Official Site:Â Pirate101
Studio:Â KingsIsle Entertainment
Launch Date:Â October 15, 2012
Genre:Â Fantasy Family-Friendly Sandpark
Business Model:Â Hybrid F2P (Optional Sub, Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, Mac
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Wizard101 plows through a bayou while Pirate101 readies the deck for its Sinbad update
It's time for a pair of KingsIsle newsletters, so let's break them down to see what's contained inside! First up with Wizard101, the magical...
2012 KingsIsle MMO Pirate101 is finally heading to Steam later this month
All right, let's be real, if you're interested in Pirate101 you probably are already playing it and don't need the game to be on...
Wizard101 is getting a fashion event while Pirate101 hires devs for ‘new playable content’
If your Wizard101 character looks a little threadbare and out-of-style, then you're going to want to brush up its wardrobe for a fashion event...
Wizard101 improves life for Europeans while Pirate101 gets all lovey-dovey
Wizard101 is kicking off February with some appropriate love for our European friends. The magical MMO released its quality-of-life update for the EU client,...
Pirate101 and Wizard101 highlight a charity speedrunning event for the holidays
While the newsletters coming out of both Wizard101 and Pirate101 might be kind of thin in terms of new content is concerned, they both...
Gamigo transfers publishing of Aura Kingdom, Grand Fantasia, Shaiya, and Last Chaos amid layoffs and Aeria portal closure
It just wouldn't seem right to end the year without watching Gamigo light itself on fire, now would it? Fortunately, the company has indulged...
The Daily Grind: What type of MMO merch are you most likely to buy?
Back in October, MJ linked a time-limited funding drive from Pirate101 that included one of my major weaknesses: adorable plushies. In this case, they...
The Stream Team: Pirate101 turns 10 for Halloween!
Hitting double digits is a big deal, and Pirate101 just turned 10 today! In honor of the occasion, Massively OP's MJ is getting gussied...
Wizard101 preps guilds and raids while Pirate101 gets into a pillow fight
Big things are afoot in the magical land of Wizard101. This month, KingsIsle is testing two new huge features for the game: guilds and...
The Daily Grind: Has a pirate MMO ever appealed to you?
With Ubisoft's long-delayed Skull and Bones finally arriving this November, gamers will enjoy yet another option to get their pirate fix -- if, indeed,...
Pirate101 introduces rotating weekly events, Wizard101 applies a patch full of fixes
When you're told to do something by a bulldog admiral by the name of Reginald P. Jowlsley, you darn well better do it. Taking...
Pirate101 talks up new hires, highlights a home decorating contest, and heralds a dev roundtable this week
What's going on in the world of Pirate101? Not much, but developer KingsIsle is still drawing from the fanbase's seemingly endless well of patience...
April Fools’ Day around the MMO world, 2022 edition
Whether you love it or dread it, April Fools' Day is happening everywhere, specifically to annoy copyeditors who have to fix that dang apostrophe...
Pirate101 and Wizard101 bring back the Friendship Festival as KingsIsle talks Pirate101 development trajectory
While Valentine's Day is technically behind us on the calendar, KingIsle's MMOs Wizard101 and Pirate101 are still very much in the spirit of love....
Massively Uplifting: MMOs show true love through helping kids, planting trees
Attitudes and thoughts about Valentine's Day vary widely, from crass commercialism to idyllic romanticism to complete indifference. But the fact remains that the spirit...
Wizard101 and Pirate101 developer KingsIsle promises ‘exciting things’ for its January 27 KI Live broadcast
The KI Live broadcasts from Wizard101 and Pirate101 developer KingsIsle are usually something that regular fans of both games want to pay attention to,...
KingsIsle confirms new Pirate101 content for 2022 is in the works, looks back at 2021 design goals for Wizard101
Before launching into this story, let's put out a quick review. At the beginning of this year, players of Pirate101 started up a "flood...
The Game Archaeologist: Hero101, the lost KingsIsle superhero MMO
You do get the sense that KingsIsle once had very grand plans for what is called its "101 Universe." After Wizard101 came out to...
Gamigo investor report promises a ‘great update’ for RIFT in Q1, Atlas Rogues is abandoned
It's a bit of good news and unsurprising bad news out of the third quarter investor report from MGI, the company that runs Gamigo....
How to support Extra Life 2021, from Guild Wars 2 and EverQuest to LOTRO and City of Heroes
If you caught MJ's latest Massively Uplifting, you probably noticed that Extra Life is ramping up across the gaming industry, and particularly among MMORPG...
