As we mentioned last week, we have quite a treat for you today as part of the Fallen Earth Halloween event. We're happy to present 2,000 trial keys for anyone interested in trying out this indie post-apocalyptic game before forking over the cash. This special trial key is good for 15 days, which will bring you through their entire Days of the Dead Halloween event, as well as our own upcoming in-game events.
To get your trial key, simply visit our giveaway page and follow the posted directions. For more information on our in-game events - including a great developer interview - keep reading below.
If you're a veteran Fallen Earth player, or you're just looking for a big party to attend while using your new free trial key, we have the perfect event for you. Tomorrow, October 24th, at 7pm EDT, meet up with us in-game to party with your fellow clones and some members of the Fallen Earth team. Players will need to head to a special destination outside of Boneclaw, at location 4030331 3269656. In order to find this location, players should type /waypoint and enter the above coordinates in the box to create a waypoint to that location. As an incentive for getting there early, we'll be firing up a special Days of the Dead dance party in cooperation with Post Apoc Radio. DJ Apseth (read: my Fallen Earth alter-ego) will be on the air from 6:00 PM Eastern spinning spooky tunes and giving away some free stuff until the beginning of the developer chat.
As another fun way to bring the developer chat to the community, our questions will come from you! Yes, that's right, we'll be asking 10 questions hand-picked from the comments below to Marie "Aro Sei" Croall, Content Team Lead. So if there's something you really want to know about what the Fallen Earth team is planning for the future, or how the game came to be, be sure to get those questions in before 4:00 PM tomorrow (Saturday, October 24) afternoon and then check out the chat.
As if that weren't enough fun for you, we'll be holding a Massively meet-up and dance party next Wednesday, October 28th at 9pm EDT. This time, Post Apoc Radio will be providing the Halloween jams and we'll have even more in-game items to toss around to lucky attendees. There will be apocalyptic trivia and more, so be sure to show up and get your zombie-killing groove on, Fallen Earth style!
Reader Comments (49)
Posted: Oct 23rd 2009 2:35PM Pingles said
First come, first serve! Nice!
Posted: Oct 23rd 2009 2:39PM Ayonyx said
@Sera thank you :D
Posted: Oct 23rd 2009 2:40PM Halldorr said
Was thinking of trying this out but the minimum specs are like exactly my processing power lol. I guess it's time to upgrade again :)
Posted: Oct 23rd 2009 2:46PM 2DruNk2FraG said
Got a code. Thanks!
Posted: Oct 23rd 2009 2:54PM (Unverified) said
hey fantastic...just what I needed to help me decide whether or not to try this sucker out :D
Posted: Oct 23rd 2009 3:15PM engrey said
Got my code, was not going to pick up the game but a 15-day trial is not bad at all.
Posted: Oct 23rd 2009 3:17PM LaughingTarget said
Thanks for the code. I was on the fence about this game and unwilling to pay to try it out.
Posted: Oct 23rd 2009 4:44PM LaughingTarget said
Wow, seriously lame on the part of the Fallen Earth team here. The patcher is claiming their server will take 11 days to fully patch the game. I hope this speeds up.
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Posted: Oct 23rd 2009 5:09PM (Unverified) said
Had the same problem. I think it was a firewall or virus software issue for me at first. I re-booted and now I'm down to just under 5 days... at least I'll have 10 days to play! Haha.
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Posted: Oct 23rd 2009 7:32PM Pingles said
It has to be the most depressingly inaccurate time estimator ever.
I went from 4 days 20 hours to 2 days 19 hours in about 15 minutes.
And the Updater stops responding to my system soon after starting it. I think it is still loading it just does not update the screen and shows as unresponsive in my task manager.
And yet...I'm excited about being able to play...
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I went from 4 days 20 hours to 2 days 19 hours in about 15 minutes.
And the Updater stops responding to my system soon after starting it. I think it is still loading it just does not update the screen and shows as unresponsive in my task manager.
And yet...I'm excited about being able to play...
Posted: Oct 23rd 2009 10:07PM LaughingTarget said
Well, this thing is clearly as good as a Win95 download time estimator. I've got 5 minutes left now.
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Posted: Oct 25th 2009 8:25PM Tristik said
Lots of people had problems with long estimates, and patcher lock-ups. Most people got through it fine and just the estimations were off. Others (like myself), had to find a different patcher download on the official FE forums. Sorry I don't have the link, I had to do forum searches for it.
Or, just keep restarting it, it'll get done eventually. Not the best option, but it does work. On a side note, only the initial patching has done this as far as I've seen.
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Or, just keep restarting it, it'll get done eventually. Not the best option, but it does work. On a side note, only the initial patching has done this as far as I've seen.
Posted: Oct 24th 2009 10:26AM engrey said
They must have one horrid server to be running the patcher off of.
CO is having a free weekend next week and so I downloaded that, not only was the file a bit bigger (total wise) I was already at 10% in the first 10 minutes.
However FE will be done soon enough, left it on over night but I do not think it made to much progress.
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CO is having a free weekend next week and so I downloaded that, not only was the file a bit bigger (total wise) I was already at 10% in the first 10 minutes.
However FE will be done soon enough, left it on over night but I do not think it made to much progress.
Posted: Oct 23rd 2009 3:34PM Aganazer said
I already got all mine from Ten Ton Hammer earlier today. You're kinda late to the party this time Massively.
Posted: Oct 23rd 2009 4:19PM (Unverified) said
Um... late to the game in giving away 2000 free trial keys? Whatever. You'll be downgraded soon enough.
Thanks for the key Massively! I've been wanting to try this game out for a while now.
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Thanks for the key Massively! I've been wanting to try this game out for a while now.
Posted: Oct 23rd 2009 4:01PM bjooks said
I've been watching this game from afar, and a two week trial is just what I needed. I'm the kinda guy who doesn't buy new games right off the bad without a free trial first.
Posted: Oct 23rd 2009 4:41PM elocke said
Finally, a chance to try this game out. thanks Massively!
Posted: Oct 23rd 2009 4:55PM elocke said
Ok, nevermind, I tried to use the key and it says this key has already been used!
What the....?!
I give up.
What the....?!
I give up.
Posted: Oct 23rd 2009 4:59PM elocke said
Used Ten Ton Hammer instead, thanks to the above poster for reminding me.








