Pirates of the Burning Sea

Pirates of the Burning Sea

Game Info

Developer:

Flying Lab Software

Genre:

Fantasy

Release Date:

January 22, 2008

Monthly Fee:

P2P

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The seas are deadly in the year 1720, as control for the Caribbean fluctuates. France, Spain and England all have forces out on the waters and pirates are not making it easy for anyone to make...

The seas are deadly in the year 1720, as control for the Caribbean fluctuates. France, Spain and England all have forces out on the waters and pirates are not making it easy for anyone to make any headway. In Pirates of the Burning Sea, in development by Flying Lab Software, you can choose to join any of the three nations in the battle for the Caribbean, or you may decide to sail under no colors as a pirate.

Combat includes the tactical mastery of ship combat, where you must use cunning moves and defensive strategies to battle others on the water, or the land-based swashbuckling. Choose from three distinct fighting styles to best your opponent and make a name for yourself as a swordsman.

Pirates of the Burning Sea allows you to adjust your character to your playstyle. You are not locked into a set role. You can be the captain of the most feared ship on the sea, or you can be a humble merchant looking to make the most money around. The choice is yours, but be warned...the Caribbean is cruel, and others will be out to make sure you fail.

PotBS Screenshots at MMORPG

Pirate Picture Released. RIAA Unavailable for Comment.
MMORPG has posted some Pirates of the Burning Sea screenshots. Pirate glamour photos. Focus today is on eye-patches:

"The monthly developer journal is not all we feature from Pirates of the Burning Sea today. Below are two screenshots, one featuring an eye-patched captain and the other shows a couple ships, including a pirate, at sea."

You can view the Pirates of the Burning Sea Screenshots at MMORPG.

Images, Media

Thu, Aug 04, 2005

Boomjack
PotBS Dev Diary at MMORPG

Arrrr, have you ever been to the Burning Sea Billy?
MMORPG has posted a Pirates of the Burning Sea developer diary featuring Russell Williams. Do they have boats made of asbestos in the burning sea?:

"Since I last wrote, we finished our previous milestone and have started a new one. Our milestones are usually 6-8 weeks, but this one is a bit shorter. The reason for this is PAX (pennyarcadeexpo.com), the game show in Seattle being run by the Penny Arcade guys. We’re looking forward to meeting our fans who’ve been coming by the forums, and we’ll be out in force staffing our demo stations. This is the first time that we’ve shown the game to the general public, and this milestone is all about finishing off the basics and putting a nice sheen of polish on top of it."

You can read the entire Pirates of the Burning Sea Developer Diary at MMORPG.

Features, Interviews

Thu, Aug 04, 2005

Boomjack
PotBS Developer's Diary

Hitting the beach from the ocean.
MMORPG.com posted a Pirates of the Burning Sea Developer's Diary featuring Russell Williams. We found a treasure map in a wooden leg that had the following written on it.

"Hi, I’m Russell Williams, Executive Producer on Flying Lab’s Pirates of the Burning Sea (www.burningsea.com). The theme of this developer journal is growth. When we started working on the game, we knew we wanted to make a game that was different than the current crop, and whenever you’re creating something new, you have to be willing to experiment. Unfortunately, experimentation produces quite a bit of bad along with the good, and throwing away that work is always painful. But it’s even more painful if you have a full art team that’s been cranking away in a dead-end direction for half a year."

You can read the entire Pirates of the Burning Sea Developer's Diary at MMORPG.com.

Features, Interviews

Thu, Jul 14, 2005

Boomjack
PotBS Screenshots at MMORPG.com

Hitting the ocean from the beach
MMORPG.com has two new Pirates of the Burning Sea screenshots posted. We taught our parrot to say.

"...
we reveal two new screenshots of the winner of our E3 2005 Best Graphics Award, Pirates of the Burning Sea."

You can view the Pirates of the Burning Sea Screenshots at MMORPG.com.

Images, Media

Thu, Jul 14, 2005

Boomjack
PotBS Developer's Log

Parrot and Eye-Patches, what could go wrong?
A Pirates of the Burning Sea developer's log has been posted at the official site. After a long and brutal sword fight we came away with information that lead to this:

"To talk about skills, first we have to talk about archetypes. One of our goals has always been to ensure that we had interesting and useful things for every ship to do, so that choosing a sloop or a cutter wasn't automatically a poor decision, and so that rated ships were not the only worthwhile choice in the game. We feared the world implied by ensuring everyone had the potential to sail powerful ships - inevitably, the West Indies would be wall-to-wall 74s. We sat down to ask ourselves some questions about how we saw combat being structured, and after a lot of back and forth, we came up with five possible roles that ships could play in a fight: Scouts, hunters, dreadnoughts, support, and siege."

You can read the entire Pirates of the Burning Sea Developer's Log at The Official Site.

Features, Interviews

Wed, Jun 22, 2005

Boomjack
Pirates of the Burning Sea Dev Log

Dev Logs. Ren and Stimpy rejoice.
A Pirates of the Burning Sea developer's log has been posted at the official site. It's possible that they wrote this:

"It’s been a while since we’ve posted a devlog. But now that E3 is over and the dust has settled, we’re finally free to talk!
And what better place to start than character creation?"

You can read the entire Pirates of the Burning Sea Developer's Log at The Official Site.

Features, Interviews

Wed, Jun 15, 2005

Boomjack
Pirates of the Burning Sea Milestones

Shiver me timbers.
The team at Pirates of the Burning Sea have posted their current milestone goals. With no guarantee we believe that they wrote this:

"Now that E3 is over, we can take a bit more time polishing some of the new elements that went into the game. This list looks a bit smaller than previous milestones, because some of the bullet items (such as Missions and Avatars) encompass several people."

You can read the entire Pirates of the Buring Sea Milestone list at The Official Site.

News

Tue, Jun 07, 2005

Boomjack