Following the launch of Sea of Thieves’ radical structural overhaul final month, Uncommon is readying to launch a brand new mid-season replace subsequent week that’ll add anti-cheat and subscription-free solo play to its swashbuckling pirate journey. Plus, a giant 2024 content material preview is on the best way as a part of Sea of Thieves’ sixth anniversary celebrations.
Beginning with anti-cheat, Uncommon has confirmed it will be introducing Epic’s kernel-level Straightforward Anti-Cheat answer – as utilized by the likes of Fortnite and Apex Legends – to Sea of Thieves subsequent Thursday, 14th March. There’s not rather more to report past its imminent arrival, however the information’ll most likely convey some reassurance in case you suppose you’ve got been aware of suspicious behaviour out on the seas. And I am not speaking spyglass dongs.
Moreover, subsequent week’s replace brings an attention-grabbing enlargement to final 12 months’s Safer Seas mode. From subsequent Thursday onward, it will be potential for pirates to play alone on a Safer Seas personal server while not having a Recreation Go Core or Recreation Go Final subscription. The important thing factors to notice listed here are that this is not an offline mode – Sea of Thieves remains to be intrinsically reliant on its servers – and any type of multiplayer, even in Safer Seas, will nonetheless require Recreation Go.
Oh, and in case you’re a PlayStation 5 proprietor trying ahead to Sea of Thieves’ thirtieth April arrival, Uncommon has confirmed the brand new solo play possibility will work on Sony’s platform too, enabling a single pirate to get pleasure from Safer Seas and not using a PlayStation Plus subscription.
Elsewhere in subsequent week’s replace, there’s an merchandise refresh for the premium Pirate Emporium bringing the likes of latest emotes and cosmetics, plus some welcome new additions to Outpost shops, with Uncommon’s newest information replace highlighting the fairly trendy Maestro ship set.
Extra excitingly, Sea of Thieves’ sixth anniversary celebrations are virtually upon us, and Uncommon can be marking the event on twentieth March by, amongst different issues, giving gamers a glimpse at what’s shaping as much as be an thrilling 2024 for the sport – and you’ll learn extra about a few of its plans for this “12 months of the sandbox” in my chat with artistic director Mike Chapman and government producer Joe Neate elsewhere on Eurogamer.