Pirates of the Burning Sea Signs With SOE For Publishing

Flying Lab Software has been keeping its upcoming piratical Massively Multiplayer Game, Pirates of the Burning Sea, somewhat close to the chest. There's a Beta running, but outside of the forums and official website information has been thin on the ground. That changed last week with a flurry of posting to the Flying Lab Software site about a number of topics. This week there is big news: the game finally has a publisher. Flying Labs has partnered with SOE's Platform Publishing brand to put out Pirates of the Burning Sea. To clarify, if you're unfamiliar with Platform Publishing, Sony Online Entertainment will only be publishing the game; they will have nothing to do with development. "We had two other paths to launching this fall: going it alone and working with another independent outfit we've been spending time with. Both of these were good options in general (especially the partnership approach, as we really like those guys). But for either of those approaches to work for a fall launch, everything would have to go right the first time and we'd still need some luck. By working with SOE we know it'll just happen."

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We all know how this is going to end

[Gailin]

SOE have ruined every MMO they had a hand in. The only reason Everquest lasted as long as it did, was because there was shite for alternatives. As soon as one came around (WOW), people flocked to get away from SOE.

No thanks, I won't pay to watch SOE destroy another MMO with patches and upgrades.