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Sea of Thieves Pirate's Life expansion spells record-breaking month for Rare

4.8 million players in June, creative director Mike Chapman calls it a “huge moment” for the game

Sea of Thieves team: "We changed everything to keep the Pirates of the Caribbean expansion a secret"

Rare on helping new players and the relationship with Disney

Sea of Thieves to shift to battle pass model

Rare is introducing a new seasonal progression system starting January 2021

Everwild creative director leaves Rare

Simon Woodroffe resigned from his position, but Rare's new IP is "in good hands" studio head Craig Duncan said

Rare punishes streamers after they complain of Sea of Thieves harassment

Studio's inability to curb harassment prompts other streamers to leave the game's Partner Programme in solidarity

Who saved Rare?

“We were so worried about challenging ourselves technically, that we paused a little bit with worrying about people”

Sea of Thieves passes ten million players since launch

"It's mind-blowing to think of that many people setting sail on the Sea of Thieves," says Rare

Games of the Year 2019: Sea of Thieves

Rare's pirate adventure offered an object lesson in how service-based games can get better and better with age

Sea of Thieves reaches 8.4m lifetime players

Since its anniversary update in late April, Rare's pirate adventure has seen 2m users

Keeping Sea of Thieves afloat

Rare details how free expansions, focusing on the unexpected, and avoiding egregious monetisation has given its pirate game a buoyant future

Sea of Thieves reaches five million players as Cursed Sails expansion launches

Plus, 40 million hours broadcast on Twitch but it's still unclear how player count translates to sales due to Game Pass inclusion

Sea of Thieves hit three month target in a single day

Xbox Game Pass helped Rare to smash launch expectations

Jagex raises £225,000 for mental health non-profits

RuneScape developer, along with Rare, also recognized with Workplace Wellbeing Index award

Sea of Thieves attracts two million players in first week

Rare's shared world pirate adventure also drives streaming and Xbox Live friendship figures

Rare's voyage into uncharted waters with Sea of Thieves

Studio head Craig Duncan and executive producer Joe Neate discuss Rare's approach to its first service-based game

Spencer: "I don't want the Rare brand to mean Kinect Sports"

Xbox boss discusses the future of the UK studio

Rare director joins Sony Computer Entertainment

George Andreas leaves Rare after a 16 year career

Scott Henson takes head of operations role at Xbox, overseeing Lionhead

Former EA Origin biz dev Roger Walkden also joins Microsoft as chief of staff

Rare appoints Sega, Headfirst vet as creative director

Simon Woodroffe joins Microsoft's Kinect studio

Ex-Rare dev: Company is "a survivor"

Former Rare developers talk about the challenges and changes Microsoft brought to the company