In a recent news-post on the official website for The Chronicles of Spellborn they announced that Acclaim, the publisher for the North American market, will be releasing the game in the following countries: North America, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and South America. Even a quick look at that list reveals that actually only one country counts as being part of the North American subcontinent.
But if you look even closer you will notice there is a country in that list that absolutely do not belong; United Kingdom. And even worse, official reports say that there will likely be a IP-block on the European and North American releases, preventing players from the UK to play with fellow Europeans even if they bought the game outside of the UK.
This has started a small outcry on the official forums with petitions and posts from angered community members from the UK and those sympathizing with them. This is an odd move from the publishers, and I know that if I were from the United Kingdom this would kill my reason to play this game. Massively Multiplayer Online Games, MMOG for short, are meant to be played in a social environment and while it is fun to make new friends you usually want to start on safe ground with someone you already know, like former guild members you have met in a different game, often from another part of the world.
Official news-post concerning NA release-countries
Petition thread on the official site
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