Pirates of the Burning Sea

By rss@youtube.com (lindseyangela) Animations I made for the Florentine fighting style for the MMO Pirates of the Burning Sea. Sword and dagger attacks, blocks, parries, and special moves. Character model copyright Flying Lab Software. Animated in Maya 7. Keywords: animation animator Pirates of the Burning Sea avatar comb...

By rss@youtube.com (LordAlderaan) A short vid showing a bit of VCC vs NPC action in the MMO Pirates of the Burning Sea. Check out http://www.burningsea.com and http://www.purifierszone.nl/vcc Author: LordAlderaan Keywords: Pirates Burning Sea potbs VCC video game Added: March 7, 2008

By James Egan Filed under: Fantasy, Historical, Pirates of the Burning Sea, MMO industry, News items Via Gamers Daily News]Flying Lab offers 6 months of Pirates of the Burning Sea to military personnel originally appeared on Massively on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of fe...

By syncaine At one point, when niche titles like Auto Assault, Shadowbane, and Pirates of the Burning Sea were being closed down or in jeopardy, it seemed like the ONLY viable option in the MMO genre was to go clone or stay home (ba-zing!). For a while the only successful niche title was EVE Online, being...

By Colin Brennan Filed under: Historical, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Business models, Expansions, Game mechanics, MMO industry, News items The guys from Flying Lab Software are busier than ever, as they have announced that they will be creating their very first expansion to Pirates of the Burning Sea...

By Colin Brennan Filed under: Fantasy, Sci-fi, EverQuest, EverQuest II, Pirates of the Burning Sea, PlanetSide, Launches, MMO industry, Patches, The Matrix Online, Star Wars Galaxies, Vanguard This doesn't mean that Sony is done with upgrading and changing the launcher, as they've already pledged...

By James Egan Pirates of the Burning Sea is a bit of a departure from some of the other MMO titles on the market since its setting is rooted in history rather than built upon pure fantasy. Given this backdrop, it stands to reason that some players would enjoy logging in for some anachronistic 1700's-era ro...

By Tipa EVE Online: A noob in New Eden I’m in a sort of MMO rut these days, and...Okay, let’s re-design Star Trek Online. We know very little about Star Trek Online, but what...A Glance at Pirates of the Burning Sea When I got home last night, my son was... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts...

By Tipa Remember Pirates of the Burning Sea aka EVE of the Caribbean? The pirate-themed historical trading MMO was based around three-realm RvR but never really struck a spark in players. Via Massively comes the news that Flying Labs thinks players are having fun the wrong way, by farming missio...

 CA We are seeking a talented and experienced lead game designer to join the team on our live MMO, Pirates of the Burning Sea. Responsibilities will include day-to-day management of the design team, oversight of the future direction and development of ... Software Test Engineer Gamasutra

By syncaine The question facing MMO gamers is not whether you support buggy software, but how high your tolerance for it is. Many have adopted a 6-month rule with any new MMO, as it’s within these 6 months that most MMOs experience the heaviest amount of bug fixes and changes. What they gain in bug fixes th...

This MMO allows players to take to the high seas as a representative of any nation on earth or as a pirate. sexyjust.net

 CA You see, while we were building Pirates of the Burning Sea we had a similar dynamic to our team. World of Warcraft came out two years after we started, so nobody had played it. Instead we had one designer who figured that the MMO genre started with ...

By Joe Dusty’s actual question is a good one, but that isn’t what really caught my eye.  You see, while we were building Pirates of the Burning Sea we had a similar dynamic to our team.  World of Warcraft came out two years after we started, so nobody had played it. Instead we had one designer who figure...

 CA - expect from PotBS in 2009. Russell also makes mention of Flying Lab Software's second, soon to be announced MMO. Togikagi : Pirates of the Burning Sea ...

 DC - For fans of Flying Labs’ successful MMO Pirates of the Burning Sea, the company is applying its trademark high-quality online graphics and intuitive game ...

By news@mmorpg.com Flying Lab software has announced that they have created a new casual game division where they will develope casual MMO environments.

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By Kyle Horner It looks like after many long years of developing Pirates of the Burning Sea, Flying Lab Software is ready for something a little more laid back. Which is why the Seattle-based developer's next project will be a family friendly casual MMO through a partnership with trading card company Up...

By nanyea Sony Online Entertainment is bringing its massively multiplayer online catalogue to Steam as of today. Now you can MMO without ever having to leave the house to pick up one of those antiquated “boxes.” From KOTAKU Sony Online Entertainment is bringing its massively multiplayer online ca...

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SOE's Vanguard: Saga of Heroes and Pirates of the Burning Sea are also part of the deal, and Valve will offer EQ: Secrets of Faydwer and EQII: Rise of ... Sony MMOs Available On Steam G4 TV Press Release: GROUNDBREAKING MMO LIBRARY FROM SONY ONLINE ... Fatman Games

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By RadarX 2008 was a bumpy year for MMOG's but the folks over at Gameriot/Hellforge have taken that a step further. Showing the thorough research of a violent videogame study, they discuss the epic fails that launched last year which include Tabula Rasa, Hellgate: London, Pirates of the Burning Se...

 NY - Pirates of the Burning Sea patched its problems, but way too late to save itself. Age of Conan, as discussed before, stopped trying after you got past level ...

Netdevil, one of the last remaining established independent MMO developers, will be purchased by a publisher. Blizzard will do nothing of note and announce even less on the MMO front, but will offer an exclusive in-game pet to BlizzCon attendees.

 NY - By Mike Fahey , 10:20 AM on Wed Dec 31 2008, 425 views Flying Lab's MMO Pirates of the Burning Sea sails into the new year with the release of the highly ...

By Colin Brennan Filed under: Fantasy, Historical, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Game mechanics, PatchesAvatar combat was always the stepchild system in Pirates of the Burning Sea. Where ship combat was polished, intense, and very different from your standard MMO combat fare, avatar combat just seemed...

 CA - Dec 17, 2008 Pirates of the Burning Sea plays very differently than almost any post-World of Warcraft MMO, and it desperately needed some type of overhaul to make it ...

 Australia - Dec 15, 2008 Telstra's 100000 free copies of Pirates of the Burning Sea wasn't enough to help guarantee success of the ambitious MMO, but it was in good company, ...

By Mike Fahey Flying Lab have been hard at work tweaking their seafaring MMO Pirates of the Burning Sea since launch, and they're inviting old captains back to see if the modified pirate life is for them. Free 14-day Trial Extended to Previous Pirates of the Burning Sea™ Captains

In other bits, I signed up for a 14-day trial of Pirates of the Burning Sea. It’s the only major western MMO that I have not tried at all, and I’d like to put a few hours into it - it’s had some time to mature now. ...

Pirates of the Burning Sea. Major avatar combat revisions are in development for Pirates of the Burning Sea. Kevin Maginn, Lead Designer at Flying Lab Software, has written a dev blog on the subject. Here is what he said: (Quote) ...

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New Podcasts; New supporters; Archlord grows larger; Blizzard pay-per-view; Fallen Earth is 'content complete'; Combat Arms; Pirates of the Burning Sea; SOE putting all MMOs on consoles. Everquest 3? Spellborn is real; Stargate Worlds ...

MMO Calendar 2009 Includes:. Age of Conan. DC Universe Online. Dofus. Eve Online. EverQuest II. Free Realms. Guild Wars. Pirates of the Burning Sea. RuneScape. The Agency. Warhammer Online. World of Warcraft ...

By syncaine The fact is, for a large majority of current MMO gamers, WoW is their first MMO, and hence every game after will be compared to it. We all do this with whatever MMO we played first (UO for me), thinking back to the first character we created and the fun we had. We always hope that whatever MMO we pic...

By Jonathan Colony Studios Builds a Strong MMO Team; Star Trek Online Developer Drops Out; Pirates of the Burning Sea Interview with Russell Williams; Vigil Games to Develop Warhammer 40K MMO; Stargate Worlds Polls Gamers on Character Slots.

Filed under: Historical, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Business models, Game mechanics, MMO industry In the newest dev diary for Pirates of the Burning Sea, we get quite an update regarding the state of the game as well as what the future may hold. There's word of the PotBS team's recent studi...

“The corollary to that is if you’ve seen a game consolidate servers, you know it’s in deep, deep trouble — that’s not a healthy sign for an MMO,” he said, citing Sony’s January-released “Pirates of the Burning Sea” as a recent example. “It will be the same for ‘Warhammer.’ Look at us six month...

By Brad Nicholson Like most MMOs, Pirates of the Burning Sea is constantly being improved and built upon. The latest improvement comes in the way of one of the most important aspects of any modern MMO – the combat. In the case of the ale-swilling, ...

 - By Earnest Cavalli October 01, 2008 | 7:54:47 PMCategories: MMO Gaming In case you're on the fence about joining yet another MMO, Sony Online Entertainment ...

Pirates of the Burning Sea is having a 14-day free trial for those that wish to start their adventure plundering the Caribbean. At this time, it's truly the best pirate-themed MMO out there. So, if you want to captain your own ship and ...

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 UK - Sony Online Entertainment and Flying Lab's 18th-century naval MMO, Pirates of the Burning Sea, is offering free trials for the first time since it launched ...

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Filed under: Fantasy, Historical, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Business models, News items The MMO scene is absolutely dominated by fantasy titles. You may have noticed. Obviously this sits well with most MMO gamers who can't seem to get enough of the genre. But if you've ever wanted to try yo...

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Nej, vi snackar inte juridiskt suspekt fildelning, utan nätrollspelet Pirates of the Burning Sea. På dess hemsida meddelas att detta pirat-MMO kan testas gratis i två veckors tid. Start- och eventuellt slutdatum anges inte, så för...

NEWS - Arriving a bit late for the international Talk Like A Pirate Day, Pirates of the Burning Sea, the fantastic ship-to-ship combat MMO (but, alas, the poorly-conceived hand-to-hand combat MMO), is now hanging 14-day free trials from ...

 MI - Sep 29, 2008 Flying Lab Software invites you to play the award winning, swashbuckling, seafaring MMO with a free 14-Day Trial Key for Pirates of the Burning Sea, ...

By Shawn Schuster Filed under: Fantasy, Historical, Culture, Events, in-game, MMO industry, Roleplaying, Education, HumorWhen you're the official game of International Talk Like A Pirate Day, today is your day to shine. So the folks at Flying Lab Software have been working hard to make today the ultima...

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By news@mmorpg.com David "Taelorn" Hunt (Senior Designer) and Troy Hewitt (Director of Community Relations) about the unique community experience being fostered by FLying Lab Software for their pirate themed MMO, Piraes of the Burning Sea.

Lord of the Rings Online - Interacting with the Fellowship; The economy of Pirates of the Burning Sea; RF Online is a grind; Second Life has $11 million to spend; Wolfpack Studios maker of Shadowbane gets the axe; SOE news from Smed ...

Brenden from FalconTwin.com arrives to help with the reporting of GDC Day 4 and a huge help he is as he adds insight to our interview and reactions to the private demonstration of Pirates of the Burning Sea that Flying Labs was kind ...

Flying Lab Software, creators of the swashbuckling Pirates of the Burning Sea MMO, released an announcement reminding all aspiring seafarers of the upcoming "Talk Like A Pirate Day" and the ingame festivities starting September 19th. ...

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It continues, "Flying Lab Software is currently expanding and supporting our recently released MMO, Pirates of the Burning Sea, as well as working on several new MMO projects." We've put in a request for comment with the company, ...

Also included will be a look at creating a MMO as an independent entity, both in the technical and business aspects. 1:00 PM, Pirates of the Burning Sea: Q&A with Flying Lab Yarr, matey! Come and meet the motley crew from Flying Lab as ...

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By Brad Nicholson Flying Lab’s booth on the show floor was all about Pirates of the Burning Sea. The company’s main focus was to establish that the MMO was still kicking out new content and fixing problems that players indicate are issues with the game. ...

Anyone hoping for skirmishes to be implemented into Sony Online Entertainment's <b>Pirates of the Burning Sea MMO</b> will have to wait a little longer. Speaking at <b>SOE's</b> annual Fan Faire event in Las Vegas, game designer Drew Clowery from <b>......

 DC - I saw an ad for a Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO) game called Pirates of the Burning Sea (PotBS) many months ago online when I was crazy busy studying for ...

 CA - We've all lost an item in an MMO and petitioned, knowing that if someone could just look at the circumstances surrounding the incident we'd get it back. ...

 UK - Fury, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Archlord, Dreamlords, Kwari and Neoshifters. Alchemic Dream also operates the PlayMMO.com gaming portal and the MMO ...

 UK - For me, one of the worst offenders had to be the PC MMO Pirates of the Burning Sea, released earlier this year; after waiting patiently for it to install, ...

 - By Earnest Cavalli June 20, 2008 | 2:51:58 PMCategories: MMO Gaming Along with the graphical overhaul coming to the towns of Pirates of the Burning Sea ...

By William Dobson Filed under: Historical, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Business models, MMO industryFlying Lab Software is hoping to breathe new life into Pirates of the Burning Sea with the upcoming Build 1.5. We've already seen that many towns will be getting a face-lift, but now CEO Russell Williams has...

 UK - while Flying Lab's development director Joe Ludwig will provide a 'post-partum' on its recently launched MMO Pirates of the Burning Sea. ...

 India - May 28, 2008 As chief of Flying Lab's new MMO, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Williams is striving to introduce a new and original experience into the market (pirates and ...

 UK - As chief of Flying Lab's new MMO, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Williams is striving to introduce a new and original experience into the market (pirates and ...

By Earnest Cavalli Pirates of the Burning Sea producer Joe Ludwig would love to launch an MMO on one of the three big consoles, but "there are many barriers to building a console MMO that don't exist on the PC," he reveals in... Image courtesy Flying Lab Software

By svla305 Historical pre-order and ship-in numbers for Pirates of the Burning Sea Doubloons 2008’s most anticipated MMO, Early access offer oversubscribed and first review of game gives a 9 out of 10. Funcom is proud to announce that the ...

 - May 19, 2008 CST tags: MMO In a response to general industry criticism levied by a former Sony Online Entertainment developer, Pirates of the Burning Sea producer ...

Empire: Total War's Sea Battles  Australia - That's what drew me to MMO Pirates of the Burning Sea and it's what will finally get me to return to the Total War franchise when Empire: Total War hits. ...

By yusy071 City of Heroes Influence PotBS gold PotBS Doubloons lord of the rings online gold Pirates of the Burning Sea gold PotBS gold PotBS gold 2moons Dil Aion Gold Gamers themselves don’t seem to be encouraging a move away from MMOs’ comfort ...

By Brenda Holloway Filed under: Game mechanics, Opinion, The Daily GrindSure, it's fun to hang out with the other players in your favorite MMO, but nothing you do really has a permanent effect in an online game. Wouldn't it be nice, for once, to kill Quarm and have him stay dead? To defeat Illidan, and have that...

By Brenda Holloway Filed under: Game mechanics, Opinion, The Daily GrindSure, it's fun to hang out with the other players in your favorite MMO, but nothing you do really has a permanent effect in an online game. Wouldn't it be nice, for once, to kill Quarm and have him stay dead? To defeat Illidan, and have that...

By Mike Fahey Up until now, pirates in Flying Lab's MMO Pirates of the Burning Sea have gotten the short end of the stick. While the different nations had a choice of career paths, pirates were pirates, which works fine in PVE but in group PVP it led to an imbalance...everyone knows what they're up against whe...

The MMO Report: Thursday, May 1st G4 TV, CA - We'll discuss Lord of the Rings Online's first year in the open, what exactly happened to the Pirates of the Burning Sea servers that were put to sleep, ...

By phne648 Entropia Universe Ped Pirates of the Burning Sea Gold Age of Conan gold PotBS Doubloons lord of the rings gold PotBS Doubloons PotBS Doubloons Goonzu Gold buy lotro gold PotBS Doubloons if reading a post about another MMO here upsets ...

Release notes for Pirates of the Burning Sea build 1.3.32.0  - Apr 30, 2008 This particular update we have for you on Flying Lab Software's MMO features the details on the latest build that was just released in the game. ...

Our brothers in arms over at Next-Gen.biz have caught up with Flying Lab to discover the reason behind the recent closure of seven of 11 servers for its MMO Pirates of the Burning Sea and the resulting transfer of players to the ...

What Went Wrong With the Pirates MMO By Kris Graft Following the shutdown of several servers for Flying Lab Software's Pirates of the Burning Sea, the studio's CEO has told Next-Gen exactly ... Pirates Of The Burning Sea Consolidates Servers Gamasutra Pirates' Walking the Plank? G4 TV

By mrdestructoid@gmail.com (Destructoid.com) While hardly fitting of the conquering spirit of piracy, it seems that Sony Online's recent MMO Pirates of the Burning Sea is already suffering some setbacks, having recently announced on their official website that seven of the eleven ...

By luke@ferrago.com (Luke Guttridge) Sony Online Entertainment are clearly feeling the pinch, admitting today that seven of the 11 Pirates of the Burning Sea MMO servers will be shut down.

Pirates Of The Burning Sea Consolidates Servers Developer Flying Lab has announced that its ship combat/sword-swinging PC MMO Pirates of the Burning Sea will be consolidating from 11 to 4 main game ... Pirate MMO Servers Walk Plank Next Generation Pirates' Walking the Plank? G4 TV

Seven of 11 servers for Flying Lab Software's MMO Pirates of the Burning Sea have been shut down, about three months after opening.

Pirates of the Burning Sea developer Flying Lab Software has confirmed that it will be shutting down seven of its eleven servers and will be transferring all players on to the remaining four. Click here to read the full article.

gamezine.co.uk Seven Burning Sea servers shut down gamezine.co.uk, UK - Flying Lab Software, developers of MMO Pirates of the Burning Sea, have confirmed the closure of seven of the eleven servers providing access to the online ...

Pirates of the Burning Sea Shutters 7 Servers By Earnest Cavalli April 15, 2008 | 2:05:22 PMCategories: MMO Gaming Pirates of the Burning Sea has only been looting and pillaging the virtual waters for ... Pirates of the Burning Sea update: downtime ahoy MMORPG blog

MPOGD.com reviews Pirates of the Burning Sea with a score of 3/5:Pirates of the Burning Sea is a mixed bag of a MMO, as it features some really nice concepts that are done pretty well, and it’s nice to see a MMO that doesn’t fit into your standard fantasy and sci-fi genres....

By Chris Wilcox Pirates of the Burning Sea (hereafter PotBS) is an MMO from Flying Lab Software, a small development house based in Seattle. Prior to this, Rails Across America was the only thing on the shelf from them. PotBS is set in 18th century ...

By Hudson The account is still there waiting for me to use the free 30 days so maybe with this patch and my current bout of MMO boredom I will activate and test this game out. Only thing is I am not a big fan of PVP games and from reading ...

By Kotaku Flying Lab Software was released the first content patch for their booty plundering MMO, Pirates of the Burning Sea. This new patch contains a ton of fixes, changes and additions to the game all of...

By Hudson The account is still there waiting for me to use the free 30 days so maybe with this patch and my current bout of MMO boredom I will activate and test this game out. Only thing is I am not a big fan of PVP games and from reading ...

By fdemarco Flying Lab Software was released the first content patch for their booty plundering MMO, Pirates of the Burning Sea. This new patch contains a ton of fixes, changes and additions to the game all of which can be found on the Pirates of the Burning Sea customer support forum. The changes stretc...

By Tipa To be honest, I haven’t touched Pirates since I got accepted into Delusions of Grandeur. Raiding and working on my epic takes all my Pirates time, and my non-MMO time is spent playing Rock Band and Audiosurf and Phun and other littler games. I do want to get back into it; it’s a great game, just…...

By Dan O'Halloran Recently, I sat down with Disney Online to get a tour of their MMO Pirates of the Caribbean Online. To be honest, I didn't go in with high expectations. I mean, the movies were fun and all, but with only Toontown Online to DO's credit, I wasn't expecting something that appealed to me as an adult g...

By William Dobson Filed under: Historical, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Business models, Interviews, MMO industry, News itemsThe CEO of Flying Lab Software, Russell Williams, has been busy promoting the fantastic deal that involves Aussies getting Pirates of the Burning Sea for free, and has stopped i...

Pirates of the Burning Sea (PC) Flying Lab's CEO clues us in on the present and future of this swashbuckling MMO.

By Skit A new Pirate MMO coming out in June of this year. Looks awesome, I think it's the Ship Battles that really do it for me.

IGN has posted their full review of Pirates of the Burning Sea, awarding a score of 8.2/10 but criticising some apparently unnecessary complexity:We have to admit that we weren't big fans at first. The game simply seemed to offer a fairly standard MMO approach with hot bars, xp grinds, and t...

Pirates of the Burning Sea (PC) Flying Labs offers up a wonderful alternative to the standard MMO but is it too complex?

By editor@totalvideogames.com Yo ho ho, a pirate's life for TVG; we set the main sail and head out into the ocean blue on Sony Online Entertainment's latest MMO...

By Snafzg The same goes for SWG, EQ, PotBS, and all the other mainstream MMOs I can think of. I haven’t tried CoH or LotRO but I would guess they’re the same. The only MMO I can think of that values skill over gear is Guild Wars, which is apparently more about the abilities you’ve unlocked and brought into c...

This pirate-themed MMO has no truck with comedy voices, parrots, wooden legs, or curling your lip and growling "Yeargh!" at your guildmates. In the virtual Caribbean of Pirates of the Burning Sea, you're more likely to talk about your ...

By syncaine So DAoC simulated real war did it? Far more accurately than say EVE or Shadowbane do? Right… Last I checked, real war looks a lot like group vs group PvP now anyway. Maybe he meant WW2 style war, but I think we had an MMO based on that war already…

Pirates of the Burning Sea Review UGO, NY - Feb 6, 2008 Pirates of the Burning Sea, or PotBS, grows more interesting as you move along, despite the suspect graphics and normal hiccups of an MMO launch. ...

Lead designer Kevin Maginn from Flying Labs sails into GameSpot to discuss the swashbuckling MMO.

Split between the classic MMO style melee combat and ship-to-ship battles, Pirates of the Burning Sea is an interesting attempt to marry two very different styles of gaming into one experience.

By Fruit Brutehttp://gaygamer.net Last week I mentioned that we would be starting a gay pirate society on the new MMO, Pirates of the Burning Sea. Well the time has come, mateys! I spent a fair amount of time in the game this morning and managed to earn enough dubloons ...

By Dave Moss Filed under: World of Warcraft, Age of Conan, EverQuest, EverQuest II, Final Fantasy XI, Lord of the Rings Online, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Culture, Game mechanics, Lore, MMO industry, Crafting, Warhammer Online, Opinion, Tabula Rasa, Building a Better MMOusetrap

By Christopher Grant After a brief hiccup earlier this morning, pirate-themed MMO Pirates of the Burning Sea hoisted its sails and left port for the wide open sea where, SOE hopes, it will be greeted by thousands upon thousands of patiently waiting pirates who've got treasure aplenty to spend in their virtua...

By Ryan C. Apparently, some people at Flying Lab Software had the same exact idea, and thus Pirates of the Burning Sea, Flying Lab Software's latest MMORPG, is an MMO that does exactly what I outlined above and more. ...

By Akela Talamasca Filed under: Fantasy, Real life, Sci-fi, Fury, Pirates of the Burning Sea, MMO industry, Pirates of the Caribbean Online, Opinion, Second Life, Mythos, Massively meta, Virtual worlds, All Points Bulletin2007 was an incredible year for MMOs, with tons of updates to existing games and...

By Brian Crecente Pirates of the Burning Sea, the best piratical MMO I haven't played, is launching its worldwide beta this Friday. North American players can sign up for access to the beta through File Planet, with FP subscribers getting priority access. The open beta is set to go live at 5 p.m. on Friday. Pirate...

By Alexander Sliwinski Pirates of the Burning Sea has been in development for quite some time and there's been no changes to its plans in pillaging retail beginning Jan. 22. We'll take any alternatives to World of Warcraft at this point. The MMO genre is a nasty place with games releasing and then hardly hearing a pee...

By Ryan A. Aside from Pirates of the Burning Sea, there's another MMO title that allows players to live their wildest fantasies of being pirates. We're talking about Bounty Bay Online. If you are interested, today is your lucky day because the game is currently in need of players who will fill the clos...

By Mike Fahey Here's the E3 trailer for Pirates of the Burning Sea, the seafaring MMO from Flying Lab that recently announced a publishing deal with Sony Online Entertainment. While I didn't learn much we haven't already reported on the game at the show, I was told by two separate members of the dev team t...

By Mike Fahey SAN DIEGO, CA AND SEATTLE, WA - June 26, 2007 - In an agreement reached today, Pirates of the Burning Sea, the hotly anticipated MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) game developed by Flying Lab Software LLC featuring high seas action and swashbuckling adventure in a bold world of pirates...

By Mike Fahey Behold the trailer for Bounty Bay Online, an upcoming MMO filled with "seafaring tales and pirate fascination." Looking at the trailer I can really believe that this game has the power to transport you back to a simpler time. To be precise, 1999, the year Everquest first came out.

By Seth Abramovitch Just to touch on what is probably the most intriguing feature of Pirates of the Burning Sea, the port control PVP aspect could take the MMO world by storm. Each of the four factions control several forts in the Caribbean. Owning a port allows members of that faction to build structures and har...

By Andrew Yoon Who doesn't love pirates? The answer seemed to be "no one" as Flying Labs' upcoming MMORPG was swamped with fans throughout the entire New York Comic Con weekend. Although this MMO has been fairly under the radar, it certainly deserves a little more attention. Pirates of the Burning Sea pro...

By Mike Fahey Flying Lab Software has released a teaser trailer of sorts for their upcoming MMO, Pirates of the Burning Sea, which features a look at ship combat as well as a tantalizingly brief glimpse of character-based action. The game is looking pretty good...for a pirate game. My feet remain firmly pla...