Surely everyone interested is by now aware, SOE has taken over the publishing duties for Pirates of the Burning Sea.

This has caused some shock, angst, and surprise within the community, so the developers did an IRC chat today with Coldfront.

The chat log is available right here and for more info on what exactly publishing means you can check out the devlog from the official site.

Of course, for those of us following the game, nothing matters but getting into beta! I'm gonna go mash F5 while staring at my inbox now!