Sony Online Entertainment to publish Pirates MMO

Sony Online Entertainment has signed Flying Lab's MMO Pirates of the Burning Sea to its Platform Publishing label.

"Working with top notch developers like Flying Lab Software is as the heart of Platform Publishing's mission to market and distribute a portfolio of games like Pirates of the Burning Sea, that stand shoulder to shoulder with SOE flagship franchises," commented David Christensen, VP of Sony Online Entertainment.

The title now joins SOE's line-up of games to be shown at next month's E3 Media and Business Summit.

"Platform Publishing and SOE possess a level of expertise and success in sales, marketing and distribution that makes them the perfect co-publisher for Pirates of the Burning Sea," said Russell Williams, CEO of Flying Lab.

"This relationship will allow us their world-class expertise in marketing, distribution and billing, so we can focus on developing an amazing swashbuckling adventure for the pirate in all of us."