Audiences around the world have been playing and grinding to their hearts' delight in NFlavor's MMORPG Rappelz for quite some time now. This free to play game has been wanted by genre enthusiasts in Russia, and they'll be glad to hear that it's on its way. Details in the full article.

The closed beta for Rappelz will end on Tuesday, September 26th at 9 p.m. Pacific time US. For those having a hard time calculating what time that will be in their localities, that means:

Los Angeles 9PM (21:00) Tuesday
Denver 10PM (22:00) Tuesday
Chicago 11PM (23:00) Tuesday
New York 12AM (00:00) Wednesday
London 5AM (05:00) Wednesday
Rome 6AM (06:00) Wednesday
Istanbul 7AM (07:00) Wednesday
Moscow 8AM (08:00) Wednesday
Sydney 2PM (14:00) Wednesday

Meanwhile, the Open Beta will begin on Monday, October 2nd at 1 p.m. Pacific. That means:

Los Angeles 1PM (13:00) Monday
Denver 2PM (14:00) Monday
Chicago 3PM (15:00) Monday
New York 4PM (16:00) Monday
London 9PM (21:00) Monday
Rome 10PM (22:00) Monday
Istanbul 11PM (23:00) Monday
Moscow 12AM (00:00) Tuesday
Sydney 6AM (06:00) Tuesday

Even though the title may invoke images of a mountain-climbing game, nFlavor Corp's Rappelz is actually a new fantasy MMORPG from Gala-Net, the people who brought us Flyff and Space Cowboy Online. Rappelz features a unique PvP system that emphasizes the use of creatures (pets) who fight for their master. Kinda like grown-up fantasy Pokemon.

Rappelz will be free to download and free to play, and it will be likely commercialized by use of Gala-Net’s form of micro currency, GPotato for item sales in-game.

The Rappelz Closed Beta Test has now started. The first 2000 people who signed up at the main site will be able to enter at 11 AM USA PDT (GMT-7), while the rest get a chance to do so at 5 PM USA PDT (GMT-7). Those who signed up at mmosite.com will be able to enter the game at 8 PM USA PDT (GMT-7).

Rappelz is a free MMORPG published by Gala-Net, the distributors of Flyff and Space Cowboy Online. It is based in a fantasy world dominated by three races of separate alignments: the Deca, guardians of light, the Asura, servants of the dark, and the Gaia, a neutral human race. Basically, each race has a Warrior class, Mage class, and Summoner class.

Unlike its predecessors, Rappelz concentrates on a PvP (player vs. player) system that emphasizes the use of creatures (pets) who fight for their master. In this way, Rappelz does resemble a lot like Pokemon, and Lineage II.

Rappelz is actually the third Free to Play MMORPG from Gala-Net. Like the two games from Gala-Net, Flyff and Space Cowboy Online, it's a favorite on Korea’s Top Online game rankings for many weeks.

Developed by nFlavor Corp., Rappelz is set to continue the trend of successful Free to Play games from Korea to North and South America, Europe, Australia, and all of Asia, except Korea, Japan, and Hong Kong.