As expected, after a server maintenance took place this morning Rare has now released the new update of Sea of Thieves that introduces the first important additional content for the game, The Hungering Deep ; the update, the size of 1.4 GB, introduces the all new which we had previously talked about , but now we know a little more.

First, we confirmed to begin the new venture of The Hungering Deep we will visit one of new visitors to all the taverns of the game, the bilge Rats , sailors we find sitting at a table. These are intended to entrust missions for the events at the time, both The Hungering Deep that future events, including those downloads coming once this first adventure. Here is one of them:

We discover that the new tool to talk with other crews, the Megaphone of big teeth , there will be given during the development of this new mission; initially will be available only in one version the same for everyone, but in the future, the game will equip shops of different variants of the megaphone. The same goes for the drum , the new musical instrument that we will be given during the adventure and that in the future we will find in multiple versions at the stores. Confirmed then inserting tattoos and scars to further customize our pirate and flags (including white) to communicate our intentions to the other crews, as well as the mysterious new threat that we now know to be the gigantic shark megalodonts .

The update also adds to the game with many new accessories and clothing items, some of which are reserved for legends. You can read the full release notes on this page .

No one knows yet, for now, how long will the timed event or what are the exact mechanics of the new venture, which developers have wanted to keep secret to leave players the pleasure of discovery.

Developers get another interesting news: what was already known, so far the study took three teams dedicated solely and in parallel to the production of new content "full-bodied"; all three have started the development of the content so far announced just after the launch of the game, and the team of The Hungering Deep (which was the one with the shortest development time available to release as soon as possible a new content) is now passed to the development of the fourth great content, not yet announced. When will the second team also Cursed Sails content will take care of the fifth content, and so on. Rare, however, has now announced that they have just added a fourth team to produce content, in order to further enhance the release of news for gamers. It is certainly reassuring to see how Microsoft is determined to invest heavily on the future of the game, while providing extra resources for producing developer content. We can't wait to see what news will lead these efforts!

Now we just have to leave you to the seas of The Hungering Deep : have fun!