We get news from Ryzom that the game publisher Gameforge France SARL located in Paris (created by Gameforge AG to transfer all the rights and keep the 20´ish members French development staff  when they bought the game in December 2006) is in receivership. it means Ryzom Ring is dead again after its former publisher Nevrax sold Ryzom serial on dec 22nd, 2006.

Hello, as much as I´d have preferred to speak about some upcoming projects, I bring you today news about the financial state of the game you´re all so passionate about.

Ryzom is going to pass through a few uncertain days/weeks, a second time. Our efforts to move Ryzom forward didn´t get the expected repercussions and today as I speak, while the game continues to run and to be supported, the company behind its development - Gameforge France SARL, located in Paris - is lacking the funds to keep going. For those who´ve known the Nevrax times and went through the transitory period in last December, the same legal procedure of "liquidation judiciaire" has been put in place yesterday. This means that while the appointed liquidator will do what it takes to close the company, potential buyers may show up to take over the game Ryzom. If nobody shows up, the servers will be shut down in less than 3 weeks at liquidator´s request.

Meanwhile, what is going to change for you? Ryzom is still running and your characters remain. However the game development has been frozen and the billing system and Free Trials are undergoing the following changes:

• Paying subscribers will not be billed and will be able to continue playing for free.
• It´s not possible to pay to subscribe to a full Ryzom account anymore.
• You will still be able to create a Free Trial account, but at the moment there will be no possibility to upgrade your account and go to mainland.
• The level cap on Silan is removed for the Free Trials in the meantime.

Ryzom isn´t going very well to be honest. The company developing it, Gameforge France SARL located in Paris (created by Gameforge AG to transfer all the rights and keep the 20´ish members French development staff  when they bought the game in December 2006) is in receivership, called "liquidation judiciaire" in French law. The hearing at the court took place last week, on Monday October 1st, and the appointed liquidator decided to close/liquidate the French company without waiting for a repreneur, and is going to sell the assets of the game.

Players are pretty sad to see their game changing once again of owner / potentially disappear. And pretty pissed at Gameforge for their overall failure with Ryzom, lack of advertisement around the game and lack of information given to their customers.

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