about the game's intentions on removing barriers between players and more.