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Rumors have been flying about a new NCSoft title in the works. Well they've unveiled at least part of it. Worthplaying has images from the Taipei Game Show. They're reporting that it's a single player RPG title. I'm a little surprised by that. We'll see as more details surface on this new title.

This just in!

Dear RF Online Community,

I am very happy to announce the retail launch dates for RF Online.

It's been an exciting and tiring journey and the hard work is only just beginning. In fact for the US members it will be starting a lot sooner than you can imagine.
Tuesday 21st February will see RF Online shipping to stores which will mean distribution throughout the week as boxes hit store shelves. We will follow the US launch with
the UK launch on Friday 24th February where you can pick up your copy of RF Online from your local game store. The rest of Europe will follow 2 weeks after.

Simon Humphries will explain the how we are rolling out the servers for the different launch dates to give everyone an equal start in game. Keep an eye out for his Producer Letter
just after this post.

We look forward to seeing you all back on Novus later this week.

Have fun storming the castle!

More news and info on RF Online

Free time is over! It's almost time to start paying for that playing.

In a press release, Codemasters has this to say.

The beta period draws to an end... - Michael 'Zzeno' Rowland (Community Liaison Manager)
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A message for the beta testers:

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your hard work and dedication thus far.

The beta period has had its ups and its downs but in our opinion it has been a huge success in helping us
find and resolve crucial issues. With those issues fixed and with a couple minor gameplay issues being worked on, we are very confident that we are ready for the retail launch.

It is with this in mind that I have to make the following announcement about the closed beta. Thanks to the help of the community, the resolve of the dev team and the demands of you the customer, we will be closing the beta servers down and preparing for the launch of the full retail version of RF Online. Servers will be wiped, cleaned up and installed with the latest RF Online client and fixes.

Following up on today's beta announcement we will also be hearing from the games Producer, Simon Humphries, on what we have learned from the month long beta plus what we foresee in regard to updates for RF Online.

Please keep an eye on the news section for more details on the launch dates for RF Online across Europe and in the US.

So.. keep your eyes open. We'll have news on when this baby is going to launch.

More news and info on RF Online.

It's a light news day (it being a US holiday and all) so here are three new wallpapers for you to decorate your desktop with.

The wallpapers feature monsters from Chronicles of Spellborn. Enjoy them!

More news and info on Chronicles of Spellborn.