Dear Wizards of the Coast,

With all of the franchises that have had Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs) of various sorts, there is a lot of promise to get new interest into older franchises. There’s the Conan, Warcraft, Lord of the Rings, Warhammer Fantasy, soon-to-be Warhammer 40,000, Star Trek, Star Wars, Dungeons & Dragons and a whole host of other long running gaming franchises whether they are pay to play, free to play, graphics or text based, so on and so forth.

There is one thing that has yet to get the true MMO-treatment: Magic the Gathering (MTG).

Aaargh, avast ye scurvy scoundrels! Sorry, couldn’t resist. Seriously, though, Flying Lab Software has announced some details for Power & Prestige, the first major expansion to its critically acclaimed MMORPG title Pirates of the Burning Sea. Power and Prestige is slated for Summer 2010 release.

Players can apply for the expansion’s beta opening Spring 2010 by visiting the Burning Sea site. Players on trial accounts can also apply to take part in the beta test, and the site offers sign up for a 14-day trial. Once the beta server opens, you’ll need an active subscription.

Industry veteran Jeff Strain – who worked at Blizzard, founded ArenaNet and served as NCSoft’s president of product development – has created a new studio called Undead Labs.

Strain didn’t come up with that as a matter of coincidence, because his goal is nothing less than the perfect zombie-based MMORPG for home consoles. It’s part of Undead’s mission statement…