Weihnachten 2003, das war der erste Releasetermin, der für das MMORPG Pirates of the Burning Sea aus dem Hause Flying Lab Software im Raum stand. Im September 2005 starteten die ersten Betatest. Und nun, im Herbst 2007, soll das Online-Rollenspiel endlich an den Start gehen.

Russell Williams, CEO von Flying Lab, hat in einem Interview bekannt gegeben, dass das MMORPG definitiv noch dieses Jahr erscheinen wird es den Entwicklern gelungen sei, einen Vertrag mit Sony Online Entertainment zu unterzeichnen, die das Spiel weltweit vermarkten werden.

Yesterday, Flying Lab Software and SOE announced that the MMO giants will publish Pirates of the Burning Sea this fall under their Platform Publishing brand. Platform is the independent wing of Sony Online Entertainment and offers the marketing, organizational and business expertise of SOE to independently financed developers who want to bring their games to market. Today, we interviewed SOE VP of Business Development and International Operations David D. Christensen and Flying Lab Software CEO Russell Williams about the deal and what it means for SOE, FLS and fans of the game.

"Really it all comes down to the platform publishing system that they have," Williams told us.

Throughout the interview, Williams reiterated his enthusiasm for the package SOE offers through Platform Publishing. Williams comes from the single-player industry where traditional publishing deals are nearly universally one-sided and spoke of how most other companies wanted to have the control that is typical of those deals without the financial investment or risk. Flying Lab Software does not need Sony's money to finish the game, they need their marketing and sales network. According to Williams, this deal provides them with access to that and lets FLS keep its focus on the game.
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