ArchLord moves to free play, Codemasters desperate
by James Ransom-Wiley 
{ Dec 6th 2006 at 1:55AM }
Codemasters has announced that its ill-received MMORPG ArchLord will no longer be paid-subscription based. It's free -- starting January 4. Codemasters also plans to offer the game's second major content update, Episode 2: Season of Siege, for free. The giveaways don't stop there: newcomers will be offered a 3,000-credit bonus for opening an account.Sure, these moves imply that Codemasters is desperate for players, but we prefer to look at it from a glass-half-full perspective. Fewer players, means we're in the running to be crowned Archlord! Muhawhawhaw!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Dustin @ Dec 6th 2006 2:12AM
Now all we have to do is get everyone to stop playing WoW for a while until Blizzard makes it a free online service as well.
Who knows, maybe if we wait long enough they'll even pay US to play the game.
A man can dream, can't he?
Frosty22 @ Dec 6th 2006 2:47AM
Joystiq is where dreams go to die.
Yuki~Summer Ver.~ @ Dec 6th 2006 4:55AM
Free to play, yes, but you still have to BUY the game. Had it been free to download as well, I may have given it a shot.
mocax @ Dec 6th 2006 5:52AM
Guildwars rocks!
peter7898m @ Dec 6th 2006 6:41AM
I second 4.'Guildwars rocks!'
mocax
JJ @ Dec 6th 2006 9:02AM
I third for "Guild Wars rocks" even though I haven't played in months.
Rober @ Dec 6th 2006 9:35AM
I forth the Guild Wars Rocks notion, as no fee = great for short attention spans that can't play much sometimes.
jason @ Dec 6th 2006 10:19AM
I played this game in beta... it was almost laughably bad. I doubt I would play it again even if I got the game free and it was free to play...
Ian M @ Dec 6th 2006 12:59PM
I fith GW rocks notion.
except I dont play it anymore because PVP is eliteist and PVE has bored me.
but good game... good game...
DC @ Dec 6th 2006 1:56PM
You can download a 10 Day Free trial, which is more than enough time for you to confirm your suspicions: even at free, the game is too expensive.
fester @ Dec 7th 2006 12:52AM
I used to work at Codies so I wish them well, however they really need to stop with the MMORPG stuff. Drag-on empires should have taught them that. (I was there the day it got cancelled, not a pretty sight).