Avast, ye! An replace is right here!

It at all times makes me comfortable to see Sea of Thieves within the information — it’s a type of video games that I believe has a fantastic premise and at all times delivers on the enjoyable, and it’s managed to stay on regardless of threats of a shutdown in 2022. The sport is just not solely alive now, however thriving — evidenced but once more by introduced a brand new replace for 2023 that Uncommon introduced this week. This launch will give attention to matchmaking enhancements, in addition to the addition of Pet Rocks and a model new stay occasion referred to as The Secret Wilds. It’s at all times been thrilling to be a pirate, however now, much more so.

The Secret Wilds occasion will take over proper the place the earlier PvE occasion The Rogue’s Legacy left off, which explored the backstory of an undead pirate named Captain Briggsy. The occasion will run from January 18-February 2, so gamers could have just a few weeks to delve additional into the thriller.

Sea of Thieves can be getting a complete host of recent cosmetics, together with the “Labyrinth Looter” set of outfits, weapons, and ship equipment themed across the Greek fable of Theseus and the Minotaur. There’s additionally a brand new emote that has gamers enjoying with their very personal Pet Rock — I suppose in case you can’t have a parrot, a rock is the subsequent neatest thing.

Arguably probably the most thrilling adjustments, nevertheless, come within the type of enhancements to the sport’s PvP mode, particularly in the case of its matchmaking techniques. In an try to make queue instances shorter, Uncommon is introducing a system that may pair gamers with an opponent from the identical faction if load instances are too lengthy to guarantee that gamers will at all times be capable to get right into a recreation. As well as, Uncommon can be growing the variety of PvP arenas from six to 50, and the dropping crew in a battle will obtain extra compensation as an effort to make losses much less bothersome. Ensure to take a look at the Sea of Thieves information video for more information!