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Complete with this lovely logo below to show that we will be getting a three-player game sometime in 2019. credit//Rare We were a little surprised to find DLaLa Studios had the rights, since the last time we saw anything Battletoads related was back when rare released Killer Instinct for Xbox One and added the character Rash as DLC[...]

The folks at Rare unveiled a new trailer during Xbox's E3 presentation as they showed off two new events coming to Sea Of Thieves The trailer below takes a fun look at the world of the game as a pirate brings in a red orb to the Order of Souls, which foretells the changing of the[...]

At least, temporarily. The Hungering Deep is part of Rare's plan to continue building the Sea of Thieves experience by regularly adding new free content to game owners, and it brings a range of permanent new content, the "fearsome new AI threat", new items and cosmetics, and a limited-time campaign. For the next two weeks, The Hungering Deep campaign[...]

Rare released details and a new trailer for "The Hungering Deep", which is set to release on May 29th for Xbox One and PC, adding in a few new items and quests, along with new lines of communication, and a drum for you to beat on during songs You can check it all out below! credit//Rare The[...]

Finally, after weeks of begging and plenty of trolls making it impossible to get some stuff done, Rare has added a new patch into Sea of Thieves today that will allow you to have private matches in what they called "Closed Crews" We have the details for you below along with a brand-new Developer Update[...]

credit//Rare Sea of Thieves is getting an update next week which brings with it the option for Private Crews, which many players have been eagerly awaiting. Sea of Thieves' Executive Producer Joe Neate detailed the upcoming patch, and teased coming details on The Hungering Deep, in the May 10 Developer Update video below However the essentials are pretty[...]

I mean, it is a game with the word "thieves" in the title. credit//Rare So rare has decided to address the issue head-on with a brand new video they released today, aimed at pointing out all the benefits to being a solo pirate and all the fun you can have with the single and duo player experience[...]

credit//Rare Sea of Thieves was set up to be Microsoft's big break as an Xbox exclusive property, however the game suffered with early impressions indicating a No Man's Sky-esque problem with the game being far too directionless However, it did come with some quirky bugs, like the ability to fly your ship through the air and get[...]

The team at Rare also decided to fix a number of bugs that people have been running into throughout Sea Of Thieves, which we've included below from the full list of patch notes. credit//Rare Updates Pirate Legend – The first legendary ship customisations have arrived at the Shipwright's Shop in the Legendary Hideout! From here you can purchase your[...]

Rare might well be teasing something Perfect Dark related on Twitter hinting that we might hear something this summer about the franchise. There have been murmurs of a new Perfect Dark for a little while now Reports hit in January that Microsoft might be doing something with the long-dormant franchise, but as with any bit of leaked[...]

But today, Rare released a brand-new video along with some notes (which we've included below) about their content plans for the game moving forward. Among these are weekly events that will have new mechanics, a major game update coming in May, and a new ship class that will debut in the summer with two new modes[...]

The beta test was run, but we had to know just how awesome the game was when all the mysteries were unlocked. credit//Rare Sea of Thieves puts you in the role of a pirate that you get to pick from as the game randomly generates avatars for you, and then you set sail either by yourself or[...]

However, Prod1gyX's rise to fame came at the hands of some practices that many would call cheating and others have scorned at as lazy gameplay. credit//Rare According to several sources on Reddit, Prod1gyX would often join people's crews right as they completed missions, and when the treasure was turned in, he would reap the benefits of being on[...]

Rare's Sea of Thieves is officially the fastest-selling new IP from Microsoft this console generation, it has been revealed.

After Rare announced that Sea Of Thieves would be implementing a new mechanic called Death Cost into the game, fans got hot on social media about it Death Cost would have taxed you every time you died in non-PvP scenario, which meant you'd only lose money if you perished in a raid, against the Kraken, Sharks,[...]

You know, because it worked in Paranormal Activity 4. Rare studio head Craig Duncan doesn't think that reputation is quite fair After all, Rare did a large amount of work for Kinect games, specifically Kinect Sports Rare did implement some interesting features into Kinect games, like the Champoin Creator for Kinect Sports Rivals where the game uses the Kinect[...]

In case you've been playing Sea Of Thieves and haven't been paying attention, the game has a massive board and a lot of different areas you can visit for various items, loot, plundering, battles, and of course death lurking everywhere.

Rare has responded to concerns over a possible lack of long-term content in Sea of Thieves, saying that new gameplay and cosmetic items are coming to freshen the experience over time. credit//Rare I've very much been enjoying my time with Sea of Thieves The game is beautiful and has some unique ideas and focuses that make it[...]

If you've been having issues today logging onto Sea Of Thieves for Xbox and PC, don't worry, everyone is. Apparently, the popularity of the game was more than developers bargained for as the servers have come to a standstill tonight from the number of people logging in to play.

Rare, knowing that basically now have a hot on their hands, decided to have some fun with Sea Of Thieves fans When you add the game to your PC or Xbox, you'll be prompted to download a Day One patch, which is exactly what it sounds like, as you can see from the tweet below. How's this[...]

In case any of you were hoping to get a roadmap for Sea Of Thieves and see where the developers were planning to take the game over the next few months, that's a treasure you won't be able to get your hands on.

In preparation for the game's release on March 20th, Rare has published the complete list of achievements for Sea Of Thieves Aside from the fact that it confirms there's a lot of work to be done, we also see confirmation that you will indeed at some point run across a Kraken, race your ship against others,[...]

Rare and Microsoft have celebrated the impending release of Sea of Thieves by putting out a new launch trailer. credit//Rare I'm really interested in seeing how Sea of Thieves does for Xbox The game has shown well in several alphas and betas There was ample opportunity to check out the game and it seems many of you[...]

Have you been curious about Sea of Thieves but you haven't played any of the demos, watched any video, and haven't had anything to do with the game beyond passing news articles? You're in luck! The team over at Rare would like to educate you about the game before it goes live With less than[...]

Marketing gimmicks can go brilliantly awry, and the latest Microsoft stunt to hype people up for Sea of Thieves might be the right kind of insane. As part of their launch celebrations for the pirate RPG, Microsoft is trying to break the Guinness World Record for the Greatest Distance Traveled as a Human Cannonball.

Rare has announced an impromptu "final beta" for Sea of Thieves, and it is available to everyone on PC and Xbox One now. credit//Rare Sea of Thieves has had several testing phases in the last few months The game has gone from closed Alphas to closed betas, meaning that selected audiences have been able to get their hands[...]

While we patiently wait for Sea Of Thieves to finally be released on PC and Xbox One on March 20th, Rare are slowly driving us crazy with new trailers that show off more stuff we weren't able to experience in the beta In their latest installment of trailers, we now get a good look at[...]

The spooky skeletal pirate captain Flameheart from Rare's upcoming RPG Sea of Thieves is available as an exclusive figure from the new Loot Crate gaming boxes to celebrate the game's impending launch. Flameheart's announcement was delivered with typical pirate jargon, which you can check out for a good laugh or three: Avast ye, matey! While sailing the ocean[...]

A bit of an interesting video was released today by Rare and the developers on the Sea Of Thieves official YouTube channel, as Director Mike Chapman and Software Engineer Topher Winward discuss the NPC dialogue system within the game If you have at all played the alpha or beta versions of the game, then you know[...]

Sea of Thieves will be undergoing a few stress tests this month leading up to the game's March 20th release date, according to the latest news from Rare. The first of these scale tests begins February 16th at 2 a.m PT and concludes on February 19th at 2 a.m PT. Xbox Insiders and and closed beta participants can partake[...]