Atari has signed a deal with Playlogic Entertainment to distribute the latest action-adventure role-playing game Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales all over Europe, the US and Asia. Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales allows the gamers to become the mightiest and most feared pirate of the sea and to experience all the swaggering thrill and wild adventures of a pirate’s life on the Caribbean Sea during the 17th century.
Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales is developed by Russian developer Akella who have also created Sea Dogs, Age of Sail II, and Pirates of the Caribbean.
Stefan Layer, Vice President and Chief Marketing & Sales Officer, Playlogic, explains, “We are very excited that Atari is our distribution partner for Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales. Atari has an excellent worldwide distribution network, a highly motivated team and the right marketing approach. We are looking forward to working with them.”
Cyril Voiron, Marketing Director, Atari Europe, says, “With pieces of eight, wooden legs and parrots so very much in vogue at the moment, we’re very pleased to be working with Playlogic to put this great title into the hands of piracy advocates across the globe. Akella has a stunning record of producing excellent titles in this genre and with ‘Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales’ they will again deliver an exceptional and entertaining game, eye-patch not included.”
Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales has a lot of gameplay options such as 16 different sail ships, varying weather conditions, day and night cycles, multiplayer battles with up to 16 opponents and multiplayer modes with Capture the Fort. Defend the Convoy, Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch.
Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales will be released for the Windows platform in September 2006.