Rakion is now in open beta, which means it’s completely free until December 1st. After that it’ll still be completely free; you’ll only have to pay for premium in-game items (which is the same system that Softnyx uses for their other game, Gunbound), or to become a “Power User” and gain a slight edge over other players.

Rakion is sort of a multiplayer third-person melee deathmatch game with controls similar to City of Heroes, but without the annoying “recharge” delays on all your attacks. Most of the gameplay is PvP, but the game automatically adjusts the teams between rounds to make up for disparities in skill, and when you want a break from beating up on other players there are also “quests” which pit you and a few other players against a gauntlet of monsters for large GP and XP rewards. Here‘s a Wikipedia entry on it that I wrote most of.

Go start downloading it right now, so it’ll be done about the time you’re done with whatever it is you’re doing.

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