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The fantasy free-to-play MMO RTS game Dreamlords, announced and first launched several years ago, now has a new life. Today the game was officially relaunched as Dreamlords Resurrection by developer Lockpick Entertainment and published by Paradox Interactive. Paradox announced that it would be taking over the game's publishing duties back in August 2010. To celebrate the re-launch of the game, Paradox is offering all new players 1,000 in-game Paradox Ducats that are valued at $10. The ducats can be used to purchase in game items or to add enhancements for your player character.

This game is actually the first of a series of free-to-play game titles planned for release by Paradox as it seeks to expand beyond its strategy game niche. Dreamlords Resurrection will also use Paradox Connect which will let players gain achievements and use other community features.

The long-in-development fantasy MMORTS game Dreamlords Resurrection is now finally getting close to its official launch. This week the game entered what it is calling its final closed beta event. You may remember that a few months ago the game's development team secured a publishing deal with Paradox Interactive as part of the company's Paradox Connect online division.

If you get picked to be in the beta all of your achievements and "heroic deeds" will continue over when the game officially launches. There's also some special holiday themed PvE missions in the beta that will give users some special rewards through January 2.

Earlier this week we reported that the stalled fantasy RTS MMO game Dreamlords seemed to be getting new life as the game's official web reported a new publishing deal with Paradox Interactive. Now Paradox has officially announced its involvement in the free-to-play game with the official title Dreamlords Resurrection.

Paradox states that the game will be the first title under its new Paradox Connect brand which will cover all of the publisher's online efforts. The game will feature both cooperative Player Vs Environment battles along with Player Vs Player matches. There's still no word yet on when Dreamlords Resurrection will officially launch. This is apparently the first of three free-to-play games that Paradox plans to release in the coming months.

Earlier this week we reported on a new study that claims that the free-to-play PC game business will boom up to $2 billion in revenues by 2015. A publisher with deep PC games ties that wants in on that business is Paradox Interactive. In a new interview with Rock Paper Shotgun, Paradox CEO Fredrik Wester states, "We're releasing three new free-to-play games next year."

And what kinds of games will they be? We know that one of them will be Dreamlords Resurrection, the long-in-development online RTS game. But Wester is also hinting at something else in the works, saying, "It's gonna be very cryptic. It's a type of gameplay that we've never touched before. And it's a type of gameplay that's completely different from what a computer game typically offers." A full announcement will be made later this month.

Over two years ago a fantasy RTS MMO game called Dreamlords the Reawakening went into beta testing. However, as is the way with so many independently made MMOs, the game's developer Lockpick Entertainment shut down operations in 2009. But the game's servers still were maintained and now it looks like the game has got some new help.

In a recent post on the game's official web site it was revealed that Paradox Interactive has made a deal with the game's current dev team to "help us market the game and expose it through various media and distribution channels." The game is also getting a new title, Dreamlords Resurrection. More details about the game's relaunch, including a release date "will be announced at a later time."

[Via Rock Paper Shotgun]