Uncommon has introduced a slight delay to the beginning of Sea of Thieves season 7 to make sure high quality and keep away from crunch.
The announcement was made in a weblog put up (opens in new tab) on the official Sea of Thieves web site. Within the put up, government producer Joe Neate explains that the bold nature of the replace in season 7 signifies that “there’s numerous hidden work to be accomplished within the background” and that the “huge vary of recent stats to trace” has “required a fancy partnership throughout our Sport, UI and Companies groups to deliver it to life.”
“As we began getting nearer to the initially said launch date,” Neate writes within the put up, “it grew to become obvious that issues have been coming in hotter than we appreciated and there was an actual danger of not delivering to the standard and polish we anticipate, in addition to placing undue stress throughout the crew to get it all around the line.” Consequently, the season’s launch is being pushed again to August 4.
The unique launch date for season 7 was July 21 so pushing it to August 4 actually is simply a matter of a few weeks extra to attend. Nonetheless, Neate does acknowledge within the put up that season 6 “has been a looooong one” given it began again in March of this yr.
“We perceive this shall be disappointing for these of you who’re eagerly awaiting this replace,” he writes, “and we admire your endurance with this alteration.”
Neate closes out the put up by saying that growing a stay service sport like Sea of Thieves is “nonetheless a journey the place we study new issues each day”, including “we consider the choice to shift this launch is totally the best one to ship the very best expertise for you all, whereas guaranteeing we proceed to function with a wholesome and sustainable method.”
What is going to season 7 deliver?
When it arrives, Sea of Thieves season 7 is ready to introduce some fairly huge new options to the sport that have been beforehand toe-tappingly teased (opens in new tab) through the Xbox and Bethesda showcase again in June.
The headline characteristic is ‘Captaincy’, which, because the title suggests, will assist you to turn into a fully-fledged captain of your personal ship. This implies shopping for the vessel, naming it and customizing it to fit your tastes. It’s the primary occasion of any form of persistent ship-ownership system within the sport.
August and season 7 will even deliver the sport’s subsequent story-driven Journey, A Hunter’s Cry, on August 18. This would be the sport’s sixth Journey however there’s not been a lot revealed about it but – extra particulars are to be anticipated just a little nearer to the time.
Sea of Thieves might be performed on Xbox One, Xbox Sequence X, Xbox Sequence S and PC gamers. The sport can be obtainable on Xbox Sport Go.
