World War II Online (known in Europe as Battleground Europe), an award winning MMORPG, now offers a 14-day free trial for players who can't get enough of PvP action on a WW II 3D environment.

In this MMO, you can play as pilot fighters and bombers, command tanks and trucks, captain and crew naval vessels or fight on the field as an infantryman or paratrooper. The map of the game includes all of Belgium and Luxembourg, as well as parts of southern Holland, far western Germany, northern France, and even southeastern England.

Fight for the cause of the Allied or Axis forces. Some of the best features of the game include:

• Thousands of online players sharing a single world
• Live campaign with a victorious force
• Full PvP in first person
• Huge game world measuring more than 350,000 square miles
• Character advancement and career paths
• Strategic systems driven by player missions and command
• Growing list of 90+ historically accurate weapons including aircraft, tanks, trucks, rifles, machine guns and more!
• Groundbreaking physics and damage modeling

The promo is a joint effort between Playnet and MMORPG. Check out the link below for details on how to avail of the free 14-day trial.

Texas game developer Cornered Rat Software has announced its "Welcome Back, Soldier" promotion for World War II Online, a first-person shooter MMO that recreates the battlefields of Western Europe between 1940-1942. (Historical notes: most ground fighting by U.S. and British forces outside the Pacific was confined to North Africa until the invasion of Italy in 1943, and the fiercest ground fighting during the period of the game was between German and Soviet forces, culminating in the Battle of Stalingrad during the winter of 1941-42. Poland, France and the Czechoslovakia fell rather quickly during 1939 and 1940, while the Battle of Britain was primarily an air war. Outside of those, I'm not exactly sure which battlefields they're referring to...)

The WBS promotion starts on 22 June, at which point 300,000 accounts will be re-activated over a two-week period. The  original game was released in 2001 as World War II Online: Blitzkrieg. Later, the game was updated and released in Europe as Battlefield Europe.

"Its been a roller-coaster ride beginning with one of the earliest MMOG launches to growing and supporting a fiercely-loyal player community all the while trying to continue the innovative and unique approach to development that's seen WWII Online stand alone as the ultimate PvP MMOG available",  says Al Corey, Executive Producer for publisher Playnet. "We're so proud to stand up and say that we're still here and thriving after 5 years. This promo is just a small way for us to say thank you to the thousands of players, past and present, who helped make it possible."