Joe Neate: Last News

Alex Stedman News Editor, Variety.comJack Sparrow and Davy Jones are finally coming to “Sea of Thieves.”On Sunday, during Microsoft’s E3 showcase, developer Rare announced that it had officially partnered with Disney for a “Pirates of the Caribbean”-themed expansion, “A Pirate’s Life,” a free update hitting the multiplayer game on June 22. It is, as Rare executive producer Joe Neate tells it, “the ultimate pirate crossover.”Speaking to Variety just a couple of days before the reveal and showing off footage and details for the first time, Neate, Rare creative director Mike Chapman and vice president of Disney and Pixar Games Luigi Priore are nearly giddy, and it’s easy to see why.

Sea Of Thieves developer Rare has teased a slew of new content for the action-adventure game in the coming year.The game’s executive producer, Joe Neate, promised that there is “lots to come” in 2021, claiming that it will Sea Of Thieves’ “biggest year yet”. Neate teased the additional content on Twitter, in conjunction with the game’s November update.Check out his tweet below.It's been a long year.