You there, look smart, we've got a pair of Reddit highlights for #FanArtFriday coming through and you don't want to be caught looking scruffy, do you? Not for Jenny-Jinya's Conker scene or Ungraceful_Apple's @seaofthieves.com sketch you don't. Everyone's homework is to buy an iron.

Are you a Banjo-Kazooie fan? If so, we want to know your favourite memories of the bird and the bear. Maybe you grew up with the N64 and GBA games, or loved Nuts & Bolts? Did you go crazy for their crossover appearances? No matter what, they all count. Some replies will be printed in the magazine.

Overheard at Rare: "If my dog was a vase, do you think all of your cats would fit inside?"

Your dose of #FanArtFriday for this week consists of a fishy @seaofthieves.com scene from chill_art22 and a careful Humba Wumba by MrGametv1994, both of Twitter/X. Go on, open wide. No, your eyes, weirdo. Hold them open with tape if necessary, 10 minutes stare minimum, they're worth it!

Hey now, hey now, hear what we say now, #FanArtFriday is there. Down there. Look, the two images below these words. Both from Tumblr this week we've got a stunning @seaofthieves.com number from speedythecat and then a pristine Sour Shellybean from Viva Piñata by pokeshadow. NICE!

Time to find out what's going on This Month in Sea of Thieves with our regular diary-friendly article! Stuff your insatiable eyes full of features, sales and other opportunities coming down the line in September: https://www.seaofthieves.com/news/this-month-september-2025

Finding that boss tough, were you? Having a little scroll to calm down? Well, why not indulge in some #FanArtFriday appreciation! This week it's a cheerful Banjo and Kazooie by Twitter's PepoPepito7 and a sombre @seaofthieves.com piece by BigKitt10. Right, good luck on the next attempt!

The ruby-hued Season 17 Community Weekend is now live until Sep 1st (11am UTC)! Set sail for a free flag and emote, unlock the Ruby Legend Figurehead as a community, boost the Community Emissary Grade multiplier by watching Sea of Thieves on Twitch and more! 🧵

Look at this, Instagram's colourmefun has given us a pineapple for our anniversary, clearly inspired by @seaofthieves.com. We'll get it on a pizza ASAP. Also from the 'gram, lag_draws has drawn loads of Piñatas using loads of materials. Two gorgeous #FanArtFriday gifts, fanks!

Time for more of our @rare.co.uk crew's favourite Rare things! This time it's Software Engineer David, Head of Community and Communications Christina, Technical Artist Eduardo and Senior Producer John covering things from waves to repetitive rocket launcher-based murder...

Did you play a @rare.co.uk game over the weekend? We're genuinely curious. Don't look at us like that just because we're a brand, we're always linking important people to interesting posts or replies so just tell us, okay? THANKS!

#FanArtFriday is here, and so are you! Wonderful timing. Plus your hair looks stunning. Have we curried enough favour? Hope so, because this pair of Twitter beauts deserve praise. Banjo-Kazooie from SebaAdaros, @seaofthieves.com pirate by AreKluwe. Send kind words directly.

Remember the 35-track Rare All-Stars album we released on our 35th anniversary? Well, we've only gone and blummin' put out a Ruby Anniversary EP, making the track total match the new numerical designation of @rare.co.uk's existence! WOW: open.spotify.com/artist/1al1X...

Name a @rare.co.uk character you love that nobody else remembers.

You weren't about to scroll past a #FanArtFriday post were you? Not when we have such charming Instagram doodles to share! @seaofthieves.com keg skelly comes from rosecollectif while Viva Piñata's top hunter is sketched by the_bugatyr. Marvellous stuff! Hmm? Oh, yeah, you can go.

The Rare Ltd 40th Anniversary Box Set Vinyl from @iam8bit.com is now available! Two-and-a-half hours of our 'bangers' with added fuzzy vinyl warmth and sleeve art you could lose an entire afternoon to inspecting: www.iam8bit.com/products/rar...

What's the first game you think of when you see one of these logos? Don't be shy, give us some engagement.

What's a landmark anniversary without celebratory merch!? While our 'Robin Beanland commemorative plate' pitch may have been shot down, we have four other things today. How about this snazzy 8BitDo 3-mode Xbox controller with a nostalgic @rare.co.uk print: shop.8bitdo.com/products/8bi...

Where it all began. A group of @rare.co.uk faces joined mayor Councillor Damilola Ojuri in Ashby de la Zouch today to pop a fancy plaque on the building that marks where the Rare story began over 40 years ago... Get it on your next sightseeing tour, why don'tcha?

Xbox people! Want to be represented by a snack-brandishing astronaut? Fancy being greeted by a gaggle of cartoon mugs on your home screen? You're in luck! New gamerpics and a character-filled dynamic background to mark 40 years of @rare.co.uk are available now. Enjoy.

40 years of @rare.co.uk. From devoted Rare gamers to single-series stalwarts, we want to show our appreciation for anyone who's visited even just one of our worlds. For keeping an assorted ragtag of creatives working magic in the Midlands, only two words will do: THANK YOU 💙💛

How about a fresh #FanArtFriday to fill your screen? To close out the week, we took a hop and a skip over to Tumblr and found a pair of standout pieces including a playing card pirate by Tigera and our old friend L.O.G. from Nuts & Bolts by T. T. Trixter. Cheers!

Extending gigantic congrats (which will be comically huge for those teeny characters) to our friends at @obsidian.net for the launch of Grounded 2 in Xbox Game Preview and Steam Early Access! We're looking forward to screeching and running away from spiders all over again.

About time we got back to the #FanArtFriday highlights, we think. And what have we got today? Why, it's only Twitter/X's nimraviaar's intimidating Sea of Thieves skeleton and TheArtYoshi's sketch of Conker in his Live & Reloaded undead-skewering getup. Show them some praise! Now.

Overheard at Rare: "I don't care if teenagers think I'm cool. In fact, I hope they don't."

That's a wrap on the Sea of Thieves Community Direct! From our Insider Programme going public to an update on our Seasonal release strategy, early details of Custom Servers and much more, what was your favourite part? Need to catch up? Here you go: aka.ms/SoTCDJuly2025

From the Sea of Thieves Community Direct (where we'll reveal exciting things coming to the game this year and beyond), to Legends Unleashed, #StyleOfThieves, July’s free update and more, it's all in This Month in Sea of Thieves: seaofthieves.com/news/this-mo...

Year's 50% done! But before the downward trot towards another tick of the Gregorian calendar, have a #FanArtFriday distraction. Yes, forget the passage of time briefly with Bluesky beauts: SeaOfThieves' Flameheart by @picoid.bsky.social and Kameo from @rafamotta.bsky.social. Right, back to it.

Just a dude pondering his orb #seaofthieves #flameheart #fanart #illustration #digitalart #art

Uma fanart esquecido e inacabado de Kameo, o Ben 10 medieval da Rare #art #BRart

One of my guidies had a birthday recently so I made @rare.co.uk fan art of my #seaofthieves crew. I’d love to do some work with @seaofthieves.com one day, it’s such a great game <3 happy #pride everyone!

Overheard at Rare: "Frogs are basically yassified toads, aren't they?"

Last week we trundled down to London, where @mcvdevelop.bsky.social bestowed a pair of awards on us for @seaofthieves.com: Ongoing Innovation of the Year and Accessibility Innovation of the Year! Thank you MCV, but a far bigger huzzah to our talented teams who make it all happen.

N64 Gamer #13, March '99 - Early look at 'Jet Force Gemini'.

May we present a fine #FanArtFriday post this painfully warm June day? Don't say no you litt— get back here and enjoy these! From Instagram, the Chewnicorn is by pastel_pink_kitty and the sombre @seaofthieves.com sailor is from _andromedus__. Right, thank you. Wasn't so hard was it?

This week we visited NWSLC to see students' answers to a brief set by us and @intogames.bsky.social. From a SoT skeleton visiting other Rare worlds to a badger-based platformer and much more, we loved playing their games and offering feedback to the designers of tomorrow!

Overheard at Rare: "Excitingly, budgerigars are spreading across the Midlands!"

Watch out! There's a #FanArtFriday about. Apparently it contains a pair of pieces from here. A Viva Piñata Pretztail by @electrafirefly.bsky.social and @purplepirateart.bsky.social's rendition of fellow @seaofthieves.com scoundrel ankerwisp, to be precise. Do let us know if you spot it thanks bye.

Overheard at Rare: "We can Gorilla Glue a horn to a tortoise's shell."

A new Walkabout Talkabout is here! Lucas Martell and Lead Tech Artist Chase Shields are joined by James Thomas (Assoc. Tech Director @rare.co.uk), where they talk live service game dev, the success of Sea of Thieves and the power of community perception! youtu.be/TK_lWty6oSk

💀 Our Sea of Thieves collection is now available! Inspired by legends, lore, and the thrill of the unknown, gear up and claim your treasure before it slips beneath the waves! www.eightysixed.com/collections/...

We have some avid @walkaboutminigolf.bsky.social fans at Rare, so were very happy to throw our Associate Technical Director James Thomas at them when they invited us for a natter. From Grabbed by the Ghoulies to @seaofthieves.com, enjoy the game dev chitchat here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK_l...

What do you call a #FanArtFriday with two works? A treat. What, you thought that was a setup for a joke? Absolutely not, now enjoy this fuzzy Banjo and Kazooie from Twitter/X's comicarlton and pretty pencil @seaofthieves.com Order of Souls seer by aaron_u_t before we send the muscle over.

Happy anniversary to using the highly fair and balanced FarSight to shoot your friends through walls while being protected by a wall-mounted laptop sentry gun. Here's to 25 years since the original launch of Perfect Dark!

BEHOLD! The art of the fans on a Friday. A veritable #FanArtFriday, if you will. This duo are from the Bluesky realm, with @vipooer.bsky.social offering the @seaofthieves.com brushwork and @zodyzaible.bsky.social sketching the sweet Viva Piñata boop. Appreciate them!

Congrats to ID Software on the launch of DOOM: The Dark Ages! We appreciate your unrivalled mastery of the virtual stress-relief space, and will be ripping, tearing, shooting, slicing and whatever else you have in store later today. Cheers!

The Reapers have been busy...

Spotted the Xbox Game Studios @humblebundle.com yet? It's just below these words, so now you have NO EXCUSE! Eight delicious games from eight equally tasty studios, including Battletoads. Support @wearegameheads.bsky.social by picking it up here: www.humblebundle.com/games/xbox-g...

#FanArtFriday is here again, so just act normal. Stop shuffling your feet. Look, it's just a pair of treats from Tumblr - a penciled @seaofthieves.com pirate by slendersblender and a bunch of baddies from Conker's Bad Fur Day courtesy of rustedmonkeyking. Lovely stuff really.

We're about to hop off for a bank holiday weekend, but not without planting a gorgeous #FanArtFriday post right in your digital lap! @seaofthieves.com scene fromTwitter/X's Newfiebork and detailed Gruntilda design by MrMild9. Acknowledge them, appreciate them and then go have fun. Go on.