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The Unreal Engine 3-based free-to-play first person shooter Parabellum is now without a US-based publisher. GamersFirst, who announced plans to publish the game back in 2009, have now posted up a note on the company's message board that, "{developer) Acony and GamersFirst have mutually agreed to stop operating Parabellum on gamersfirst.com. Further information will be made available at a later date."

The modern day-themed first person shooter also appears to be AWOL on the game's own web site. The site currently seems to be in a design holding pattern. The game's official message boards also don't offer much in terms of development updates. We have emailed Acony to try to get an update on the status of Parabellum.

We've been keeping an eye out for news of Parabellum, the upcoming free-to-play Unreal Engine 3 based first person shooter. Today K2 Network, who handles the publishing of other free-to-play games such as War Rock, announced they will be handling those duties for Parabellum.

The game will be set up at K2 Networks' GamersFirst web site portal, which will allow players to check out the title from developer Acony. The game takes place in the year 2018 where your player can pick from one of two mercenary teams that are fighting in various locals around the world, from New York City to South American jungles. So far there's no word on when the game will launch on the GamesFirst site.

If you are like most of us, the economy's quick drop this fall may have left you with a lack of cash to pay for that new copy of Left 4 Dead or Far Cry 2. However if you want to play a first person shooter game for free and don't feel like paying for it there are actually quite a number of free-to-play titles out there that you can download and play right now.

Big Download has noticed a growing trend of first person shooter titles that are already out there, in beta testing or coming up in the near future that you can just download and play. Some of these games do have or will have premium fees or micro-transactions to get more content but all of them can be enjoyed for free without the need to pay a cent. We decided to do a quick round-up of just a few of the current and upcoming free-to-play FPS titles. And remember, the best things in life are free..or so we have been told.

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This is the trailer for Parabellum, an upcoming free-to-play online first-person shooter with focus on urban warfare and competitive multiplayer. It uses all in-game footage. The game is currently in closed beta and is expected to release in 2009.

Yep, it's yet another entry in the free-to-play FPS trend that we have seen explode lately. This time its for Parabellum, a title that was announced over two years ago by Germany based developer Acony. The game was originally announced as a typical retail game (console ports and all) but now it seems Acony has decided to give the free online PC genre a try.

The game itself takes place in the year 2018 where your player can pick from one of two mercenary teams that are fighting in various locals around the world, from New York City to South American jungles. Acony promises that as you play you will gain experience and points that will allow you add new weapons, items and more to your character. The title used Epic's Unreal Engine 3 and is currently taking applications for its closed beta test. Parabellum is due to launch in the first quarter of 2009.