Disney announced on the Pirates of the Caribbean Online site that they won't be making their summer launch goal for the MMO themed around the blockbuster films, originally intended to coincide with the release of the latest Pirates film, At World's End. Though the game's been in Phase 1 beta, the movie release came and went, and will probably end up on DVD before Pirates of the Caribbean Online is ready for the public.

In an official statement on the site, Disney said of the "updated launch timing":

"Our end goal is simple—make a great game! In order to achieve this we believe we need some additional development time and have therefore decided to move the launch of the game to this fall. This gives us some extra time to further enhance the game, respond to additional data we've collected during beta testing, and incorporate more of the input we have received from our players."

The company anticipates a Fall 2007 launch instead.