Microsoft’s Rare is finally working on a new game: Sea of Thieves

LOS ANGELES — It took them long enough.

At Microsoft’s press briefing for the Electronic Entertainment Expo this morning, the publisher revealed that Rare is finally working on a new game called Sea of Thieves. The developer (best known for Banjo-Kazooie and Battletoads) described its pirate-themed action adventure game as a “shared universe” and the most ambitious game it has ever attempted to make.