Shiver me timbers, it's some more screenshots
As a captain in Pirates of the Burning Sea, you can choose among the French, Spanish, English, or Pirate nations, playing a naval officer, a freetrader, a privateer, or a pirate as you like. Ship battles take place at sea, where players can destroy or board and seize their competitors’'ship. On land, a world of swashbuckling adventure awaits full of sword-swinging action. The unique player-driven economy means players can be a captain of industry too, running mines, lumber mills, shipyards and other large-scale operations to produce the tons of goods needed to supply every player in the game with what they need. Through the player-generated content system, players can create their own sail and flag designs to display in game and even model their own ships.The game takes place in the New World circa 1720, a dramatic time of conflict and riches that features action for every play style, from ship combat, to piracy, to building economic empires or sword-swinging adventure. With more than one thousand missions per nation, dozens of ports to explore, and the entire Caribbean as their domain, players will find an online experience like no other.
Sony Online Entertainment's massively multiplayer online game, Pirates of the Burning Sea, is scheduled to launch worldwide on January 22, 2008.
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