Pirates of the Caribbean Online

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Pirates of the Caribbean Online
Developer(s) Disney Online
Publisher(s) Disney Online
Release date(s) Spring 2007 (United States)
Genre(s) MMORPG
Mode(s) Online
Rating(s) RP
Platform(s) PC/Mac
System requirements Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista, Pentium 3 800Mhz processor (P4 1Ghz rec.), 256 MB RAM (512 recommended), 400 MB disk space available, 32MB graphics card (64 MB recommended), DirectX 9 or better, Broadband internet connection
Input Keyboard, Mouse
This article is about the Disney massively multiplayer online role-playing game. For other uses, see Pirates of the Caribbean (disambiguation).

Pirates of the Caribbean Online is a MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) based on the series of movies and the Disney theme park attraction of the same name.

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[edit] Plot

The game is expected to allow each player to create his/her own customized pirate character, battle other pirates, and complete pirate-themed quests both on ship and on land.

Disney's Mike Goslin said the game will feature interactions with the main characters from the "Pirates" feature films, both heroes and villains. Disney is in negotiations for the key actors to lend their voice talents to the game.[1]

Common MMORPG features such as player guilds and a virtual economy have also been announced.

[edit] History

Sample screenshot from Pirates of the Caribbean Online.
Sample screenshot from Pirates of the Caribbean Online.

The game is being developed by the VR Studio, a group of technologists and artists that are part of the Walt Disney Internet Group. It will be the second MMORPG developed by the VR Studio, the first being Toontown Online, which was launched in 2003.

The game was first announced by The Walt Disney Company on April 26, 2005.[2] It was originally scheduled to be released in summer 2006 to coincide with the release of the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. But in April 2006, the company announced that the release date would be pushed back.[3] Disney's Mike Goslin says the game will be available well before the third "Pirates" movie is released in May 2007. News about the game has been released via a couple of email newsletter updates from Disney. The most recent newsletter and website update occurred on December 11 2006. It provided more information about the game but did not announce a Beta testing schedule or a release date.

An early demo of the game was shown at the E3 trade show in May 2006. The game's official website was also redesigned at that time to include a trailer, some screenshots and some concept art.

On January 8, 2007, Paul Yanover of Disney Online showed video footage of the upcoming game during Disney CEO Robert Iger's keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show. He also announced that "we’re going to let you play this massively multiplayer online game for free for as long as you want."[4]. Also, several press accounts of the event state that the game will debut during the second quarter of 2007.[5]

[edit] System requirements

According to the official website, the target system requirements are:

  • Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista
  • Pentium 3 800Mhz processor (P4 1Ghz rec.)
  • 256 MB RAM (512 recommended)
  • 400 MB disk space available
  • 32MB graphics card (64 MB recommended)
  • DirectX 9 or better
  • Broadband internet connection

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Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean
Films The Curse of the Black PearlDead Man's Chest At World's End
Primary characters Captain Jack SparrowWill Turner Elizabeth Swann Hector Barbossa Davy Jones James Norrington Bootstrap Bill Turner
Other characters
and creatures
AnamariaCutler Beckett Grant SparrowJack the monkey Joshamee Gibbs KrakenPintel and Ragetti Tia Dalma Sao Feng Weatherby Swann Minor characters
Music Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack The Curse of the Black Pearl soundtrack Dead Man's Chest soundtrack Pirates Remixed
Video games Pirates of the CaribbeanThe Legend of Jack Sparrow Dead Man's Chest Pirates of the Caribbean Online Pirates of the Caribbean Multiplayer Mobile Kingdom Hearts II At World's End
Locations Port RoyalIsla de MuertaTortugaPelegostoIsla Cruces
Ships Black PearlDauntlessEdinburgh TraderEmpressFlying Dutchman Interceptor
Other Theme park attractionTimeline of films Prequel Novels East India Trading Company
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