Jolt Online Gaming, Europe's largest independent online gaming network, and Paris-based game company Nevrax are pleased to announce the launch of the Saga of Ryzom electronic purchase and download system. The system is primarily intended for use by residents of those countries in which Ryzom is currently unavailable at retail outlets.

“The Saga of Ryzom is destined to be a worldwide success, and we’re glad to be doing our part in bringing it to as wide an audience as possible,” commented Dominic Silk, Jolt’s CEO. “We’re expecting a high volume of initial purchases with the game now available to territories such as Asia and Australia.”

Upon purchase, subscribers will receive a unique CD-Key with one month of automatic subscription and access to a high-speed download of the game client. The electronic purchase and download can be found at https://secure.jolt.co.uk/ryzom/index.php.

The Saga of Ryzom is a new massively multiplayer online RPG, launched this month and now available worldwide. In The Saga of Ryzom, you create your own personal character and choose your own quests and adventures to shape your new destiny. Become a great hero with the power to change the future of entire civilizations. The Saga of Ryzom features:

• A Story Line That Matters: Enjoy a wholly original universe fusing science fiction and fantasy where players shape the story and each server charts its own course.

• A Lush, Living Ecosystem: The world of Atys is alive, with a rich and diverse ecology where flora and fauna dynamically interact with each other and the ever-changing environment. Nothing is static in Ryzom.

• Massive Territorial Invasions: Ryzom's RAID Engine delivers excitement on a large scale. Monsters will assault key outposts, dynamically invade territories, and devastate entire regions if left unchecked.

• Epic Battles with Hordes of Monsters: Fight hundreds of creatures at once in pitched battles! Ryzom offers groundbreaking mass combat mechanics that allow combat on a scale never before seen in MMORPGs.

• Flexible Skill-Based Advancement: Develop your character through a skill-based system that grows in detail as you gain experience. Ryzom offers five huge skill trees with thousands of possible choices.

• Customized Skills and Special Attacks: Ryzom's unique Modular Action System lets you create your own custom actions. From a core set of building blocks, make as many spells and special attacks as your imagination will allow.
• Rich Item Creation/Enchantment: Hunt and forage for scarce natural resources to craft complex items from the bottom up, then add enchantments to your equipment to make it vastly more powerful.

• Guilds and Factions: Meet new friends and form your own Guild to compete against other players (PvP) or build strong alliances to face common enemies in mass combat.