Sea of Thieves gamers preferring to trawl the excessive seas trying to quench their blood-lust over a nautical jaunt are in luck with 2019’s free replace.
Microsoft has introduced a new competitive PvP mode coming to Rare’s Sea of Thieves that pits crews towards each other in fast-paced matches, in addition to introducing the Sea Dogs faction, and a brand new tavern space. A slew of latest achievements shall be accompanying the replace.
Revealed at Microsoft’s X018 live event, Rare govt producer Joe Neate defined that the studio plans on constructing on the brand new mode in the identical means it has with Adventure to supply “competition on demand.”
Neate describes Arena’s debut treasure searching skirmish as “all the best bits of Sea of Thieves condensed down into a shorter session…it’s real crazy…it’s a lot of fun.”
Rare studio head, Craig Duncan, added that the Pioneers would be the first to play the brand new mode, with the studio implementing potential tweaks and additional updates based mostly on their suggestions, earlier than a agency launch date is confirmed.
Duncan confirmed that the free replace will drop in early 2019.
In the meantime, gamers can sit up for Sea of Thieves’ next expansion, Shrouded Spoils, that shall be rolling out fog, commendations for pirate legends, and extra, and is predicted to drop on the tail-end of this month.
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