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The Naked (War) Developer
Ste Pickford, one half of indie-devs the Pickford Brothers, dropped me a line recently. Their most recent was… Which is another major piece of evidence in the “Indie games=Best names” argument. In...
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Conker Coming To PC Via Big Reunion In Project Spark
I didn’t believe Conker was real, you know. I’d assumed a poo-obsessed platformer series about a boozy squirrel with guns was a hoax conjured up by the jokey final page of a games magazine to parody...
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Rare Platformer Nostalg-o-Kickstarter: Yooka-Laylee
You may have thought we’d run out of nostalgia to mine for Kickstarter but good gravy no! A group of folks formerly of Banjo-Kazooie and Donkey Kong Country developers Rare, now at their own studio...
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Sea Of Thieves: Multiplayer Pirate Action From Rare
With Kinect now a thing of the past, Rare are free to make actual games again. They’re exercising this freedom by creating an online multiplayer pirate game called Sea Of Thieves [official site]....
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Killer Instinct On Win 10 With Cross-Platform Multiplayer
’90s fighting game Killer Instinct [official site] returned on Xbox One in 2013, through (I imagine) some combination of nostalgia and Microsoft wanting a fighting game series then realising they...
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Sea Of Thieves Showcases Chaotic High Seas Action
Sea Of Thieves [official site] got a gameplay video as part of E3 so we can see a bit more of the shared piratical world and get an idea for how the collaborative boating and cannonballing (and...
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Sea of Thieves shows off more piratey co-op features
Microsoft may have stuck a dagger into each of the kidneys of Scalebound, cancelling it from future-existence, but at least they have neglected to murder upcoming co-operative pirate adventure Sea of...
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Sea of Thieves’ storms, skeletons and treasure hunting
Pirates, the most untrustworthy of the Cowboy-Pirate-Zombie triumvirate in charge of the videogame industry, are getting their fill of the E3 booty this year. While Ubisoft revealed Skull and Bones,...
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Sea Of Thieves’ latest alpha makes piracy more sociable
Living in the tense geopolitical hellscape that is Earth 2017, it’s easy to forget the childlike thrill of adventure inherent in swashbuckling with a crew of buddies across the virtual seas. It’s been...
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Sea of Thieves will set sail on March 20
Co-op pirate-em-up Sea of Thieves has a new trailer along with a release date that’s not very far off at all. You’ll be able to fill up on grog and buried treasure on March 20, 2018. In the meantime,...
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Ships in the night: Sea Of Thieves beta impressions
Today I’ve been playing the Sea of Thieves closed beta, which is available to invitees and anyone who pre-orders between now and Monday Jan 29, and offers a limited slice of Rare’s open-world, mostly...
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Yo-ho-oh-no: Sea of Thieves beta extended ‘cos of bugs
The pretty-but-too-quiet beta for Rare’s jaunty multiplayer pirate ’em-up Sea of Thieves is currently open to pre-orderers, but it’s not been smooth-sailing for everyone who wants to experience co-op...
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Sea Of Thieves system requirements and recommended specs announced
Has yer galleon got at least 4GB of RAM? Alas, if ye be missin’ that component, you’d best stay in port. *Ahem* Rare have announced the system requirements for their upcoming co-op pirate simulator...
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Sea of Thieves to add microtransactions three months after launch
Our Alec had a rum old time with Sea of Thieves‘ beta version, but the rest of us landlubbers will have to wait until March 20th before we can hoist the mainsail, scrub the poop deck, and [insert...
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Sea Of Thieves’ servers need plundering this weekend
While I’ve not had the chance to find my sea legs yet, our Alec has greatly enjoyed his time thusfar with Rare’s upcoming co-op pirate sandbox adventure Sea of Thieves. Over the past month or two,...
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Grab the grog: Sea Of Thieves launches tomorrow
I promised myself I wouldn’t get excited about another multiplayer game because I don’t have room for them right now, but Sea Of Thieves is launching tomorrow and here I am, desperate to leave behind...
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Play Sea Of Thieves for free with the Xbox Game Pass
Sea Of Thieves hit the high seas last night, which is probably why I’m a little bit sleepy this morning. Since reviews aren’t up yet, you might be appropriately hesitant about jumping into the water....
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Sea of Thieves is fun until you meet other pirates
“More pirates!” I shouted at my matey, who we’ll call Andy because that’s his name. We’d both cleared our schedules so we could enjoy a leisurely cruise across Sea of Thieves’s striking azure ocean....
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