Archlord - Now Free to Play

Codemasters has announced Archlord is moving to free to play:

Codemasters Online Gaming is pleased to announce that ArchLord is moving to Free To Play. Every ArchLord player will now be able to enjoy the excitement and danger of Chantra for free; all you need to do is buy the game.
ArchLord will continue to see fantastic content updates as well as its usual extensive PvP battles. Players will receive 3,000 credits on creation of a new account, or will be reset to 3,000 credits when ArchLord moves free to play. This is to ensure that players all start on a level playing field.
This is an exciting opportunity for ArchLord and one we expect to bring in lots of new players so I think all players can look forward to even more large scale PvP battles.
For further details on how this will work, or to get answers to any questions you may have please click the link below.
See thee in Chantra.

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A few more months and it is over for Archlord.

You need massive amounts of resources to be profitable in the MMOG space these days.

Yep. I think it's time companies stopped bringing out these dodgy Korean imports…or at least put a lot more thought into what it takes to succeed in Western markets.

Yep, as I mentioned here, the reviews are saying it is crap. They are taking the 'Guild Wars approach' … but GW was actually some fun to play and well done.

Just a quick update: According to Quick Journal, the date that Archlord will be free to play is January 4, 2007. I could care less myself, but some here might.