GameTech: Doing your worst on high seas

WE don’t know which is worse, high seas, or high expectations. Microsoft’s big release for March, Sea of Thieves, has both.

Sea of Thieves is a multiplayer pirate adventure in which you’ll face the open ocean, skeletons, sharks, and the most loathsome adversary of all — online gamers. The potential for teamwork and fun is tremendous, but the success of this particular expedition will rely almost entirely on the people you play with.