Codemasters, Playspan Partner To Offer UltimatePay
MMORPG publisher Codemasters Online announced a partnership with online payments platform PlaySpan to enable its players to purchase digital goods and services using more than 56 different payment methods through the UltimatePay system.
PlaySpan describes UltimatePay as an amalgamation of two of its subsidiaries, "the combination of PayByCash’s 10 years of payment services experience and Spare Change’s leading social network payment platform". The service offers users popular cash-based payment methods like CertaPay, MoneyMail, hyperWALLET, CashU, MobileCash, and more.
The announcement comes as the release for Siege of Mirkwood, the upcoming expansion for The Lord of the Rings Online, approaches. Though developer and publisher Turbine handles LOTRO in the U.S., while Codemasters operates the game in Europe.
European gamers can now use UltimatePay to preorder Siege of Mirkwood's digital edition, along with other products in the company's catalog. The MMORPG expansion -- which raises the game's level cap, adds a skirmish system, and introduces new skills, quests, and more -- will be available starting December 3rd.
"I am delighted to launch this new scheme and think it is fantastic that we can now provide yet another route for users without credit cards enjoy our games and services," says Codemasters Online's vice president and general manager David Solari. "We are working hard to constantly improve our customer experience and this is another step in that direction."
