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Xbox Games global marketing chief Aaron Greenburg has noted via Twitter that he's pleased to see buzz for Rare's seafaring swashbuckler continuing but stressed that a release date for Sea of Thieves



@DMC_Ryan @XboxAustralia @SeaOfThieves Love seeing excitement for Sea of Thieves, but we have not announced a launch date yet! — Aaron Greenberg (@aarongreenberg) July 11, 2016

Confirmation via Xbox Australia on Twitter

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Sea of Thieves will launch in February of next year, Xbox Australia has confirmed.While rumblings of a February 2017 release surfaced last month at E3, Xbox's Australian branch confirmed Sea of Thieves' launch window in a post on Twitter Sea of Thieves will release for both Xbox One and Windows 10 and take advantage of Microsoft's recently announced Xbox Play Anywhere initiative, which grants users who digitally purchase the game the ability to play across both platforms.For our thoughts on Rare's shared-world pirate adventure, check out IGN's Sea of Theives hands-on impressions from E3 2016.

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