Aarrrgh! Pirates of the Burning Sea Sets Sail
Back at E3, Tiny and I had the pleasure of checking out Flying Lab Studios and Sony Online Entertainment's new MMO, Pirates of the Burning Sea. The graphics looked great, gameplay looked fun but what really caught our attention was the revelation that you would be allowed to form same sex relationships within the game. Subsequently we were allowed to join the beta and check out the game first hand. It was quite enjoyable and included both ocean and land battles, the ability to own your own ship, create pirate societies and a wonderful character customization mechanic. We even created our own little gay pirate society called The Rogue Dandies and terrorized the high seas.
Today, at long last, the game launches to the public in a blast of sea foam and cannons. I'll be joining the game again as the dread pirate Capt. Brute' les Fruits so if anyone wants to climb aboard and join me in reforming The Rogue Dandies be sure to let me know! Playing as pirates is a nice departure from the sword and sorcery MMos we've all grown so used to. For the full scoop on how to start all the pillaging and plundering, check out the press release after the jump!
YO HO HO! PIRATES OF THE BURNING SEA™ SETS SAIL TODAY
New Online PC Game Delivers Unique Swashbuckling Action Experience
SAN DIEGO, CA – Jan. 22, 2008 – Grab your parrot, raise the gang plank and ready the cannons with Pirates of the Burning Sea™ (PotBS), the hotly anticipated online PC game where players can clash on land and sea. This new title from Sony Online Entertainment LLC’s (SOE) Platform Publishing label, and Flying Lab Software LLC (FLS), is available today at participating retail outlets worldwide and as a digital download through www.station.com and www.direct2drive.com for a suggested retail price of US$49.99, with a monthly subscription fee of US$14.99 plus applicable taxes.
“After years of hard work by our top-notch crew, we are thrilled to announce players can now conquer the virtual Caribbean, circa 1720, in Pirates of the Burning Sea,” said Russell Williams, CEO of Flying Lab Software in Seattle. “Working together with SOE’s Platform Publishing, we are able to launch this game simultaneously in the U.S. and Europe and release localized versions in English, French, Spanish and German, allowing players from all over to captain a ship in this world full of swashbuckling and high-seas adventure.”
Players start by joining the French, Spanish, English or Pirate nations as a naval officer, freetrader, privateer or pirate. At sea, players can blow enemy ships out of the water. On land, players can engage in a world of action and peril rife with sword fights. A unique economy lets players become captains of industry, running mines, lumber mills, shipyards and other large-scale operations. Players produce all the various goods needed to supply others with the raw materials to conquer the Caribbean, one port at a time. A player-generated content system lets gamers create their own sail and flag designs and even model their own ships.
Set in the New World circa 1720, PotBS recreates a dramatic time of conflict and riches with action for every play style, from epic ship combat to building an empire. With more than one thousand missions per nation, dozens of ports to explore, and the entire Caribbean as their domain, players will find an online experience like no other.
Pirates of the Burning Sea game features:
- Join one of four nations (Pirate, English, French, or Spanish)
- Every player is the captain of their very own ship in massive naval battles
- Duel other players to control more than 80 conquerable ports in the Caribbean
- Explore the world and make a name for yourself with more than 1,000 missions per nation
- Economy driven by players, who manufacture and sell all ships and equipment found in the game
- Take command of more than 50 historical ships
- Design your own flags and sails
- Build your very own or customize any of the ships in-game to your liking
- Choose from three different combat styles – deadly and formal Fencing, flashy, dual-wielding Florentine or rowdy and treacherous Dirty Fighting
- Participate in epic PvP sea battles with up to 25 players per side
For more information on Pirates of the Burning Sea, log onto www.piratesoftheburningsea.com or the community site at www.burningsea.com
Fruit Brute
Posted to Hot Stuff, Video Games on 22 January 2008
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See you on Rackham!
I'm in the process of waiting for my authorization code to be processed. You'd think SOE's servers would be up to the hammering.
Buddy and I loved this game so much during Beta, that we both aren't going to start playing until a month worth of patches has crossed that narrow straight.
Not that it needs them so much.
But starting to get into an MMO at Launch can be a hassle. A bane.
too bad only blizzard is wise enough to make mac versions of their software.
are these missions like the missions that were in SWG? I HATED those things. They played it off like they were quests but they weren't what I would call quests at all. There was no interaction with any NPCS other than the ones you had to kill which was always random.
In my mind missions or quests should come in the WoW variety where you actually do things for real people and the things you do are mixed and somewhat varied.