Yet another November beta undeterred by the avalanche of games.

As if my family wasn't going to see me enough over this holiday season, now The Chronicles of Spellborn have announced the start date for their beta as November 27th. With the announcement of almost a world wide launch (well everyone but Asia and Russia it looks like), we also learn a new word from today's press release:

With players around the world eagerly anticipating the launch of Spellborn, the game has undergone some key upgrades to allow more players to participate and enjoy the various features of the online game. In all regions, Spellborn will be a "Freemium" game, with a Free to Play zone and a required premium subscription service in order to access the full game past the Free to Play zone.

With over 150,000 sign ups for the beta I'm sure I'll get into the beta (I'll start holding my breath right about now). And leave it to the marketing department to spin the words premium into a something a little less daunting, I love it. Also provided in today's press release is the official launch date. I am looking forward to this freemium game when it ships in January, 2009.