Shadowbane Now Free As In Beer

Gamaustra reports on the decision by Shadowbane developer Wolfpack to make their PvP MMOG title free for the taking. From the article: "Despite the growing acceptance of [the no monthly fee] revenue model, it's not yet certain that it's the one Ubisoft has chosen for Shadowbane; the announcement makes no reference to any alternate form of revenue for the title. In-game advertising has also been an option for allowing free play in titles including Funcom's Anarchy Online, but Shadowbane's fantasy setting may preclude contemporary ads. The company indicated that a more detailed explanation of the free-to-play scheme will follow shortly."

PC and Mac Supported

[Zibara]

According to http://www.shadowbane.com/ [shadowbane.com], Shadowbane supports both Mac and PC. I'm going to have to check this out. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a Linux version.

Place to download

[DiscoNick]

Yea its a semi-shameless post, but you can download it here free, no subscription, no lines, no bullshit: http://www.filenuts.com/1055.html [filenuts.com]

let me know when.....

[Churla]

They start paying you to play it. As it is , being free still costs too much for that game as I remember it.

Re:Who announced what where?

[TimboJones]

Ah, I am missing something indeed. In my defense, it was well hidden by the official news site.

http://mmorpgdot.com/#46951 [mmorpgdot.com] links to http://chronicle.ubi.com/newspost.php?id=15088 [ubi.com], which does indeed confirm free play. Weird. I wonder why that post doesn't appear in the news index.