Pirates of the Caribbean MMO on parade at E3

Fans of Captain Jack Sparrow and his motley crew will be wise to keep their eyes peeled this E3. Disney will be unveiling the first images — along with a playable version — of Pirates of the Caribbean Online, a massively-multiplayer online game that should be hitting shelves in 2007.

Although a pirate-themed MMO isn't a new idea, taking a film with such a cult following as Pirates of the Caribbean and turning it into a MMORPG could prove a stupendous hit — as long as it's done right. Disney's VR Studio, the developers behind the family friendly Toontown MMO, are on board for the project — it's billed as being for "teens to adults" so it'll hopefully have more of a mature feel than Toontown. However, as long as it has Jack Sparrow in, some fans might not care.