It might look like a fancier and magical Sea of Thieves which lets you boop wild animals on the nose, but Rare’s new IP Everwild which was revealed last night during the X019 live stream is still only in pre-production. According to VGC, the title has a team that is approaching 50 people behind the development of the
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After being teased months ago, X019 is finally here. Microsoft brought back their old X0 event last year, and this year’s show in London affirms that it will be an annual thing. While the festivities will be going on all weekend, the most interesting portion of X019 is happening today at 3pm ET: Inside Xbox.
With only a day left until Microsoft is set to kickstart X019 in London with a new edition of Inside Xbox, rumors are starting to circulate about just what will be revealed during the showcase. According to one new report, it seems that developer Rare will have a rather major announcement to make on the
Outside of Banjo-Kazooie, Killer Instinct, and Conker’s Bad Fur Day, Battletoads may be one of the most famous classic original Rare IPs because of how crushingly difficult the NES original was. That being said, the series actually hasn’t received a new game since 1994’s Battletoads Arcade. It was a series primed for a major revival,
It seems that before E3 each year, we end up getting a series of potential leaks and rumors about a new entry in the Banjo-Kazooie series only for those said leaks to eventually be disproven. Well, here we are once again, a week before E3, and it’s happening all over again. Over on Twitter a few
With the game coming up on its one year anniversary, Sea of Thieves has continued to give players the opportunity to set out on the high sea with their friends across Xbox One and PC. However, in a weeklong event that begins tomorrow, players will get the chance to give more of their friends the chance
After several years in development, the long-awaited Sea of Thieves first released last year on Xbox One and PC, and while it was met with a bit of a mixed reception, in the long run the game has maintained a steady and passionate audience after launch. After the release of two major expansion last year, Rare
While Sea of Thieves had a rocky launch back in March 2018, Rare has stuck by the game ever since consistently updating and improving the experience. Today, Rare and Microsoft revealed an impending optimization focused update for the game that will actually reduce the file size of Sea of Thieves. This should surely pleases those
Sea of Thieves launched earlier this year, bringing a large pirate-themed world to life that allows players to sail ships, find treasure, and more piratey activities such as drinking countless amounts of rum. We’ve seen a range of content updates since the game’s launch, such as Shrouded Spoils, The Arena, Forsaken Shores, and Cursed Sails. As 2018
Today, Sea of Thieves is rolling out its fourth free content update, Shrouded Spoils, bringing a ton of new features to Rare’s pirate game. One such feature is the implementation of fog. This will make sailing the seas a bit more difficult as your view is obscured not knowing what hazards await. It could just
At X018’s Inside Xbox event, Rare announced the next content update for Sea of Thieves, The Arena, will be coming early 2019. First, we saw a trailer giving us a glimpse of just what The Arena will bring to Rare’s open-world pirate adventure game. According to the trailer, the new competitive mode seems simple: fight
The next “Bilgerat Adventure” event for popular online swashbuckling game Sea of Thieves is titled “Festival of the Damned,” and will feature the addition of a much-requested feature: the ability to add makeup to your character. Developer Rare made the announcement at a New York Comic-Con panel about the Sea of Thieves expanded universe. As the
Rare’s Sea of Thieves is getting its third free content update with Forsaken Shores. All players with access to Sea of Thieves will get the chance to try out the update later this month on September 19. You can check out the new teaser trailer down below. The new content update will open up a new region of the map to
Today Microsoft and Rare launched the new content update of Sea of Thieves titled Cursed Sails, and to celebrate the house of Xbox announced a new player count milestone for the game The game has now passed five million players between Xbox One and PC. That’s certainly not bad for a new IP. Cursed Sails includes enemy skeleton
Rare is celebrating the 20th anniversary for everyone’s favorite bear-bird combo by releasing a Banjo-Kazooie-themed in-game item for Sea of Thieves. Also releasing with the new item are some updates to the game in a new patch. These include cannonballs rocking boats upon impact, a PC exit-to-desktop function from the front end, a reduction of
Since it set sails earlier this year, Rare’s Sea of Thieves has offered players Speaking with IGN, Rare studio head Craig Duncan and design director Mike Chapman gave a bit more of a look into the upcoming content that players can expect from Sea of Thieves, and revealed that three larger content updates are planned through the later
Since its March release, Rare’s Sea of Thieves has found a passionate fanbase, but the game has had its critics. In an interview with GameSpot, the game’s Executive Producer Joe Neate, Senior Designer Shelley Preston, and Design Director Mike Chapman discussed its growth since launch and their response to some of the critiques the game has received and
Today Rare and Microsoft announced the release date for Sea of Thieves‘ first major content update. The update is titled The Hungering Deep and it will be released on May 29th, which means that it’s less than two weeks away. Alongside the announcement, we get a trailer talking about giant sea monsters, ancient seafarers, sacrifices, which is
One of the major issues some seem to find with Sea of Thieves is that it isn’t exactly a solo-friendly game. Even governing a small sloop by yourself is pretty busy work, and not everyone is used to the ins and outs of finding people to play with online. Today Rare released a trailer to
Today Microsoft and Rare announced the plans for upcoming content updates coming to the shared world adventure game Sea of Thieves. Below you can check out an official list of upcoming additions directly from the press release. Our plan is for regular content updates and weekly events: Content updates will add major new features alongside
Sea of Thieves is admittedly a little empty right now, but it feels even more so when the person whose ship you’ve just sunk comes back to bother you five minutes later. Rare is addressing this issue as a part of their latest patch, 1.0.2, which is available now. Sinking a ship is a difficult
Next to Nintendo, Rare is responsible for my love of video games. Banjo Kazooie, Battletoads, and Killer Instinct are some of my favorites in their respective genres. Every game I have played from the British developer has this charm that you can’t help but smile at with gameplay that is both creative and fun. These
Today Microsoft announced that Rare’s newest game Sea of Thieves has passed two million players on Xbox One and PC. On top of this achievement, the shared-world adventure title is now the fastest-selling first party new IP of this generation. According to Microsoft’s own Aaron Greenberg, this specific achievement does not include copies distributed with Game Pass,
Sea of Thieves finally set sail last week after several years of anticipation, and while the game’s compatibility with the Xbox Game Pass subscription service has been in the spotlight for some time, at the moment it seems that players of the game through Game Pass may be unable to access the game. According to
Today Rare released a video giving an update on the state of its shared-world adventure game Sea of Thieves. First of all, we learn that the first client update is coming tomorrow. It includes 170 different changes including bug fixes, performance optimization, stability improvements, and more. Unfortunately, in order to get the patch out as soon
Sea of Thieves‘ first update, simply called 1.0.1, is out now focusing on the game’s performance and stability. The full patch notes are available on the game’s website. Many of the game’s fixed issues range from small indicators like the addition of having seagulls fly over floating barrels to problematic glitches such as the chance
Sea of Thieves has been out in the wild for a couple of days now if we consider the early opening in New Zealand, an Rare released a video to address some of the launch issues the developers are working on. First of all, we get some numbers. According to Studio Head Craig Duncan and Executive
Rare’s massively-anticipated shared-world adventure game Sea of Thieves has finally released, and former landlubbers are starting their voyages to become pirates of legend. In order to celebrate, we get three additional live-action trailers following the curator of the “museum of more pirate” that we saw for the first time yesterday. Said curator appears to have a thing for
Day-One patches, an update pushed out on the game’s release, are pretty common nowadays. Almost every single game, if not every one, has them, and while it can be an annoyance, it is incredibly useful to developers. Sea of Thieves developer Rare, however, decided to have a little fun with this common occurrence in the form of a new
Rare’s next release, Sea of Thieves, is just hours away from its release. By midnight, players around the globe will join together to sail the seas, fight the world’s creatures, and find some treasure. But what is the exact time you’ll be able to play the game? Well, it may depend on what region you’re