Sea of Thieves Xbox Series X/S Optimizations Announced

Sea of Thieves will feature faster load times and 60 FPS on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, as well as resolutions of 4K on Series X and 1080p on Series S. Announced on Sea of Thieves' official Twitter, these optimizations are revealed less than a week from the launch of both the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on November 10, 2020. Sea of Thieves is just one of Microsoft's console exclusives that will be getting upgrades on these new next-gen systems alongside games like Gears 5, Ori & the Will of the Wisps, Gears Tactics, Forza Horizon 4, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, and more. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/19/sea-of-thieves-review-2020"] Originally released in 2018, Sea of Thieves is a game that has seen constant updates and improvements. So much so, we re-reviewed the game earlier this year. In our updated review for Sea of Thieves, we said, "is a pirate fantasy sandbox with an enormous amount of things to do, made unpredictable and exciting by the addition of other players. Coordinating together across the deck of a massive pirate ship is pure chaos at times, but it’s also endlessly entertaining. The cosmetic-only progression system doesn’t give you as much incentive to keep playing as I’d have liked and its free-form nature left me feeling lost at sea at times – but if you’ve got a good group of two or three friends to play with, it’s hard to find a game as entertaining to jump aboard." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=confirmed-xbox-series-x-games&captions=true"] For more on Sea of Thieves, check out our look at how Rare successfully reinvented its pirate game and all the adorable dogs that were added in its September 2020 update. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.