Getting into a Sea of Thieves Technical Alpha Play Session feels like winning the lottery, or so I assume (I haven't gotten in either). A select and lucky few have been able to take the highly anticipated Xbox One console exclusive for a spin, with 8,000 new players being invited to play this past weekend. These play sessions are about to ramp up in frequency, as an all new thread on the Sea of Thieves Insider Program Forum has revealed that the game will open up on a weekly basis, every Wednesday, starting today.
The play sessions will run from 7-10 PM GMT and will not be replacing the weekend play sessions, so don't worry if you can't make the Wednesday sessions. For reference, EST gamers will get the play sessions from 2-5 PM, CST from 1-4 PM, MT from 12-3 PM, and PST from 11 AM-2 PM. Admittedly, these aren't the greatest of times for American gamers but understand that Rare is a British developer from Twycross, Leicestershire, so the timing makes sense for them.
Rare is promising to invite increasing numbers of players into the Technical Alpha, and they plan to use the weekend sessions to introduce their largest additions.
Sea of Thieves still doesn't have a release date, but it is expected sometime this year.
Source: [Sea of Thieves Insider Program Forum]
