Sea of Thieves (XB/PC/Game Pass/PS5) - Over 35m players. Coming to PS5 on 30th April.

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PostRe: Sea of Thieves (XSX|S/XB1/Win10/Steam) - over 20m players. A Pirate’s Life with Captain Jack Sparrow out 22nd June.
by rinks » Tue Jun 22, 2021 10:38 am

kazanova_Frankenstein wrote:Nice. Anyone planning on playing tonight?

Hoping to, but it's been so long (and I never got far), I think I need to restart with a maiden voyage.

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PostRe: Sea of Thieves (XSX|S/XB1/Win10/Steam) - over 20m players. A Pirate’s Life with Captain Jack Sparrow out 22nd June.
by kazanova_Frankenstein » Tue Jun 22, 2021 10:39 am

Its a pretty simple game mechanically - im sure you will find your feet in no time. The complexity comes from knowing where certain chests can be delivered / unlocked etc. Hopefully this aspect will be less prominent in this arc.

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PostRe: Sea of Thieves (XSX|S/XB1/Win10/Steam) - over 20m players. A Pirate’s Life with Captain Jack Sparrow out 22nd June.
by GrinWithoutaKat » Tue Jun 22, 2021 11:50 am

If anyone wants to group up for the Tall Tales, I'd be interested! Not done any of them so far. My experience so far with Sea of Thieves is finding it too slow as a solo game, but not really enjoying the random groups, even though a few were very lucrative. At the moment I only have a headset for PC. Been waiting to pick up the new Xbox Wireless Headset but it seems a bit difficult to get hold of right now. Great that it's so easy to jump between the platforms though.

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PostRe: Sea of Thieves (XSX|S/XB1/Win10/Steam) - over 20m players. A Pirate’s Life with Captain Jack Sparrow out 22nd June.
by kazanova_Frankenstein » Tue Jun 22, 2021 12:28 pm

I'm up for this. I have only done the first 3 tall tales. Would be good to have a regular group. I have played it online with 1 friend (who doest have the patience to try and solve the riddles), but it would really benefit from a group of 3 or 4.

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PostRe: Sea of Thieves (XSX|S/XB1/Win10/Steam) - over 20m players. A Pirate’s Life with Captain Jack Sparrow out now!!
by kazanova_Frankenstein » Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:42 am

Started the fist new Tall Tale last night - seemed good. Very buggy at first (we kept falling through the ship!), but after restarting it all settled down ok. Screen tearing is abysmal in some area, bbut the general atmosphere of the new content (the lighting, music, narration) is really great. Also used a few game mechanics i have not seen previously (nothing mind blowing, but nice all the same).

Only got to the first checkpoint (about 45 mins in - we got lost), but am hoping to spend a bit more time with it tonight.

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PostRe: Sea of Thieves (XSX|S/XB1/Win10/Steam) - over 20m players. A Pirate’s Life with Captain Jack Sparrow out now!!
by Photek » Wed Jul 21, 2021 1:21 pm

Don't know where to put this but Ubisofts Skull & Bones development is looking like Hell. :dread:

It's been in Development for 8years and cost 120m with no end in sight.

The want it to be a GaaS.....but like.......erm....SoT'd probably has that sewn up for the pirate sector?

https://kotaku.com/first-it-was-an-assassins-creed-expansion-now-its-ubis-1847326742

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PostRe: Sea of Thieves (XSX|S/XB1/Win10/Steam) - over 20m players. A Pirate’s Life with Captain Jack Sparrow out now!!
by Frank » Sat Jul 24, 2021 10:20 pm

How have Rare managed to make Pirates of the Caribbean boring? :dread: Doing the second Tall Tale at the moment, and the mermaid statue puzzles outstayed their welcome after the second. It's *so* tedious :lol:

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PostRe: Sea of Thieves (XSX|S/XB1/Win10/Steam) - over 20m players. A Pirate’s Life with Captain Jack Sparrow out now!!
by Zaichik » Sun Jul 25, 2021 4:26 pm

Much as I loved Sea of Thieves for a long time, the grind of the seasons have ruined it for me, and the latest batch of Tall Tales are mostly really dull. I only really enjoyed the last one, and even that is just a variation on the Flameheart battles.

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PostRe: Sea of Thieves (XSX|S/XB1/Win10/Steam) - over 20m players. A Pirate’s Life with Captain Jack Sparrow out now!!
by Monkey Man » Tue Aug 17, 2021 2:39 pm

twitter.com/SeaOfThieves/status/1427617467275251724



It's been over a month since we released Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life into the wild blue yonder as part of Season Three, and since that emotional launch day we've been bowled over by the response from the Sea of Thieves community. From your reactions on social media to your fan art and stories of exploring the five new Tall Tales, it's been amazing – and all this excitement resulted in our busiest ever month on the seas, with June seeing 4.8 million active pirates out on the water!

https://www.seaofthieves.com/fr/news/a- ... e-momentum

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by Monkey Man » Tue Aug 24, 2021 7:00 pm



Explosion noise here! Fans of death, explosions, quality workmanship and explosions can sail the seas with some Pandorian panache thanks to the Mayhem Ship Set, available to earn now in Sea of Thieves. Pirates and bandits alike can earn this sunny symbol of chaos by accruing enough Favour in the Making Mayhem Event before 10am BST Sept 7th 2021.

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by Monkey Man » Thu Sep 16, 2021 8:25 pm



Sea of Thieves will be embarking on a new adventure next Thursday, 23rd September, with the arrival of Season 4.

As to what's in store this time around (beyond the inevitable fresh 100 levels of seasonal progression and rewards), Rare remains in a teasing mood, albeit dropping some major hints in Season 4's newly revealed announcement trailer.

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021 ... r-season-4

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PostRe: Sea of Thieves (XSX|S/XB1/Win10/Steam) - over 20m players. Season 4 starts 23rd September.
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PostRe: Sea of Thieves (XSX|S/XB1/Win10/Steam) - over 20m players. Season 4 starts 23rd September.
by Jenuall » Mon Sep 20, 2021 7:40 pm

How many people are still playing this then? Feels like we need to fire up the sexbox squad for another voyage!

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PostRe: Sea of Thieves (XSX|S/XB1/Win10/Steam) - over 20m players. Season 4 starts 23rd September.
by Monkey Man » Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:30 pm

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Celebrate 25 Million Sea of Thieves Players with an In-Game Gold Giveaway and 25 Things to Try!

The pirate ranks of the Sea of Thieves continue to swell, as we’re happy to announce that we’ve reached the auspicious milestone of 25 million players! With the introduction of Seasons earlier this year, and our epic crossover with Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean in Sea of Thieves: A Pirate’s Life, we’ve seen a huge influx of players casting off for the first time and enjoying all the new features and content. We’re going to need a bigger boat…

With so many sailors heading out for the first time, and well over a year gone by since we outlined 38 Things Added to Sea of Thieves Since Launch, we want to mark the 25 million player milestone by showcasing 25 new features we’ve introduced since then. As an extra celebration, anyone who plays Sea of Thieves between October 19th (3pm BST) and October 26th (3pm BST) will receive a special login bonus of 25,000 gold and 25 Doubloons. On top of that, one randomly picked pirate who hands in treasure during this period will earn a payout of 25 million in gold!

Now let’s list our 25 things to try – and don’t worry if you’re yet to set sail on the Sea of Thieves or it’s been a while since you were out on the waves, as all major content updates have been added for free so you can jump in and enjoy the experience right away!

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/10/19/ ... -giveaway/

It was 20m in March.

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PostRe: Sea of Thieves (XSX|S/XB1/Win10/Steam) - over 25m players.
by Photek » Mon Nov 01, 2021 10:24 am

Following the Pirates Life Launch I played the first Tale with my daughter and while it was great, we did have a few bugs. We went back to it this last week and played a further 3 tales and with all the bugs gone I must say it's amongst the best things I've played this year.

It had enough story with a few laughs and genuinely jaw dropping locations. The music swells and sound design was as good as any AAA game while the combat, which is admittedly confined to SoT's sandbox was new and exciting. Note worthy is the lack of just endless skeletons, the new enemies when all mixed together really change the combat along with another enemy that could only be hurt with Gunpowder barrels that Captain Jack dropped down from above for you to use.

We have one more to go and I'm probably putting this DLC as game of the year material. Along with It Takes Two its a stunning co-op game.

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PostRe: Sea of Thieves (XSX|S/XB1/Win10/Steam) - over 25m players.
by Monkey Man » Wed Nov 24, 2021 7:53 pm

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PostRe: Sea of Thieves (XSX|S/XB1/Win10/Steam) - over 25m players.
by Garth » Fri Nov 26, 2021 6:34 pm

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PostRe: Sea of Thieves (XSX|S/XB1/Win10/Steam) - over 25m players.
by Garth » Mon Nov 29, 2021 3:20 pm



Some nice little additions there.

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PostRe: Sea of Thieves (XSX|S/XB1/Win10/Steam) - over 25m players.
by Photek » Mon Nov 29, 2021 3:43 pm

Burying your treasure for others to find is genius!

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PostRe: Sea of Thieves (XSX|S/XB1/Win10/Steam) - over 25m players.
by kazanova_Frankenstein » Mon Nov 29, 2021 3:49 pm

I would really like to get back in to this. A friend of mine is picking up a Series S at Xmas, and i think this might appeal to him, so there's hope.


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