https://www.gamespot.com/articles/could-sea-of-thieves-add-battle-royale-mode-dev-we/1100-6460215/

Sea of Thieves developer Rare has pledged to support the swashbuckling adventure game for a long time to come, but could one a battle royale mode be part of that? Design director Mike Chapman and studio head Craig Duncan addressed that in a new interview with Game Informer. Chapman started off by saying Rare--like pretty much all other developers on the planet--are aware of the battle royale phenomenon. And while there may be "opportunities" to do a battle royale-style mode within Sea of Thieves, Rare would want to put its own "unique Sea of Thieves" spin on it.

"We see the battle royale thing, but I think there will be opportunities to do that kind of thing differently," he said. "It's interesting where you can take PvP in the game, but we'd want to put a unique Sea of Thieves spin on it and do something completely surprising."