Pirates didn’t have the best launch ever. Critics raved about its naval combat, but it was a game in two halves. And the half that saw you searching around empty port towns for something to do was the bad half. But hey – Dungeons & Dragons Online managed to turn things around, increasing revenue by 500% when it went free-to-play. Can PotBS do similar? More »
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.”
Flying Lab’s MMO Pirates of the Burning Sea sails into the new year with the release of the highly anticipated build 1.11: The Clash Of Steel, which completely revamps avatar combat.
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.
The world’s best pirate-themed MMO is looking for new recruits to sail the salty Caribbean in search of booty, glory, adventure, and…more booty, possibly. To this end they’ve launched a free 14-day trial open to all wannabe pirates and privateers who have yet to take part in the seafaring activities. Simply hit up the link below, enter your email address to verify that you are indeed a real person, and then prepare to download a metric ass-ton of files before you get command of your very first ship.
This is the sort of game that should have had a free-trial from the get go, really. The unique flavor combination of ship-based travel and battles with trading and character combat is something you really need to play before deciding if it’s the right game for you. Welcome to the Pirates of the Burning Sea 14-Day Trial! [PotBS]
Back in April, Dan Rubenfield (Ultima Online, Star Wars Galaxies, etc.) ranted, raved, and put MMO developers ‘on notice.’ And, at the end, admonished developers to “quit making PC games. It’s a waste of time and money”. Unsurprisingly, people hit back, and now over at GameSetWatch, Joe Ludwig (producer of Pirates of the Burning Sea) has a snappy little response detailing six reasons why MMOs are just plain harder to develop for consoles versus PCs. Does that mean it won’t start happening in greater numbers? Of course not:
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 when they’re fighting pirates. Well not anymore. The upcoming 1.4 patch of the game is introducing two new pirate classes, separate factions in the Brethren of the Coast. Existing pirates will be become Cutthroats, the more brutal type of pirates, while players creating new characters can opt between that or the new Buccaneer class.
What the fuck is going on here? You all say how sick you are of MMOs with elves and orcs, so Flying Lab go and make one with pirates, and nobody signs up? Urgh. Which means it’s all your fault that seven of the game’s eleven servers are closing down, in order to bring about a “higher density” of players. Guess at the moment there’s a “low density” of players. Hopefully this means those who do enjoy the shivering of timbers and the buckling of swashes get a better experience, and that this isn’t the beginning of the end for the game. Pirates of the Burning Sea Shutters 7 Servers [Game|Life]
