Pirates of the Burning Sea

By Michael Zenke According to the job post, Flying Lab is considering working on a Flash-based kids-oriented massively multiplayer game. The offering states: "Flying Lab Software is seeking an experienced Flash Game Developer to create casual Flash games for a children's MMO product (ages 8-12 yrs.)."...

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By Brad Nicholson Flying Lab’s booth on the show floor was all about Pirates of the Burning Sea. The company’s main focus was to establish that the MMO was still kicking out new content and fixing problems that players indicate are issues with the game. ...

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By Shawn Schuster If you were waiting for skirmishes to be added to Pirates of the Burning Sea, you may be out of luck, at least for awhile. In a recent announcement at SOE's Fan Faire this week, Flying Lab game designer Drew Clowerly stated that it's simply a matter of losing the developer who was working on tha...

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By Krystalle Voecks Filed under: Galleries, EverQuest, EverQuest II, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Events, real-world, MMO industry, Previews, The Agency, News items, Star Wars Galaxies, Vanguard, Everquest Online Adventures, Free Realms, Massively Event Coverage, Legends of Norrath, DC Universe On...

By Tim Y. Can't wait to give Pirates of the Burning Sea's new level-50 ships a test drive on your next plundering session? If your answer is yes, then Flying Lab Software has a special promo lined up for you. The company has announced that this weekend, they will give players with at least one level 45 c...

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By Enrico S. The developers of both Pirates of the Burning Sea and Final Fantasy 11 both gave out a sneak peek at what we can expect in the next updates for the game. In the Pirates of the Burning Sea patch 1.6 article,  11 of the 50 new boats slated for the game were revealed as well as a look at some changes with...

By Morvelaira If you follow Pirates of the Burning Sea, you may have heard about the new ships coming out in the near future. Well, it's true, and there will be 11 of them. In addition to the ones already announced, the last four are revealed, and some of the reasoning behind there stats is as well.

By Tim Y. Over at the official Pirates of the Burning Sea site, Taelorn of the Flying Lab Software dev team sat down with a new log discussing the MMORPG's patch 1.6. This patch aims to be a big change from the game's previous updates, given that instead of dealing with skill issues, it will instead be de...

By Matt Warner Ahoy Captains, an overhaul of high levels ships will take place in the next Pirates of the Burning Sea (1.6) patch build. Also, you may see some never before seen ships on the waterways as eleven new ships will deployl. The ships setting sail are: Archelon, Cyclone, Dauntless, Mastercraft Co...

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By Shawn Sines Related Articles at Gaming Today:New Pirates of the Burning Sea ScreenshotsPirates of the Burning Sea Ship Tuning Dev JournalPirates of the Burning Sea Devlog: Ships and Ship CombatNew Screens for Pirates of the Burning SeaPirates of the Burning Sea Interview with Russell Williams

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By William Dobson Filed under: Historical, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Culture, Events, real-worldAny Pirates of the Burning Sea fans heading to Gen Con Indy this year will be able to catch up with the folks from Flying Lab Software. They will be there representing their game in the Exhibitor Hall at Booth #...

By William Dobson Filed under: Historical, Video, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Contests, Guides, EducationThe Pirates of the Burning Sea video contest that we looked at a few weeks ago has drawn to a close, and a winning video has been selected. The aim of the contest was to create a video that could explain th...

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By Tipa Mythic cuts four classes and four cities from Warhammer Online. Hellgate: London debuts to poor response. Pirates of the Burning Sea needed a better integration of its elements and some changes to pacing. Vanguard was released too early. Age of Conan has a bunch of bugs and its end game is not a...

By Matt Warner Ye sea loving scallywags looking for adventure better look to Pirates of the Burning Sea, it has plenty of adventuring waiting in the latest 1.5.46.0 patch. Fitted just last week a build discrepancy caused sails to rip apart, a server reboot followed causing disgruntled nations on Rackham t...

By Morvelaira As you are aware, game mechanics are such that you are not allowed to play two characters of opposing nations on a single account. The changes in policy also affect selling durability to pirates. For more information on the policy changes, please check out the Pirates of the Burning Sea Main...

By Brenda Holloway Filed under: Betas, Launches, New titlesCall it "Pirates of the Sea of Blue-Haired Girls", call it what you will, the latest Asian import MMO to touch our shores is the unique Florensia, which burda:ic will publishing for Western eyes sometime soon. Captain a ship, explore hidden myster...

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By Morvelaira When things go wrong with in-game items or money, it's common knowledge that a player will rarely get what they want out of a GM - namely a refund of the item or currency. Have you ever wondered though, what when into the decision to reimburse, or not to reimburse? Wonder no longer Pirates of th...

By Akela Talamasca Filed under: Fantasy, Historical, Guild Wars, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Interviews, MMO industry, Crafting, QuestsYou may or may not be familiar with the name Jess Lebow, but if you've played Guild Wars or Pirates of the Burning Sea, you'll certainly know his work. As a writer, he's wor...

By William Dobson Filed under: Historical, Video, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Contests, Game mechanics, GuidesThe Pirates of the Burning Sea community site has posted a neat guide to making videos of their game, covering a number of different programs, and the finishing touches that can turn a good movi...

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By Shawn Sines The latest devlog from the Flying Lab crew on Pirates of the Burning Sea is aimed at aspiring artists and art directors. The latest devlog from the Flying Lab crew on Pirates of the Burning Sea is aimed at aspiring artists and art directors.

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 IL - The first lesson Flying Lab Software learned was to know how big your game is when you first start. Joe talked as if PotBS was going to be nothing more than ...

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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

By Charles D. After hearing all about the neat stuff Pirates and other seafaring scallywags will be receiving in the upcoming patch of Pirates of the Burning Sea, Flying Lab Software has finally announced that the open seas on the Testbed server will finally be ready to test the new 1.4 patch of the game.

By Jay P. Image 1 The people from Flying Lab Software really know how to make Pirates of the Burning Sea bigger and better. Build 1.3.32.0 was released last April 30. ...

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By Jay P. It's really good to know that the devs behind the Pirates of the Burning Sea are constantly at work by improving the game with the introduction of fixes and new changes. This particular update we have for you on Flying Lab Software's MMO features the details on the latest build that was just r...

By Charles D. It looks like the developers at Flying Lab Software will be doing a lot of renovations by the time its next 1.4 patch for Pirates of the Burning Sea hits. Taelorn outlined the first devlog entry detailing the new changes that will literally overhaul the face of this swashbuckling, piratey MM...

By Ryan A. Known Issues:There remain textures that flicker throughout the world.When you re a member of a group and you win a PvP battle, loot goes into the group loot box even if your groupmates aren t in the battle.If you get disconnected during Boarding combat, the results are not what you d hope or ex...

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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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 ...

Flying Lab Software explains shutdown of select Pirates of the ...  - Apr 18, 2008 If there's anything good that has come out of the experience, it's that Flying Lab Software is wiser from the PotBS experience and is focusing on making the ...

By David T. Server merges may be sticky issues for some, but the fact is they happen whether people want them to or not. That was certainly the case with Pirates of the Burning Sea (PotBS) recently. Flying Lab Software decided to condense the game's population by shutting down seven of the game's eleven...

Pirates of the Burning Sea: Pair of Reviews Warcry.com - Apr 11, 2008 They, too, take a mid-line stand and score PotBS at 3/5 and wrap their review up thusly: Pirates of the Burning Sea is a mixed bag of a MMO, as it features ...

Pirates of the Burning Sea - Review (PC) MPOGD.com, IL - Unlike other MMOs where your character choice greatly defines your play style, there isn’t so much of that with POTBS. There are elements of those class ...

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By David T. You see, Maginn is trying to balance the needs of Pirates of the Burning Sea players with that of his brainchild: the game's economy. In a nutshell, Flying Lab Software is faced with the problem of helping PotBS players get the in-game funds they need for PvP, while trying not to let the game e...

By Abraham A. Pirate life will never be complete without money or even barter. That's why over at Pirates of the Burning Sea, developer Flying Lab Software introduced a new gameplay wrinkle - the Exchange Shops. If you could remember, Flying Lab ...

By Charles D. If you don't feel like going through the trouble of creating a new character just to try out Pirates of the Burning Sea's Testbed server, then the developers at Flying Lab Software have devised a new way for everyone to enjoy the game's upcoming features with minimal hassle.

By Jay P. If you're an avid gamer of Flying Lab Software's Pirates of the Burning Sea, then here's some good news and bad news. They do balance each other out, so we guess it's not so bad after all.

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By Charles D. After remodeling the new French Capitol, Pointe-a-Pitre, in patch 1.2 for Pirates of the Burning Sea, the developers from Flying Lab Software explain some of the technical details of the new quest they've designed especially for the new port city.

By Charles D. In celebration of Pirates of the Burning Sea's first month since its official release, Flying Lab Software is offering a special quest event which will feature a unique piece of avatar outfitting you won't be able to find anywhere else: the Celebration Mask.

By Charles D. If you've been keeping tabs on our other updates, it's pretty obvious that PotBS places a huge focus on the PvP aspect of MMO gaming. As such, the developers are planning a couple of new features to help beef up the competitive level for PvP crazy players out there.

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By Charles D. There's always been this unspoken and unexplainable charm about playing a pirate. This is obviously what the developers from Flying Lab Software were banking on when they decided to field Pirates of the Burning Sea as its premier MMO game for salty seadog fans everywhere.

Pirates of the Burning Sea Review Warcry.com - Feb 15, 2008 by JR Sutich, 15 Feb 2008 22:23 Pirates of the Burning Sea is the first MMO from developer Flying Lab Software. It opened its doors for pre-orders on ...

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By Ryan A. As you all probably know, Flying Lab Software is currently having a lot of problems in its MMORPG Pirates of the Burning Sea. It's a good thing, though, that the developers have finally decided to provide some solutions. ...

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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. ...

By p@tsh@t After quite a bit of hand wringing, I decided not to renew my subscription to Pirates of the Burning Sea when my initial 30-day subscription runs out. I mentioned in an earlier post that the best that we bloggers can do when giving impressions of a game is to answer the question “Am I willing to...

By Bill Hutchens John Tynes, producer of Pirates of the Burning Sea from Seattle’s Flying Lab Software, was kind enough to spend a few minutes on the phone recently, chatting about the amazing new massively multiplayer online role-playing game. JT: It would have had ship combat and trading still but no av...

By Brian Crecente After years of hard work by our top-notch crew, we are thrilled to announce players can now conquer the virtual Caribbean, circa 1720, in Pirates of the Burning Sea," said Russell Williams, CEO of Flying Lab Software in Seattle. "Working together with SOE's Platform Publishing, we are ab...

By Mike Fahey SAN DIEGO, CA AND SEATTLE, WA - June 26, 2007 - In an agreement reached today, Pirates of the Burning Sea, the hotly anticipated MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) game developed by Flying Lab Software LLC featuring high seas action and swashbuckling adventure in a bold world of pirates...

By Seth Abramovitch Just to touch on what is probably the most intriguing feature of Pirates of the Burning Sea, the port control PVP aspect could take the MMO world by storm. Each of the four factions control several forts in the Caribbean. Owning a port allows members of that faction to build structures and har...