Sony Online Entertainment has announced that they will be shutting down three of their servers for Pirates of the Burning Sea. As of March 5, 2010 the Blackbeard, Defiant, and Rackham servers will be closing. Because of this, SOE is offering free character transfers starting February 5, 2010, allowing you to transfer to the two remaining servers, Antigua or Roberts.
Pirates of the Burning Sea (abbreviated PotBS) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Flying Lab Software (FLS). The game is set in the Caribbean in 1720 and combines tactical ship and swashbuckling combat with an immersive player-driven economy.