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Gearbox: The Wii U Will Get The Best-Looking Version Of Aliens: Colonial Marines Acclaim Games officially launches their massively multiplayer online role-playing game The Chronicles of Spellborn in North America today, with free two-week subscriptions on offer for all newly registered players.
With the European release of the ambitiously different MMORPG The Chronicles of Spellborn just around the corner, Acclaim Games has finally set a date for the North American release. While there isn’t yet a specific day, January 2009 is the target for the NA launch of the MMO, with closed beta testing kicking off on November 27th to coincide with the European launch.
For those curious about how subscriptions will work, TCoS will be utilising a “Freemium” model. The client will be completely free to download, with players allowed to play the game for free within the starting zones until just before they reach Fame level 8, at which point they will be blocked from progressing any further. An interesting choice. Hit the jump for further details.
In something of a departure from Dance!, the new Acclaim Game’s ‘extreme action MMORPG’ (it sounds so dramatic) 2Moons started its open beta last week to little fanfare – as far as I can tell, there’s not been a lot of press on the game. With the tag line of “No mercy for the weak, no pity for the dying, no tears for the slain,” the adaptation of Korean MMORPG Dekaron is being aimed towards adults and will retain the free to play model even after going live. David Perry, the guy behind Earthworm Jim and Enter the Matrix, is behind this adaptation. I’m not sure how the promise of ‘Massive bloody battles! You against thousands! Blast monsters into chunks of writhing flesh!’ differentiates this game from all the other MMORPGS where you kill things with lots of other people.
You can sign up over at the 2moons website and download the client from a couple of sources. And then get to blasting those monsters into chunks of writhing flesh.
