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In an effort to deal with the ongoing launch day server issues affecting Rare's Sea of Thieves

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Those who are currently signed out of Sea of Thieves will be unable to sign in for an undetermined amount of time, according to the Sea of Thieves Twitter account."In order to resolve the issues players are seeing with the servers, we will be temporarily suspending new players joining the game. We'll get everyone back in and playing as quickly as we can," the account said.Sea of Thieves Executive Producer Joe Neate provided the following statement to IGN about the server issues:"Our team is working 24/7 on resolving these issues affecting some players trying to connect to the game. During the launch we have seen unprecedented demand and we are working to resolve as the highest priority. For the latest updates please follow @seaofthieves on Twitter. We will be sharing updates as soon as we have them."So if you already had begun playing Sea of Thieves, you should be able to continue doing so, as long as you don't sign out. But if you plan to jump in as Rare works on this current server fix, you may encounter log-in issues labelled LavenderBeard or other known Sea of Thieves errors Since the early hours of its launch, Rare has promised to address server issues players are encountering as the Sea of Thieves servers see join rates much higher than Rare had previously seen . Since its release, however, some players have expressed concerns about what they perceive as a lack of cosmetic items and total game content to experience.If you already have jumped into Sea of Thieves, be sure to check out IGN's ever-growing Sea of Thieves wiki guide for all you need to know.And for our thoughts on IGN's time with the game so far, check out IGN's Sea of Thieves review in progress , or watch the early impressions of the full game in the video below.

Jonathon Dornbush is an Associate Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter @jmdornbush