Microsoft’s stay service pirate recreation Sea of Thieves will make the leap to PlayStation 5 very quickly, and newcomers can get a style for it even earlier by collaborating in a closed beta take a look at.

The take a look at is scheduled to run this weekend, ranging from 2am PT / 5am ET / 10am BST on Friday, April 12, and ending on the identical time on Monday, April 15. That’s loads of time to get accustomed to Sea of Thieves‘ gameplay loop and mechanics. The draw back is that this isn’t a ‘attempt before you purchase’ state of affairs. In keeping with developer Uncommon, the one strategy to acquire entry to the beta is by pre-ordering Sea of Thieves on PS5.

This can be deflating for anybody nonetheless on the fence about checking Sea of Thieves out, particularly with it now not being an Xbox/PC unique. It might be a stay service, however Sea of Thieves will not be free-to-play. At its least expensive, it’s nonetheless priced at $39.99/£39.99 on the Xbox and PlayStation storefronts. This works out for anybody who already pre-ordered Sea of Thieves, although, and there are lots of people desirous to play it on PS5. So many in reality that it shortly turned the best-selling pre-order on the PS Retailer within the U.S.

Should you do take part within the closed beta, you’ll earn an unique Dauntless Adventurer Sails beauty and Title, however Uncommon has warned in an FAQ on its web site these are locked to the PS5 model of the sport. So, even in the event you play Sea of Thieves on Xbox as nicely, you possibly can’t switch the sails and Title to your Xbox save file. The beta additionally doesn’t embrace cross-play, which means you’ll solely be interacting with different PS5 customers (cross-play is a factor within the full recreation, don’t fear), and trophies might be disabled too. Trophy progress will nonetheless be tracked within the beta, although, so in the event you meet the situations for unlocking them, you’ll achieve this upon booting up the total recreation.

The Pirate Emporium, the place you should buy Sea of Thieves‘ microtransactions like costumes and emotes, might be unavailable within the beta too. Nevertheless, you’ll nonetheless earn rewards via the Season 11 Seasonal development monitor, which you get to maintain within the full recreation. Moreover, you’ll robotically obtain 10 ranges of Renown for the Season 12 Seasonal development monitor. Sea of Thieves launches for PS5 on April 30.