<![CDATA[Kotaku: Archlord]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Archlord]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/archlord http://kotaku.com/tag/archlord <![CDATA[Archlord Buckles Swashes Worldwide]]> Webzen has officially launched European and North American servers for MMO Archlord, picking up where Codemasters left off and delivering a brand new Swashbuckler character class to the West in the process. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5377022&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Codemasters Says Goodbye To ArchLord]]> Codemasters has lost the rights to operate its first free-to-play MMO ArchLord in North America and Europe, but a new operator is stepping up to make sure the players can keep playing. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5350336&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Codemasters Details Archlord Update]]> Codemasters Online's free-to-play MMO ArchLord is technically getting a bit more free as the company readies the third free expansion pack, Episode 3: Spirits Awakening, which adds "up to 30% new game content". I am assuming they measured that out using suitably scientific methods. The update will introduce 3 new game zones, over 80 new skills, new ArchLord abilities, collectible armor sets, and a bunch of new enemies to thrash soundly about the head and neck, all of which adds up to more or less 30%. This pleases the Relfling. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5018306&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Over 500,000 People Play ArchLord]]> Did ArchLord get better while I wasn't looking, or is crap really better when it's free? Either way, Codemasters Online is pleased as punch to announce that their world-domination MMORPG ArchLord has surpassed half a million player across the Western hemisphere. ArchLord went free to play in August of last year, having launched in February as a subscription-based game. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5010433&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[ArchLord Goes Completely Free]]> When Codemasters released ArchLord in the states back in February of this year, it didn't exactly fly off the shelves. I'd daresay there are release copies still sitting on a store shelf somewhere right now, sad and lonely, never to be sold. Especially now that Codemasters has announced the game is now 100% free to play. Download the game for free, play it for free, get the new expansion for free, and possibly even hate it for free. CM Director of Marketing Ed Relf markets:
"We are ecstatic to be in a position now to release ArchLord as an entirely FREE MMORPG and this marks a milestone in the games ongoing development. Since its release, ArchLord has grown consistently and we are excited to throw open the doors to players across N.America and Europe looking to play a premium 100% FREE MMORPG. "
Nice marketing Ed. ArchLord has just recently launched the ArchLord Suit of Armour Battle, where the first player to be crowned ArchLord wins a life-sized suit of plate armor, which they probably just had laying around and had to get rid of anyway. Still, free MMO! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=290135&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Codemasters Sets Archlord Free]]> Codemasters' announced today that their MMoRPG, Archlord, will be free to play starting January 4th, with monthly fees done away with in favor of some yet to be announced alternative income streams, such as items shops that take real-world money for in-game goods. I expect to see this sort of pay model pop up more and more, as developers scramble to try and snatch at the scraps dropped from the lumbering World of Warcraft juggernaut. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=219170&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Upcoming MMO Will Let Players Rule]]> Wow. And for a change, talking about MMOs, that "Wow" has nothing to do with a certain game by Blizzard. 1UP has a snippet up about a Korean MMO called Archlord, which each month elevates a different player to the title of "Archlord" and grants them "supreme global Archlord powers." Now, as clunky as that sounds, there's no details on what exactly that entails, but players ruling and governing in MMOs is something the genre needs to see more of. More »
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