The project, originally titled Age of Pirates: Captain Blood , began development in 2003 by the Russian studio Akella. Over the next decade, it faced a series of catastrophic setbacks:
: The game was rebooted multiple times to change its tone and gameplay focus.
The story of the video game is as much an epic adventure as the Rafael Sabatini novels it is based on. Originally intended for release in 2010, this pirate-themed action game spent fifteen years in "development hell" before finally launching on May 6, 2025. The Saga of a Lost Game