AHOY LAND LUBBERS! GRAB YOUR MOUSE AND SET A COURSE IN THE PIRATES OF THE BURNING SEA™ STRESS TEST #2

WHAT: Pirates of the Burning Sea, the MMORPG featuring high seas action and adventure in a bold world of pirates and plunder, is scheduled for its second stress test Thursday, November 15th through Sunday, November 18th, hosted by File Planet.

HOW: Players who are interested in participating need to set sail for www.FilePlanet.com to sign up for the weekend play test. Players will be allowed to register starting Monday, November 12th, with current FilePlanet subscribers getting the first go at access into the game.

Once registered, players will be taken to a page with both a link to the Pirates installer and a Stress Test key. The key will not be active (able to be consumed) until 3:00 PM PST on Thursday November 15th. Players will be able to play the entire three days of the Stress Test., or until they hit the level cap of 20.

WHEN: Pirates of the Burning Sea stress test is scheduled to begin at 3:00 p.m. PST on Thursday, November 15 and running until 11:59 p.m. Sunday, November 18th.

For more information on the Pirates of the Burning Sea stress test, or to sign up, log onto www.FilePlanet.com

ABOUT PIRATES OF THE BURNING SEA: Pirates of the Burning Sea is an MMORPG featuring high seas action and adventure in a bold world of pirates and plunder. Set against the backdrop of the New World of the 18th Century, players can be any one of three nations - England, France or Spain - or choose the role of a Pirate and battle it out for glory and power. Pirates of the Burning Sea is scheduled to launch on January 22, 2008.

For information on the game, please log onto www.piratesoftheburningsea.com and for art assets, log onto www.soepress.com