Free Realms MMO Breaks 1 Million Players in Record Speed
Free Realms(TM) Soars Past one Million Registrants
in 17 days, an Unprecedented Achievement for a new IP
Sony Online Entertainment today announced that more than one million unique users have registered for Free Realms, the free, family-friendly online video game that launched on April 28. To mark this milestone, SOE is rewarding all current Free Realms players with limited edition, in-game T-shirt featuring special graphics. The one-millionth player will also receive a lifetime membership to the game, a one-of-a-kind in-game astronaut suit, and 10,000 Station Cash.
“The excitement surrounding Free Realms, and the positive response the game has already received, is overwhelming,” said John Smedley, president of Sony Online Entertainment. “To achieve this milestone so rapidly speaks to the quality and the fun gameplay experience Free Realms offers to players of all ages.”
Along with the limited edition Free Realms T-shirt for their character to wear, 999,999 players will receive a matching pet T-shirt for their four-legged friends, and 200 Station Cash to use toward the purchase of in-game items.
In Free Realms, players can customize their characters, explore, quest, battle monsters, and play a wide variety of minigames in a safe, online environment, packed with stunning visuals, distinctive environments, and social networking capabilities. Players are free to do or be anything: Fight like a ninja, cook a tasty meal, raise a pet, battle goblins, set out on epic quests or connect with friends through a safe, social networking site. Also available is the Free Realms Trading Card Game: a full-featured trading card game, playable both digitally within the Free Realms online game and offline via physical card decks available wherever you buy trading cards.
The Free Realms game starter cards and Station Cash cards, which can be used to purchase a membership, in-game items and more, are available at such stores as Target, Best Buy and 7-11.
Free Realms is rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and up with content descriptors of Crude Humor and Fantasy Violence. To play Free Realms, visit: http://www.FreeRealms.com.
Free Realms will be available for PS3 Q3 2009.
14 Responses to “Free Realms MMO Breaks 1 Million Players in Record Speed”
1 million in 17 days?!
It’s ok… Kinda curious if this will actually leave a lasting following. For free it’ll be worth some playing once you get some trophies up in this biyatch. Until then though it’s just so-so.
the’ll break millions more once it hits the ps3.
Having been playing the game since the first day of the open Beta, I’m in love with the game. It’s simple but extremely fun. I’m eagerly awaiting the PS3 version.
Anybody who doesn’t give the game a chance because it looks ‘kiddy’ or ‘too cartoony’ really have no idea what they are missing. Yea, maybe it’s not the most beautiful looking game or the most interesting, it’s still a hell of a lot of fun. Plenty of people play it, I even know quite a few gaming press who are addicted to the game. People from the likes of Kotaku, IGN and GameSpot.
I hope they will make graphics ( at least a bit ) better. I haven’t played the game yet, but I will give it a try before PS3 release.
PS : Will it be free to download & play, or I will have to pay for download and only playing won’t have any fees ?
@rychu130
Its absolute free —–> free Download and Play
Was in the beta for a while now, unfortunately I never got to play it. I have a Mac.
Btw, if anybody plays it. Feel free to add me, my name is Damion Ironforge.
Good lord thats alot of peeps.
I think the combat system kind of sucks, but I’m hardcore gamer so tha’ts not surprising.
gg overall, I’m looking forward to the mmog spy game thats coming out btw.
Holy crap, that’s quite impressive… but I bet there are more than a few duplicate or triplicate accounts.
im going to have to get into this game
1 mil?!?! crazy.
same with me TheWickedOne… its too bad really…. hopefully the beta will carry over to the ps3