Thursday, 22nd May (2pm GMT), Codemasters Online is pleased to announce they have opened the doors to their 500,000th player of its popular subscription-free MMORPG, ArchLord Gold.

Since moving to free-to-play, ArchLord Gold has seen explosive new player growth over recent months with more players than ever taking on the challenge to compete to become the all-conquering ArchLord Gold and with it rule the entire game world.

Ed Relf, Director of Marketing, Codemasters Online commented, "This is a key milestone in the growth of ArchLord Gold. ArchLord is a premier free-to-play MMORPG offering significantly more depth and quality than most other free-to-play games and this recent achievement solidifies our commitment to the ongoing development and success of ArchLord."

To cope with the increased popularity for the game, Codemasters Online will shortly be opening an all-new game world to cope with the game's substantially increased demand as they gear up for the next free content update Episode 3 due in the coming months.

ArchLord is a premier free-to-play online role-playing game allowing players to download and play the game for free with no monthly subscriptions or commitments. The online game challenges thousands of players each month to raise an army, to compete to become the game's all-ruling ArchLord and with it control of the entire game world impacting on the lives of thousands of ArchLord players.