For some time we have heard about the development of The Chronicles of Spellborn, an upcoming fantasy MMO from Dutch developer Spellborn NV that will use Epic Games's Unreal Engine 2 (yep, 2) for its graphics. We have always thought of this game as a European only project but today that changed with the announcement that free-to-play MMO publisher Acclaim will take on these duties for the game in the US.

The game will launch in late 2008 in the UD with Acclaim offering a free-to-play zone for anyone to check out with a subscription needed to check out their entire Spellborn world. There's no word yet if Acclaim plans on any beta test for the game before its' US launch.