I tried searching and haven't seen this posted anywhere. Have they announced the specific GMT time the game will be available to play on launch day? Is it midnight in each respective timezone or will it be the same time worldwide, and if so does anyone know the GMT launch time?
Launch date: what time?
@WyMeRz AHOY!
Ye could break the time barrier and release it much like the Kraken, in chaos and joy and agony and sorrow yet eventful and memory filled times ? Different regions have different time zones, how is this fair in the race for pirate legends ? EU servers, what timezone gets it first ? I need to book my planes tickets! And get a laptop OMG ... sorry to cause a ruckus ...@wymerz said in Launch date: what time?:
Sea of Thieves will be available at midnight in your respective timezone.
So if it says available at 9pm on the 19th in the MS store, that’s not true?
@bloodfrenzy187 said in Launch date: what time?:
The Xbox store has my US time zone listed as releasing at 9pm PST on the 19th.
when they talk about their respective time zones, in europe there are several countries in one time zone, like our states, so when it turns midnight on the east coast in the U.S. it releases throughout the entire country
@wymerz So you're saying it's a rolling launch? So many twisted questions and answers around the forums.
I'm really quite tired of rolling launching. It's gut wrenching to see my European and Australian friends having a blast at launch when all you can do is sit around and wait. Really wish more games would just do FULL LIVE launches where once it's open, it's open, regardless of geological handicap.
@ghost-0f-dawn they do this so that not everybody bogs the server at once around the world, this gives the server team time to fix bugs and server latencies. If everyone in the world logged in at once on the first day chances are the servers will fail add it would be 10x harder to fix, be lucky that they aren't making people across the U.S. wait until midnight in their respective tome zones. I'm happy I get to play at 9pm on the 19th :D
@wymerz I preordered from game stop in the U.S. will there be a midnight launch or will I just walk in as soon as they open Tuesday morning?
@lord-boblet said in Launch date: what time?:
@wymerz I preordered from game stop in the U.S. will there be a midnight launch or will I just walk in as soon as they open Tuesday morning?
That would be a question for your local store that's normally done on a store by store basis
@lord-boblet I'd check with your local Gamestop. Should be, 9pm PST, 12pm EST. Where are you in the US?
I heard earlier yesterday that it was to be released at midnight on the eastern most timezone for your country. Was that wrong?
@fraggle13 So what you are saying is, us Kiwis aren't getting earlier access... we're just guinea pigs?
... I can live with that. :D
@platypuserotica aye, Aussies and Brits always make Kiwis their guinea pig, just like the U.S. does to Canadians and Mexicans xD
Region Start Date Start Date
Time (PDT) Time (UTC)
New Zealand 3/19/2018 4:00 3/19/2018 11:00
Australia 3/19/2018 6:00 3/19/2018 13:00
Japan, South Korea 3/19/2018 8:00 3/19/2018 15:00
Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore 3/19/2018 9:00 3/19/2018 16:00
India 3/19/2018 11:30 3/19/2018 18:30
United Arab Emirates 3/19/2018 13:00 3/19/2018 20:00
Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey 3/19/2018 14:00 3/19/2018 21:00
Finland, Greece, Israel, South Africa 3/19/2018 15:00 3/19/2018 22:00
Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, 3/19/2018 16:00 3/19/2018 23:00
Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, 3/19/2018 16:00 3/19/2018 23:00
Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland 3/19/2018 16:00 3/19/2018 23:00
United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal 3/19/2018 17:00 3/20/2018 0:00
Argentina, Chile, Brazil 3/19/2018 20:00 3/20/2018 3:00
United States, Canada 3/19/2018 21:00 3/20/2018 4:00
Colombia 3/19/2018 22:00 3/20/2018 5:00
Mexico 3/19/2018 23:00 3/20/2018 6:00@wymerz South Carolina so EST so my gamestop opens at 10am, is that when I should be able to pick it up?
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