The adventures of the world – soon they are open for everyone brave enough to hold a sword in his hand and set sail! Bounty Bay Online announces that starting Wednesday, August 15th, the beta test will enter its open phase. This means that every gamer can enter and become a virtual and historic pirate, merchant or explorer. They can make discoveries and explore the entire world of the 15th century.

The closed beta phase will be terminated Tuesday around noon. Then a character wipe will be made, resulting in all players starting with fresh characters. Wednesday afternoon at around 4pm the open-beta will begin with an updated version. All players will be able to take their characters created in the open beta, into the final version which will start mid September.

Some features of Bounty Bay Online

• More than 60 historical cities and ports
• More than 1,500 discoveries – from the Chinese Wall to the Egyptian pyramids
• Enhanced skill system: Become a powerful pirate, merchant or explorer
• Crafting system: Become a farmer, shipbuilder, blacksmith or another historic profession
• Guilding: Each guild has their own guilding house, can take cities under siege, and much more
• Comprehensive quest-system and epic duties
• More than 100 historic ships, from the simple sailing boat to spectacular frigates