Free years subscription to Anarchy Online

[Adaptive]

Hey,

Guess this counts as a bargain...

Funcom announces that Anarchy Online will be the first major western live MMO without a subscription fee. In a unique move Funcom is removing all cost barriers in the ultimate sci-fi MMORPG, allowing all new players to enter and stay, free of cost! At the same time Funcom is departing from the obligatory need to register with a credit card, making for an easier entrance and registration process.

In an increasingly competitive market for fantasy MMO games, Anarchy Online stands out as the superior alternative if you like online RPG’s and sci-fi. Not only will this new and totally free approach allow everyone tired of elves, fairies and gnomes to enter a futuristic RPG world full of fun action, it will also make it possible for those who are sci-fi fans to explore a world hailed and rewarded as the best sci-fi MMO available today.

“Funcom has always been recognized as an inventive MMO developer. This unique move will allow us to test important new business models prior to announcing future online games, while also giving everyone the chance to experience the best online sci-fi RPG totally free of cost” said Trond Arne Aas, President and CEO of Funcom.

“We feel very confident in the unique features and heralded qualities of our game, and are now openly inviting everyone playing MMO’s to find out what Anarchy Online is all about, completely free of commitment” said Ole Schreiner, Project Director for Anarchy Online. “Not only can we boast of a fantastic game which has been expanding for years, we are also constantly adding exciting new content, progressively making the ultimate sci-fi MMORPG even better.”

You can register your free account here (https://register.funcom.com/)

I used to play this game a lot, and having noticed their free account offer signed up myself. Seems a new game director has made vast improvements to the game. Definatly worth a go.

[ShakeyJake]

Wow! Excellent post :D

[MIkeB]

good post :thumbs:

[effpee]

Nice one :thumbs:

[nrps1]

thanks, not sure how good the game is, but for free, prolly quite cool! thanks! :)

[Captain Scarlet]

Game available for download here (http://www.anarchy-online.com/free/ad_campaigns/freecampaign)

OO

[MrSpeed]

A years free gaming !! :thumbs:

[MrSpeed]

Anyone else having problems downloading the game ?

[928fan]

This game is really cool, but you just can't solo. I played for about 3 weeks going it on my own and ground to a holt. If the world is well occupied take some time to make friends. It is really pretty though, and I enjoyed just running off exploring in the wilderness. I will definitely be getting back in to this. Cheers OP.

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[RonnyJ]

Thanks for the post :)

I can't get the 'CDDownload' application to work properly though.. seems to hang.

[VurtHed]

Cheers Adaptive! :thumbs:

Looks good. Will give it a try.

From https://register.funcom.com/newuser/aofree

Terms and Conditions

Purchase costs: NO PURCHASE COST

Regular subscription fees will start from 1/1 - 2006.

The offer is only valid if you sign up a new Anarchy Online account between the 15th of December 2004 and 15th of January 2005. Should Funcom deem that a too high-increase in server load or other unforeseen events will lessen the experience for existing players the offer will be terminated at our discretion. The free version does not include access to any of the three expansion packs.

No charges will be made before 1/1 2006 unless you decide to enter your credit card information and / or start subscribing to any of the Anarchy Online expansion packs. If you have entered your credit card details, the free trial is considered a purchase unless you cancel before the free period is over. If you decide to continue subscribing you will be billed in accordance with the recurring plan you select in the registration, and the trial turns into a permanent account.

You can easily cancel the account right here at register.funcom.com.

[Se7en]

Are there any links to download to via http and not through their own download program or bittorrent? My uni proxy blocks both.

[RonnyJ]

It looks to me like their download program is using HTTP (port 80) to download (checked using netstat) - unless the initial connection it does to download the file list doesn't use HTTP.

It might be just that it's really busy (I got timeouts at first)

[MrSpeed]

Looks like you have to use BitTorrent now :(