A Pirate's Life Indeed! Puzzle on the High Seas in the Most Expansive Game Available on iPad
SEGA® of America and SEGA® Europe Ltd. today announced that fan-favorite Puzzle Pirates is now available on iPad and will be sailing onto additional tablet devices in Summer of 2013. The original creators of Puzzle Pirates, SEGA Studio Three Rings, have brought the open-ended massively multi-player game to mobile. Puzzle Pirates is one of the first and longest running free-to-play games available on PC; millions of gamers have enjoyed puzzling together, sailing ships, collecting loot and brawling in taverns since 2003.
Featuring an updated user interface optimized for touch screen controls, Puzzle Pirates features over 20 interactive solo and multiplayer puzzles. Players can puzzle together as they loot, pillage and join as crew of a pirate ship. In Puzzle Pirates, players explore a vast sea-faring world and use "pieces of eight" to customize their own buccaneer, pirate home and ship.
Players can become a captain, own a shoppe, or govern an island as they compete and cooperate in a rich and complex player-driven world, relying on their wits and skill to climb from bilge rat to pirate king.
"We believe the iPad is a great match for the depth of gameplay available in Puzzle Pirates," said Daniel James, creator of Puzzle Pirates and CEO of Three Rings Design. "Easy to pick up gameplay combine with co-operative teamwork and a rich world to make Puzzle Pirates a game that we know iPad players will enjoy."
Puzzle Pirates boasts one of the deepest MMO gameplay experiences available on mobile. While out adventuring, players can face attack from roaming brigands, hunt for treasure and sea monsters, or even make plans to conquer their very own island by coordinating with hundreds of crewmates. Puzzle Pirates provides entertainment for players of all ages, from simple puzzling fun all the way to the complexities of enormous ship-to-ship battles.
Puzzle Pirates is now available for FREE from the App Store on iPad or at www.AppStore.com/PuzzlePirates and to view the trailer please visit the SEGA YouTube page. In celebration of launching on iPad, Puzzle Pirates is offering players a special promotion on all purchases of premium currency. Starting Thursday, June 20th and ending Sunday, June 23rd all players who buy doubloons (premium currency) will get an added bonus of 15% more for their purchase.
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About SEGA® of America, Inc
SEGA® of America, Inc. is the American arm of Tokyo, Japan-based SEGA® Corporation, a worldwide leader in interactive entertainment both inside and outside the home. The company develops, publishes and distributes interactive entertainment software products for a variety of hardware platforms including Windows PC, wireless devices, and those manufactured by Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment. SEGA® of America's Web site is located at www.sega.com.
About SEGA® Europe Ltd.:
SEGA® Europe Ltd. is the European Distribution arm of Tokyo, Japan-based SEGA® Corporation, and a worldwide leader in interactive entertainment both inside and outside the home. The company develops and distributes interactive entertainment software products for a variety of hardware platforms including Windows PC, wireless devices, and those manufactured by Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. SEGA® Europe's Web site is located at www.sega.com.
About Three Rings Design:
Three Rings Design, an independent game studio within the SEGA family, is dedicated to making innovative and engaging games for online and mobile. Three Rings operates from a steampunk submarine-styled office in San Francisco with tentacles in Philadelphia, PA, and Madison, WI. Its first game, Puzzle Pirates, launched in 2003, was a pioneer of the free-to-play micro-transactions business model. Other releases include Spiral Knights, Corpse Craft, and Doctor Who: Worlds in Time. Learn more about Three Rings' at www.threerings.net.
Contacts:
SEGA® of America, Inc.
Jasmine Ramos, 415-701-3910
Associate PR Manager
Jasmine.Ramos@sega.com
