Free Pirates of the Burning Sea for Australians

In a move that has the potential to not only shake up the MMORPG market, but the entire industry in Australia, BigPond have officially announced today that Pirates of the Burning Sea will be distributed free of charge to Australians when the game is released on 27th February.

Players who are interested in downloading or securing a copy upon release, are able to pre-register at BigPond's Game Arena website, where you'll be first in line to download, or secure one of the 100,000 DVD copies of the game. Players will then have a free seven day trial subscriptiuon with on-going subscriptions for the game starting from $15.95 per month. While you don't have to be with BigPond to play, members will receive a 20% discount off the on-going subscriptions of the game.