SEA OF THIEVES To Get Three New Updates Before The End Of The Year

Sea of Thieves is an action-adventure game developed by Rare that came out for the Xbox One and PC in March of this year. The game relies heavily on multiplayer and, while the premise of the game was always somewhat unclear, there is no denying that the developer's goal was to make a proper online multiplayer game with lots of content for players to enjoy. The problem is that this wasn't the case at all and, with the game lacking content and becoming repetitive, players were left disappointed—to put it nicely.

Luckily, the people over at Rare have not given up on their game and are still announcing new updates for it. According to IGN, who got to talk to Rare studio head Craig Duncan and Sea of Thieves design director Mike Chapman, there are three new updates coming their way before the end of the year.

"We've always talked about wanting to change perceptions of what multiplayer could be. One way you could look at it is we've done the really hard part. And now we've got this magical opportunity to make all the areas of the game richer. And beyond The Hungering Deep, Cursed Sails, and Forsaken Shores is coming, there's going to be three more this year as well", commented Chapman, making even more clear that they are willing to keep improving on the game, as well as low-key admitting the game lacked content on release.

"We're trying to make amazing content as quick as we can but obviously we're prototyping new mechanics. [The Hungering Deep’s] Megalodon is very different from Forsaken Shores, very different from Cursed Sails", added Duncan while also adding that they have re-organised their teams in a way that they can work more efficiently on the next update.

"We've actually organized the teams in a leapfrog fashion. So now that the Hungering Deep team are finished they're working on the next thing".

Duncan also mentions that they're working hard in order to keep the cadence of the updates quick by bringing on a new team.

"Our goal is to try and give each team more runway but keep the cadence quick. We're actually bringing on a fourth team as well, so we've got more people working on Sea of Thieves now than when we shipped. I think the takeaway we want everyone to know is if you've got into Sea of Thieves—we are fully committed to Sea of Thieves in the future".

Sea of Thieves has been struggling pretty much since it came out because of the poor reception it got from critics and players, but is nice to see that Rare still haven't jumped ship and are willing to listen to fans and keep adding content to make the game a better experience for everyone.

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