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Flying Lab offers 6 months of Pirates of the Burning Sea to military personnel

28 Oct 2009 17:30:00 PDT

Written by James Egan
Filed under: Fantasy, Historical, Pirates of the Burning Sea, MMO industry, News items Via Gamers Daily News]Flying Lab offers 6 months of Pirates of the Burning Sea to military personnel originally appeared on Massively on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of fe...

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WRUP: Game like a pirate edition

19 Sep 2009 18:00:00 PDT

Written by Krystalle Voecks
Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day ye scalawags! We couldn't resist marking the date for all the landlubbers out there, as any day involving booty and rum is right up there in our books. We'd also note that if you hurry up, you can pick up a copy of LucasArts & Telltale Games' Tales of Monkey Islan...

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Pirates' Day! "You landlubbers are tougher than I thought. I'll have to improvise!"

19 Sep 2009 10:16:10 PDT

Written by kaozz77
Happy Pirates' Day! Pirates! Yaaaaaaaaaar! I thought today would be extra cool for the two pirate mmorpgs’ out there. Pirates of the Burning Sea looks to be having a bit of a celebration today. Also Pirates of the Caribbean is hosting Talk Like A Pirate Week!

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EVE Online: Pirates of the Constellation

21 May 2009 06:14:12 PDT

Written by Tipa
EVE Online: A noob in New Eden I’m in a sort of MMO rut these days, and...Okay, let’s re-design Star Trek Online. We know very little about Star Trek Online, but what...A Glance at Pirates of the Burning Sea When I got home last night, my son was... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts...

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How To: PotBS - Line Ship Combat tutorial

12 May 2009 00:48:19 PDT

Written by rss@youtube.com (alabasterkitten)
Author: alabasterkitten Keywords: PotBS line ship Added: May 12, 2009

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The First Real MMO

16 Mar 2009 21:02:35 PDT

CA You see, while we were building Pirates of the Burning Sea we had a similar dynamic to our team. World of Warcraft came out two years after we started, so nobody had played it. Instead we had one designer who figured that the MMO genre started with ...

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Pirates of the Burning Sea news and blogs - November 07, 2009

07 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Pirates of the Burning Sea news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Flying Lab offers 6 months of Pirates of the Burning Sea to military personnel -- by James Egan from Massively
• Niche and Mass Market: One big happy MMO genre -- by syncaine from Hardcore Casual
• Take office in the expansion for Pirates of the Burning Sea -- by Eliot Lefebvre from Massively
• New Port Battle Encounters Added to Testbed -- from Zam News
• Two New Port Battle Maps Coming in Patch 1.19 -- from Zam News
• What Are You Playing This Weekend? -- from Kotaku Australia
• ZAM's PAX Award Winners -- by Syp from pirates-of-the-burning-sea « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• Daily Blogroll 9/17 – Kanye edition -- by Tipa from West Karana
• Pirates of the Burning Sea announces "Power and Prestige" expansion, adds more staff -- by Colin Brennan from Massively
• Flying Lab Seeks to Expand Dev Team -- from Zam News

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Will 2009 be the best year ever for MMOs?

05 Mar 2009 09:58:04 PST

Written by Tipa
In 2007, you could have surprised absolutely nobody by predicting that 2008, last year, would be the biggest, best year ever for MMOs. Triple A titles abounded — Age of Conan and Warhammer Online were both just going to tear WoW a new one, but heck, even WoW was coming out with its second expan...

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Podcast: Got PotBS questions? Ask Rusty!

29 Jan 2009 08:00:00 PST

Written by William Dobson
Filed under: Historical, Podcasts, Pirates of the Burning SeaFlying Lab Software's CEO Russell "Rusty" Williams has been fairly vocal about his company's game Pirates of the Burning Sea in the past, doing the rounds with media outlets and spreading the word. His latest project has just...

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Pirates of the Burning Sea celebrates its first birthday with style

25 Jan 2009 07:00:00 PST

Written by Kyle Horner
It's been a whole year since Pirates of the Burning Sea left its dry dock and sailed out into the vast and sometimes-choppy waters of the ocean of MMOs. While it hasn't been a relatively safe year for adventurous new titles, Flying Lab Software's still got a lot to be happy with: Their game is s...

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Patch: PotBS Server Upgrade to Bring Build 1.5 Online

30 Jun 2008 11:41:28 PDT

Written by Shawn Sines
via Pirates of the Burning Sea ---Related Articles at Gaming Today:Pirates of the Burning Sea First Server Victories ReportPirates of the Burning Sea Patch v. 1.2.67.0 LivePotBS Character Transfers now AvailablePirates of the Burning Sea Underdog Tools DevlogEVE Online New World to Exp...

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Pirates of the Burning Sea Patch 1.5 Details Revealed

24 May 2008 16:48:31 PDT

Written by Shawn Sines
via Pirates of the Burning Sea ---Related Articles at Gaming Today:Pirates of the Burning Sea: Buddy Key SystemNew Screens for Pirates of the Burning SeaPirates of the Burning Sea: Duels and Skirmishes DevlogNew Pirates of the Burning Sea ScreenshotsPirates of the Burning Sea Devlog...

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Burning Sea Producer: Console MMOs Don't Make Sense (Yet)

20 May 2008 05:38:48 PDT

Written by Earnest Cavalli
Pirates of the Burning Sea producer Joe Ludwig would love to launch an MMO on one of the three big consoles, but "there are many barriers to building a console MMO that don't exist on the PC," he reveals in... Image courtesy Flying Lab Software

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Opinion: Pirates of the Burning Sea User Content 2.0 goes live

17 May 2008 22:00:00 PDT

Written by Andrew Russo
Filed under: Historical, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Game mechanicsOk buccaneers, it is now time for us to offer our own new and improved Caribbean flavor to Pirates of the Burning Sea! User Content 2.0, the new review and submission process, officially became seaworthy on the 15th of May....

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Patch: Pirates of the Burning Sea v1.4 Available on Testbed

13 May 2008 16:33:01 PDT

Written by Suzie Ford
As you've probably seen in Taelorn's recent devlogs, patch 1.4 has a lot of important changes to careers, especially for Pirates. Now that this patch is ready for testing, my job is to be sure you're going to like it. We need players like you to play with these new changes and give us feedback bef...

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Patch: PotBS Play 1.4 on Testbed!

13 May 2008 07:23:10 PDT

Written by Morvelaira
As you’ve probably seen in Taelorn’s recent devlogs, patch 1.4 has a lot of important changes to careers, especially for Pirates. Now that this patch is ready for testing, my job is to be sure you’re going to like it. We need players like you to play with these new changes and give us feedback bef...

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Pirates of the Burning Sea: Character transfer population update

22 Apr 2008 04:41:57 PDT

Written by Tim Y.
Still wondering where's a good server to move to for better pillagin' and plunderin' opportunities in the Pirates of the Burning Sea MMORPG? If you are, then you may want to hear out Flying Lab Software's recent update for the game's ...

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Patch: Pirates of the Burning Sea: What's Next?

14 Apr 2008 16:25:28 PDT

Written by Suzie Ford
Ten Ton Hammer editors sat down with the Pirates of the Burning Sea development team for a post mortem discussion of the latest patch and the future of PotBS: 1.4 also has a lot of improvements for everyone. We have the first revamp of how avatar combat works, we have the new supernatural epic m...

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Eurogamer Reviews Pirates of the Burning Sea

14 Apr 2008 07:53:36 PDT

Written by Ethec
After receiving a laudable 89% in the usually MMORPG-averse PC Gamer's May issue, we thought it might be smooth sailing for the Age of Sail themed MMORPG Pirates of the Burning Sea, released in January. Eurogamer, however, took issue with the game's instancing and avatar combat before si...

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PotBS - Review @ MPOGD.com

11 Apr 2008 10:23:22 PDT

MPOGD.com reviews Pirates of the Burning Sea with a score of 3/5:Pirates of the Burning Sea is a mixed bag of a MMO, as it features some really nice concepts that are done pretty well, and it’s nice to see a MMO that doesn’t fit into your standard fantasy and sci-fi genres....

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Pirates of the Burning Sea Review at PCIGN

12 Feb 2008 16:29:48 PST

Written by Kalia
Pirates of the Burning Sea is the perfect antidote to the proliferation of traditional MMOs. If you've already grown sick of elves and hot bars, Pirates will definitely offer up something you haven't quite seen before. It's highly original and it takes a lot of chances that pay off handsome...

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Pirates of the Burning Sea Review (Addict 3D)

12 Feb 2008 16:27:53 PST

Pirates of the Burning Sea (PC) Flying Labs offers up a wonderful alternative to the standard MMO but is it too complex?

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Pirates of the Burning Sea Review - UGO

06 Feb 2008 14:28:46 PST

Pirates of the Burning Sea Review UGO, NY - Feb 6, 2008 Pirates of the Burning Sea, or PotBS, grows more interesting as you move along, despite the suspect graphics and normal hiccups of an MMO launch. ...

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Review: PotBS Gets 4 Out of 5 Stars at GameSpy!

04 Feb 2008 09:21:00 PST

The folks at GameSpy have released their review of Pirates of the Burning Sea, and we've garnered 4 out of 5 stars! Here's a snippet of the review: "Having the biggest ship doesn't guarantee victory: smaller ships taking advantage of ...

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Opinion: My in-depth PotBS Beta Impressions

03 Dec 2007 11:47:01 PST

Written by Keen
I want to talk about the PvP a little bit more; infact I want to include some PvE mechanics in this too. This isn’t a game without risk like some of you might be used to. In PotBS your ship can sink if you’re defeated in PvP AND PvE. When your ship sinks, depending on the ship, it may be lost forever. Shi...

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Pirates of the Burning Sea introduces Swashbuckling

23 Jun 2007 22:38:01 PDT

Written by Glen D.
Pirates of the Burning Sea has gotten props for deviating from the tried and true MMORPG paradigm based on endless grinds and item collection. By not focusing solely on those two elements, the game has made room for more innovative areas.

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