SOE sets sail on Burning Seas

Flying Lab Software's massively multiplayer online buccaneer epic Pirates of the Burning Sea has found a harbor. Sony Online Entertainment announced it will be publishing the game through its Santa Monica-based Platform Publishing label.

Set around the year 1720, Pirates of the Burning Sea posits players on the open waters of the Caribbean sea, where they must defy their scurvy-dog status and become reputable and feared pirates. The game features player-versus-environment and player-versus-player elements, involving both ship-to-ship and cutlass-to-cutlass combat. Players will also be able to establish ports and secure resource-gathering locations to contribute to the game's player-run economy.

Though when the game will make its maiden voyage remains a mystery, SOE did state it would be showing Burning Sea at this year's E3 Media and Business Summit.