Codemasters Online announced last-week that fantasy-based MMORPG Archlord will become free to play on January 4th, 2007 for all players, both old and new. Codemasters will continue support for the fledgling Korean massive multiplayer, which has been struggling with balancing issues and attracting an audience in the massively overrun fantasy MMO world. Archlord’s expansion to Episode II is still underway as planned and all players who buy the boxed copy will be able to access both Episode I and Episode II for free.

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