Silverlode Interactive announces Captains of DarkTide a subscription-free, browser-based MMORPG that combines naval strategy and fantasy themes. Word is: "Unlike other pirate titles, Captains of DarkTide is set in a fantasy realm, combining magic and gunpowder, dragons and steamships, elves and orcs... Through questing and crafting, players will acquire fire-belching or lighting-spitting cannons, and can crew up with everything from orc snipers to dwarven bombardiers to dragon-summoning dark elves; and for all you undead fans, yes, even the lich and his minions are included." Here are some screenshots, and the Captains of DarkTide Website has information about the game and offers beta signups, and here's word on how that will work: "All players who sign up will be admitted at some point in Beta testing. Initially, only US-based realms will be accessible, but Silverlode has indicated that they will admit EU players to the US servers; EU servers will be launching soon for an EU Closed Beta."