Tag archive: Captain Jack Sparrow

In a gesture worthy of Captain Jack Sparrow, Internet pirates have fired a broadside against the establishment.   The Swedish site Pirate Bay, whichspecializes in file sharing, evidently had had enough of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), which owns the domain www.ifpi.org. So when someone offered them the domain ifpi.com, they happily took it up as a way of sowing confusion among the enemy.   According… Read More

Disney Interactive Studios has announced it plans a series of video games for launch this summer intended to capitalize on the release of its third (and, hopefully, final) Pirates of the Caribbean film. The Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End video games will let player play both within and beyond the scope of the At World's End film, as well as play off events and characters which appeared in last year's Pirates film,… Read More

Buena Vista Games, a unit of the Walt Disney Company, has announced that handheld games based on the forthcoming film sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest will be available in stores June 27, more than a week before the film's release July 7. The games will support Sony's Playstation Portable (PSP) as well as Nintendo's DS and Game Boy Advance units. “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's… Read More