New Players Can Not Join Sea of Thieves Currently

Today marked the time that Xbox One and PC players would have the chance to jump into the full version of the pirate filled adventure that is Sea of Thieves. With a great deal of excitement in the gaming community over the release of the game, many players have jumped onto the servers and begun their quest for treasure and other adventures.

However, as in the case for many online based games on release day, many players have had trouble connecting to the game and beginning their Sea of Thieves adventure. In an attempt to aleviate the pressure that their servers are under, the Sea of Thieves team announced on Twitter that they are currently not letting new players join the game until they are able to fix the connection issues.

In order to resolve the issues players are seeing with the servers, we will be temporarily suspending new players joining the game. We'll get everyone back in and playing as quickly as we can!

— Sea of Thieves (@SeaOfThieves) March 20, 2018

Rare, the developer of the Microsoft exclusive title, has not made any public comments on what the exact causes of the issues are or an expected time of when they may be fixed. Unfortunately, this means that if you and your friends are not on the ocean avoiding sea sickness or fighting off rival pirate crews then you will not be able to join the rest of the Sea of Thieves community for the time being. 

With moments like this excellent ship sabatoge in the Sea of Thieves Beta making players extremely excited for the release of the final product, it is unfortunate that new players who might have just gotten the free time to jump in and join the rest of the community will not have the abiity to do so, until the server issues are resolved. 

We will update this story with any news on when new players will be able to join in on the pirate fun, as soon as it is announced. 

(cover photo courtesy of The Verge)