Sea of Thieves Technical Alpha Update - Smooth Sailing

It's been a while since our last Content Update video, but here we are with the latest, and it's a good 'un. All those features you've been hearing us talk about lately – in the New York Comic Con panel and our most recent Tales from the Tavern podcast – are ready to be put through their paces by marauding Insider pirates in the upcoming Technical Alpha play sessions.

As a quick recap, the headline features of this update are our non-verbal comms system, banishment to the brig, ship scuttling and the long-awaited option of setting sail on a smaller craft with a cut-down crew. For elaboration on all these things, take a fascinating four-minute cruise through the video below. We assure you it's worth it, not least because of the velvety voiceover work from our in-house Video Producer John McMurtrie, who you may remember from his stint on Sea of Thieves' E3 2017 Gameplay Walkthrough.

Rest assured we're keeping a list of celebrities and VO artists that John has already been mistaken for, including Simon Pegg and Craig Ferguson. Please feel free to suggest more. And there are plenty of Sea of Thieves social channels where you can discuss this or any of the other, arguably more relevant features on display in the latest video! Stoked for small ships? Buzzing about the brig? Don't keep it to yourself – let us know!