https://wccftech.com/sea-of-thieves-patch-hotfix-loading/ > Rare is currently rolling out a new Sea of Thieves patch that fixes the infinite black screen issue on both Xbox One and Windows 10 PC. > Following the deployment of Sea of Thieves update 1.0.8, many players reported being caught in an never-ending grey/black loading screen. So far, the only solution was to kill the game and reload. It appears that developer Rare has now found the cause of this issue, and a hotfix is being deployed. The hotfix weighs in at approximately 120/150 MB respectively for PC/Xbox.