Video game fanatics will soon have one more reason to avoid leaving the house, as Disney is readying a Pirates of the Caribbean online game for a summer release, The Hollywood Reporter reports.
Pirates of the Caribbean Online will join the burgeoning "massively multiplayer online role-playing game" (MMORPG for short) genre, led currently by the insanely popular World of Warcraft, which charges gamers $14.99 a month to do battle with other gamers in its Dungeons & Dragons-esque universe.
According to THR, Disney envisions Pirates Online as "a virtual world in which players build their own stylized characters, form pirate communities and embark on ship- and land-based treasure hunts."
The game is currently in Beta testing; Disney has yet to set an official launch date.