New Sea of Thieves Video Shows Off Stunning Sunsets

Rare has released its newest behind-the-scenes video for Sea of Thieves, this one focusing on the game's lighting and how it's used to create gorgeous-looking sunrises and sunsets.

The video is appropriately enough titled "Let There Be Light." In it, art director Ryan Stevenson and principal environment artist Andrew Finch discuss the "tricks and techniques" behind the game's lighting system. As you'll see, Rare has gone to great lengths to ensure the lighting looks realistic--and for a pirate-themed game where you're outdoors and on the sea a lot, this will surely be important.

Finch explains that there are lighting systems specific to morning, midday, afternoon, and night, as well as for the transitional times between those.

This video is part of the Sea of Thieves "Tavern Talk" series in which developers at Rare talk about specific game elements. Previous videos focused on the game's clouds and water.

Sea of Thieves is an Xbox Play Anywhere game. That means if you buy it (digitally) on Xbox One, you will get the PC version for free and vice versa. The game comes out in 2017, though a release date has not been announced.

Microsoft has also stated that this game is the best game that Rare has ever made.