Perhaps as a tip of the hat to our convict roots, Flying Lab’s parrot-and-grapeshot MMO Pirates of the Burning Sea will be released to the Australian public for free. Aussie telecommunications provider Telstra are sponsoring the deal, where all interested persons have to do to nab themselves either a download key or a DVD of the full game is visit Telstra’s website and register their email address. And before you ask, no, you don’t need to be a Telstra customer to get the deal, it’s open to anyone and everyone (though BigPond customers will get 20% off the $US 15.95 per month subscription rate, which you’ll still need to pay – you’re “only” getting the game for free). My swash is well and truly buckled.
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Lev Arris
February 13, 2008 at 9:38 AM
I was reading through that, getting all excited…oh, still have monthly fees, bummer. Well free game a suppose…sokay, i guess…
Report PermalinkSarin
February 13, 2008 at 10:46 AM
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing when I saw the header, but I guess that would be too good to be true…especially from Telstra
Report PermalinkRob_Jedi
February 13, 2008 at 11:05 AM
Free game is a nice start, but that monthly fee is more than WoW, makes it’s chances of success rather slim. I signed up anyway cause I love me some pirate ship action Arrrrrr.
Report Permalinkchappy
February 13, 2008 at 5:29 PM
Dont be fooled!
Report PermalinkThese servers will be empty of any well organised and dedicated societies and players.
The entire dedicated aussie fanbase and organised societies (from Beta and US release) are located on the antigua server and bill through SOE. Antigua (US) server is the unofficial australian server with an extremely healthy community of aussies already there