Pirates Find New Flag to
Sail Under
Flying Lab Software and their flagship MMOG title, Pirates of the
Burning Sea, have officially announced that they have partnered with
Sony Online Entertainment's Platform Publishing label to publish,
market, and distribute the upcoming high seas title. Although the news
was leaked last night on the Pirates of the Burning Sea
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journals,
the announcement is still a monumental move for SOE and Flying Labs.
Along with the announcement, the Pirates of the Burning Sea team has
released seven screenshots that the Ten Ton Hammer team has hosted for
public viewing. Enjoy!
PIRATES OF THE BURNING SEA
FINDS A HOME PORT WITH PLATFORM PUBLISHING
Platform Publishing to
Work with Flying Lab Software, Add to SOE's E3 Title Lineup
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 and plunder, will be published by Sony
Online Entertainment LLC’s Platform Publishing label. The
game will be added to SOE’s title lineup for the E3 Media and
Business Summit, July 11-13 in Santa Monica, CA.
Pirates of the Burning Sea will feature action for every play
style, whether it’s epic ship combat, piracy, building
economic empires or sword-swinging adventure. Burning Sea takes place
in the New World circa 1720, a dramatic time of conflict and riches.
Choosing one of four Nations – France, Spain, England or
Pirate – players can set sail as a valiant naval officer, a
devil-may-care privateer, a savvy merchant adventurer, or a fearless,
rampaging pirate. With one thousand missions to play, dozens of ports
to explore, and the entire Caribbean as their domain, players will find
an online experience like no other.
“Working with top notch developers like Flying Lab
Software is at the heart of Platform Publishing’s mission to
market and distribute a portfolio of games like Pirates of the Burning
Sea that stand shoulder to shoulder with our SOE flagship
franchises,” said David D Christensen, Vice President,
Business Development and International Operations, Sony Online
Entertainment.
Virtual buccaneers can engage in fierce ship-to-ship combat in
real time, complete with the roar of cannon fire and the crunch of
timber as masts and hulls are shattered, sending foes to the bottom of
the briny deep or leaving them helpless and ripe for looting. Pirate
games aren’t complete without the clashing of swords and
Pirates of the Burning Sea delivers with three swashbuckling styles,
from the deadly and formal Fencing, to the flashy dual-wielding
Florentine, or the rowdy and treacherous Dirty Fighting. The combat
system is fast and fluid with awesome swordplay and powerful finishing
moves.
Pirates of the Burning Sea also features an economy completely
run by players, who build their own empires across the Caribbean. Build
your own forges, quarries, and rum distilleries and manage large-scale
production and distribution in a cutthroat world of gold and galleons
where profits are the dream and desperate measures the reality.
The game's Conquest system turns any port into a battleground,
as rival players rack up points through PvE (Player vs. Environment)
missions and combat culminating in a period of intense PvP (Player vs.
Player) gameplay to determine who takes the port -- and the valuable
resources it provides for economic gameplay. If you want the cannons,
you have to capture the iron, making the Conquest system something that
impacts the career of every single player.
“Platform Publishing and SOE possess a level of
expertise and success in sales, marketing and distribution that makes
them the perfect co-publisher for Pirates of the Burning
Sea,” said Russell Williams, CEO, Flying Lab Software LLC.
“This relationship will allow us their world-class expertise
in marketing, distribution, and billing so we can focus on developing
an amazing swashbuckling adventure for the pirate in all of us -- and
building a community of players who will live that life for years to
come.”
New Pirates of the Burning Sea
Screenshots:
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alt="The British are coming!" title="The British are coming!"
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alt="Sink that ship!" title="Sink that ship!"
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alt="Ramming Speed!" title="Ramming Speed!"
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alt="Look out for the shark!" title="Look out for the shark!"
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alt="He dodges like a champion."
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