The Orcs, Elves and Humans of Chantra will be moving to a new home on October 3, when Korean publisher Webzen takes over the operation of the game in North America and Europe. According to an email notice sent out to players, Codemasters was unable to come to a renewal agreement with Korean ArchLord developer NHN, resulting in a rather speedy transition between the two companies. Codies shuts things down on October 1, and Webzen looks to have things up and running two days later. That trick never works, but we’ve got our fingers crossed.

According to the ArchLord transition FAQ posted at Codemasters’ website, Webzen will be receiving all of the character data for the game, so players shouldn’t have to worry about losing their hard-earned gear or experience. As a precaution, Codemasters has shut down new account generation and the game’s cash store to ensure that there are no outstanding issues come October 1st.

North American and European players are urged to visit Webzen’s ArchLord page for more information.

Thanks to Paul for passing this info along!

It’s player versus player on a massive scale in Huxley, the game we first heard about ages ago when it was initially announced for the Xbox 360 and PC. As of this moment it’s a PC only game, and U.S. distributor NHN USA and Fileplanet have teamed up to provide closed beta access for everyone with a Fileplanet account. You don’t even have to be a paying subscriber. If you can log in to Fileplanet, you’re in.

Of course you still have to sign up for a free account at NHN’s ijji.com to play, and the beta is only open to those in the U.S. and Canada, but those are simple qualifications… for those living in the U.S. and Canada.

Fileplanet Huxley Beta [Fileplanet via Massively]