Sea of Thieves 'Forsaken Shores' expansion adds volcanos and rowboats

Sea of Thieves is an exploration-based pirate game which launched on March xx, 2022. Rare is known for many famous franchises including Banjo-Kazooie, Conker, and GoldenEye. All the same, in recent years, the team focused on developing Kinect games for Xbox One and Xbox 360.

At Gamescom 2022, Executive Producer Joe Neate discussed the upcoming "Forsaken Shores" expansion. Forsaken Shores adds a new region called "Devil's Roar". Every bit you may have guessed, it features active volcanoes and other dangers. According to a report past IGN, "this new island volition periodically erupt and shake the world with tremors, launch geysers, fling rocks, and heat the h2o effectually the island to the indicate you tin can be boiled to expiry."

"Cargo Runs" is a new mode beingness introduced to the game next month too. Just like whatever cargo run, the goal is to move a customer's supplies from one location to another. It'south unclear what happens if your ship sinks and you lose all the goods.

Aside from the new area and mode, the biggest add-on has to be the rowboat. In order to survive the toxic waters, you lot have to utilize the vessel to avoid existence boiled alive. The shores tin can't suppose life due to the extreme rut. Once you find a rowboat, it can exist docked to a larger ship.

Forsaken Shores is coming to Xbox One and Windows 10 on September 19, 2022. Information technology'll go live afterwards a patch has been deployed for the game. Sea of Thieves is currently available for $59.99 through various retailers, but it's complimentary for Xbox Game Pass subscribers.

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