Fast Facts
Name:
Pirates of the Burning Sea
Acronym:
PotBS
Developer:
Flying Lab Software
Publisher:
SOE
Release Date:
1/22/08
Country:
USA
Genre:
RPG
ESRB Rating:
Teen

Dev Chat Log

Logs of IRC chats we host with developers.

Wednesday, September 3rd
News

Flying Lab Software, creators of the swashbuckling Pirates of the Burning Sea MMO, released an announcement reminding all aspiring seafarers of the upcoming "Talk Like A Pirate Day" and the ingame festivities starting September 19th. Full press release after the jump!

Tuesday, September 2nd
Editorials

In this week's "RoleCraft," Jim Moreno looks at different ways to roleplay with weather effects in-game.

Friday, August 29th
PAX 2008

John "Can't Fake the" Funk reports from the show floor at PAX 2008.

Thursday, August 21st
News

Yarr, mateys! The Pirates of the Burning Sea devs have an event planned for Friday that you won't want to miss. Titled "Sink the Devs", it will take place on the testbed server and...

Monday, August 18th
Editorials

In this week's "RoleCraft," Jim Moreno continues his look at character alignment in MMORPGs - this time focusing on how in-game factions make characters "evil" (or not).

Monday, August 11th
Editorials

In this week's examination of Clausewitz "On Gaming," Jonathan Steinhauer looks at what victory and defeat mean ... to NPC monsters.

Monday, August 4th
Editorials

In this week's RoleCraft, Jim Moreno looks at the standard D&D concept of alignment, how it works in roleplaying, and how it's applied to MMORPGs.

Monday, July 28th
Editorials

Jonathan Steinhauer continues his application of the writings of Carl Clausewitz to MMOGs, this time focusing on defeat and "life after death" in online worlds.

Tuesday, July 22nd
News

Pirates of the Burning Sea currently has v1.6 uploaded to the testbed server. In addition to the usual bug fixes, the devs have announced a bunch of new ship types. Check them out by clicking below.

Monday, July 21st
Editorials

This week in RoleCraft, Jim Moreno looks at ways for roleplayers to deal with the Fairer Tongue of Elvish.