Recent Headlines for Pirates of the Burning Sea

• Sink the Devs Event

  The Devs over at FLS will be sailing around the high seas of the test server, here's your chance to blow them out of the water!

  Reported on Aug 21, 2008

• New DevBlog

  Fraxl posted a new DevBlog outlining the changes they made to the game based on last week's player event held on the testbed.

  Reported on Aug 21, 2008

• Off-Peak Port Battle Solutions

  Flying Lab Software has posted a new dev journal explaining how they are planning on dealing with the problem of off peak port battles.

  Reported on Aug 08, 2008

• Test New Ships, Win Prizes

  The folks at Pirates of the Burning Sea have announced that players who log on to the test server on Saturday and test some of the new ships from the 1.6 patch will be entered to win PotBS t-shirts and time codes.

  Reported on Jul 31, 2008

• New Ships Revealed

  Flying Lab Software takes a detailed look at the new ships that will be added with the 1.6 update for Pirates of the Burning Sea, including four new never before seen ships.

  Reported on Jul 22, 2008

• Testbed Screenshot Contest

  Flying Lab Software is holding a contest, which ends tonight, where players can earn 30 days of free game time by running through basic tasks on Pirates of the Burning Sea's Tesbed server.

  Reported on Jul 16, 2008

• New Ships

  The folks at Pirates of the Burning Sea have announced the introduction of several new ships with version 1.6 of the game.

  Reported on Jul 11, 2008

• 1.5.46 Deployment

  This morning, the folks at Pirates of the Burning Sea rolled out build 1.5.46.0 without incident. The servers are now live again after the update.

  Reported on Jul 01, 2008

• Upgrade Tomorrow

  Flying Lab Software has announced that they will be upgrading their servers to build 1.5.46.0 on Tuesday July 1st.

  Reported on Jun 30, 2008

• Customer Service Devlog

  The latest devlog on the Pirates of the Burning Sea official site takes a look at the ins and out of customer service.

  Reported on Jun 26, 2008

• Video Guide

  The Pirates of the Burning Sea official site has been updated with a guide to making videos in PotBS.

  Reported on Jun 25, 2008

• 1.4 Patch Survey Results

  Flying Lab Software has posted the results of a survey they conducted which asks fans for their opinion on the 1.4 Patch.

  Reported on Jun 23, 2008

• Semiweekly Downtime

  The folks at Pirates of the Burning Sea have announced that they will begin a schedule of regular semiweekly downtime to deal with issues which show up after a long period of time.

  Reported on Jun 20, 2008

• Fortaleza da Luz Weekend Test

  FLS is looking to bring a few players on board to help test Fortaleza da Luz, the new level 50 epic mission for Pirates of the Burning Sea.

  Reported on Jun 19, 2008

• Free Trials and Marketing Plans

  Flying Lab Software has revealed their new marketing strategies for Pirates of the Burning Sea, which will include offering 14 day free trials.

  Reported on Jun 19, 2008

• Fortaleza da Luz Devlog

  Flying Lab Software has posted a devlog detailing the design process behind Fortaleza da Luz mission in Pirates of the Burning sea.

  Reported on Jun 18, 2008

• Town Revamps

  The Pirates of the Burning Sea official site has been updated with a devlog which looks at the aesthetic makeover of the game's towns.

  Reported on Jun 17, 2008

• New Guide and Wearable Lizard

  Prima Games and FLS have announced the release of the Pirates of the Burning Sea Revised Edition: Prima Official eGuide, which reflects changes made to the game in the 1.4 patch, and gives players the right to wear a lizard on their shoulder.

  Reported on Jun 17, 2008

• Ship & Outfitting Changes

  The folks at Pirates of the Burning Sea are calling on players to help test changes made to ship outfitting on the PotBS test sever.

  Reported on Jun 16, 2008

• The Balancing Act

  The most recent Devlog from the folks at Pirates of the Burning Sea looks at the art of item balancing, and some of the changes that will be made in version 1.5 of the game.

  Reported on Jun 12, 2008

• Devlog: Art and Games

  The latest dev diary on the Pirates of the Burning Sea official site was written with aspiring artists in mind, and takes a look at what it means to be a professional artist and the concept of the artist's vision.

  Reported on Jun 10, 2008

• Video Contest

  The folks at Pirates of the Burning Sea have announced a video contest, where participants are asked to create an instructional video to explain key game concepts, with a top prize of GeCube ATI Radeon HD 3650 (256MB GDDR3) Video Card.

  Reported on Jun 09, 2008

• 1.5 UI Preview

  Flying Lab Software has provided a preview of the UI changes that they're working on for version 1.5 of Pirates of the Burning Sea.

  Reported on Jun 06, 2008

• New Staff Devlog

  The most recent devlog on the Pirates of the Burning Sea official site looks at some new faces in their programming department.

  Reported on Jun 05, 2008

• New Build

  Last night saw the launch of a new build of Flying Lab Software's Pirates of the Burning Sea and the team has provided us with some info:

  Reported on Jun 03, 2008

• New Devlog: Ambush Gameplay

  Kevin "Isildur" Maginn, Lead Designer for Pirates of the Burning Sea, has written a nonexclusive devlog explaining the original concept of ambush gameplay, or in other words, a gang of pirates sneaking up on a merchant vessel on the high sea. In the devlog he describes how the original design concept failed in practice, degenerating into what can more accurately be described ganking, and their current efforts to reduce the occurrence of ganking.

  Reported on May 30, 2008

• 1.4 Patch Up and Running

  The folks at Pirates of the Burning Sea have published the release notes for the recently deployed 1.4 patch for Pirates of the Burning Sea.

  Reported on May 29, 2008

• 1.4 Delayed Until Thursday

  Flying Lab Software has announced that the implementation of the of the 1.4 patch for Pirates of the Burning Sea has been postponed until Thursday Morning.

  Reported on May 28, 2008

• PvP Tournament Results

  FLS has posted the results from the PvP tournament which was held on the Pirates of the Burning Sea test server over the weekend.

  Reported on May 27, 2008

• Fortaleza da Luz Playtests

  Flying Lab Software is inviting Pirates of the Burning Sea players with at least one level 50 character to join them for a series of playtests in Fortaleza da Luz, the game's new epic mission.

  Reported on May 26, 2008

• Patch 1.5

  Flying Lab Software has posted a preview of what's in store for Pirates of the Burning Sea in Patch 1.5.

  Reported on May 23, 2008