Sea of Thieves is coming to Battle.net with ‘6 Days Early Access’ – despite launching in 2018

Back in 2018, Sea of Thieves launched on both Xbox and PC, going on to become one of Xbox’s biggest new IPs with over 40 million total players. Since then, the game has landed on PS5 to great success. Interestingly, despite arriving on Steam all the way back in 2018, Microsoft has announced that Sea of Thieves is coming to Battle.net next month.

Making the curious announcement on BlueSky, the official Sea of Thieves page wrote the following: “Prepare to welcome a new horde of would-be Legends: Sea of Thieves is coming to Battle.net on May 22nd! Including Cobalt Kestrel weapons for those who pre-purchase on the platform, a Premium Edition featuring Blizzard-honouring sails and more:”

Despite being well over half a decade old now, Microsoft is still releasing multiple different versions of the game, with the likes of the Premium Edition including almost a week of ‘early’ access alongside other bonuses.

Whether this game will tie into Microsoft’s Xbox Play Anywhere plans is yet to be revealed. That said, even so, Microsoft’s increased focus on Battle.net is interesting to see.

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