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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)
BETA
BETA
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.

There's a Tavern in the Town



Where's the fluff in Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach? Well, it's practically non-existent. Shayalyn went in search of non-leveling content and found very little in DDO, so she chose to hang out in taverns...er, write about taverns. Are taverns non-leveling content? Eh...maybe?



Click here to barhop Stormreach at DDO - TenTonHammer! (Alas, we can't promise beer and pizza...but virtual stew and brown froth... can do!)

Exclusive Dungeons & Dragons Online Video

Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach will launch on February 28, 2006. Can't wait that long? We've got the next best thing to being in Stormreach--some exclusive video footage of one of the newbie quests from the harbor area.
Check out the video at DDO @ TenTonHammer, and see the newest MMORPG in action!

We're very worried

Light of Arnor is just plain worried about Lord of the Rings: Shadows of Angmar (LOTRO). In fact, he's so worried about things like cartoony graphics, PvP, lore and the end game that he may turn into a lemur while popping Xanax, drinking Everclear, and eating toxic pufferfish. Whatever shall he do to quell his mounting anxiety?

I'm very worried about my ability to have, well, the
important things. Will my sideburns be over 4 inches? Will I have the
ability to look 80 when I wish? Will I have the option to create a
morbidly obese onyx-skinned elf who's 5-foot-long hair flawlessly sways
in the wind as I run smoothly through the Balrog-infested woods of
Lorien? I'm worried about how perfectly unique I'm going to look. I'm
entitled to that, ya know. I pay good, hard money to be able to make
whatever I want, and I should have the ability to look unlike anything
else in Middle-earth. Nothing's helping. I'm calling my Psychiatrist
(thank god for speed dial).

It's a fun, offbeat poke at overly anxious, pre-launch forum communities! Enjoy it responsibly at our LotRO @ TenTonHammer community site!