Nenjin
02-25-05, 04:04 PM
Continuing with their apparently successful offering of free content, Funcom is now offering at no cost to paying subscribers, the Shadowlands and Notum Wars expansions. If you are making use of their free account system, you will need to start a regular paying accunt to take advantage of the offer. I recieved this in my email today.
Dear citizen of Rubi-Ka,
Your account ****** can now be upgraded to Shadowlands at no cost!
Due to overwhelming demand, we are bringing back our Upgrade to Shadowlands
for Free offer for a limited time.
To use this free offer, upgrade must be done between Friday Feb 25th 2005 and
Thursday 17th of March 2005. You also receive the award winning booster pack
Notum Wars as an added bonus. (Saving you $19.95*)
Here are some features offered in Shadowlands:
-The floating city of Jobe. A city quite unlike any other in the entire
galaxy, a city floating in thin air, hovering silently above the
landscape.
-New astonishing playfields
-Two new professions
-Specializations & Perks. Character development and combat are taken
one step further with the introduction of perks, profession
specialization
and special attacks.
-The faction system in Shadowlands will introduce new levels of gameplay.
Your actions will have direct consequences on where you're allowed to
go,
who will attack you, and who will trade with you.
-A new array of armor, weapons and other items vital to anyone who dare
enter
the Shadowlands.
-20 additional character levels and much more!
If you'd like more information about Shadowlands, we invite you to find out more
at:
http://www.anarchy-online.com/content/game/shadowlands/
or to view the Shadowlands trailers available at
http://www.anarchy-online.com/content/downloads/media/movies/trailers/.
Ready to upgrade?
Simply log into your account at https://register.funcom.com and choose to
"Upgrade to Shadowlands". If you require additional files to take advantage of
this offer please visit: http://www.anarchy-online.com/content/downloads/tryout/
.
Upgrading an account is permanent and cannot be reversed.
*Upgrading your subscription requires that your account has your payment
details.
Subscription fees starting as low as $7.95 per month for a full year plan.
We thank you again for joining Anarchy Online and hope you will remain with us for many years to come.
Sincerely,
Funcom
In a second piece of related news, Funcom will be adding in game advertisments to the futuristic world of Rubi-Ka. Only non-paying subscribers will see these billboard adds. I guess when you start offering a whole bunch of stuff for free, you have make something back.
Publisher Funcom, in deal with Massive, will stream advertising into the Anarchy Online gameworld.
Anarchy Online players will soon see advertisements on billboards stationed in central regions of the game's futuristic landscape. Online game developer and publisher Funcom, based in Sweden, announced today that it has inked an exclusive deal with New York City-based Massive, one of a small number of companies creating a viable market in in-game advertising.
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/anarchyonlinethenotumwars/news_6119195.html
Dear citizen of Rubi-Ka,
Your account ****** can now be upgraded to Shadowlands at no cost!
Due to overwhelming demand, we are bringing back our Upgrade to Shadowlands
for Free offer for a limited time.
To use this free offer, upgrade must be done between Friday Feb 25th 2005 and
Thursday 17th of March 2005. You also receive the award winning booster pack
Notum Wars as an added bonus. (Saving you $19.95*)
Here are some features offered in Shadowlands:
-The floating city of Jobe. A city quite unlike any other in the entire
galaxy, a city floating in thin air, hovering silently above the
landscape.
-New astonishing playfields
-Two new professions
-Specializations & Perks. Character development and combat are taken
one step further with the introduction of perks, profession
specialization
and special attacks.
-The faction system in Shadowlands will introduce new levels of gameplay.
Your actions will have direct consequences on where you're allowed to
go,
who will attack you, and who will trade with you.
-A new array of armor, weapons and other items vital to anyone who dare
enter
the Shadowlands.
-20 additional character levels and much more!
If you'd like more information about Shadowlands, we invite you to find out more
at:
http://www.anarchy-online.com/content/game/shadowlands/
or to view the Shadowlands trailers available at
http://www.anarchy-online.com/content/downloads/media/movies/trailers/.
Ready to upgrade?
Simply log into your account at https://register.funcom.com and choose to
"Upgrade to Shadowlands". If you require additional files to take advantage of
this offer please visit: http://www.anarchy-online.com/content/downloads/tryout/
.
Upgrading an account is permanent and cannot be reversed.
*Upgrading your subscription requires that your account has your payment
details.
Subscription fees starting as low as $7.95 per month for a full year plan.
We thank you again for joining Anarchy Online and hope you will remain with us for many years to come.
Sincerely,
Funcom
In a second piece of related news, Funcom will be adding in game advertisments to the futuristic world of Rubi-Ka. Only non-paying subscribers will see these billboard adds. I guess when you start offering a whole bunch of stuff for free, you have make something back.
Publisher Funcom, in deal with Massive, will stream advertising into the Anarchy Online gameworld.
Anarchy Online players will soon see advertisements on billboards stationed in central regions of the game's futuristic landscape. Online game developer and publisher Funcom, based in Sweden, announced today that it has inked an exclusive deal with New York City-based Massive, one of a small number of companies creating a viable market in in-game advertising.
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/anarchyonlinethenotumwars/news_6119195.html