Pirates of the Caribbean Online

Oct 30, 2007 It looks like Disney wants their Pirates of the Caribbean MMO to have broad appeal, so it makes sense that they've brought VR Studio, the developers of the kid friendly online game, Toontown onboard. Part of achieving that broad appeal means the game will have to run on everything from a state of the art gaming rig to the loathsome family boxes on stacked on pallets at the local Costco. Unfortunately, this also means that the game won't blow your mind on the visual front. What's » Read Full Pirates of the Caribbean Online preview

If youre looking for a family friendly massively multiplayer RPG (MMORPG) with characters your kids will actually recognize and care about, Pirates of the Caribbean is shaping up to be exactly what the doctor ordered. Especially if youve got kids old enough to think that cartoons just arent that cool anymore. While Pirates is an MMO, it would play almost exactly the same as a single-player game. While you can chat with other folks and put together a player-based crew for your seafaring » Read Full Pirates of the Caribbean Online preview

"Wherever we want to go, we'll go. That's what a ship is, you know. It's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails - that's what a ship needs... but what a ship is... what the Black Pearl really is... is freedom." - Captain Jack Sparrow Freedom is what Disney is going for with Pirates of the Caribbean Online. Its upcoming MMORPG is simpler and more streamlined than competing games. The publisher hopes to net a mass market audience by parlaying the popularity of the movies and eschewing » Read Full Pirates of the Caribbean Online preview