Pirates Of The Burning Sea: PotBS: International Subscriptions, Australia's Launch etc.

Gamespot's Australian bureau is featuring an interview with Flying Labs' co-founder Russel Williams. In it, he discusses the launch in Australia, regional subscription models, the evil dead (hmmm...) and giant maps:

GS AU: Is there still a retail launch planned for our market?

RW: No. In Australia, purchase of the game is entirely covered by BigPond and is free for the customer. The thing we're seeing in the United States is the very strong retailers like GameStop and EB Games, and their business model is really based on reselling used console games, so we're seeing the physical space they allocate to PC games dwindle every year. The digital download market is really exciting to us. In Australia, the reason we're giving the game away for free is BigPond really has a vision for the market here for MMOs. That's why they're allowing customers to go unmetered when downloading or playing the game. They're putting all the pieces in place so Australia isn't an also market; it becomes a primary market for MMO makers.

There's lots more so be sure to head to Gamespot for a good read.