The Settlers Online is now live and out of beta, celebrating the full launch of this free-to-play online strategy game with a name change to The Settlers Online: Castle Empire. They celebrate the launch with a new in-game event "bringing new quests, adventures, special buildings, a new general and a Raving Rabbid statue." Here's an overview of the game:

Developed by Ubisoft Blue Byte, The Settlers Online: Castle Empire combines the popular gameplay elements of The Settlers franchise with brand new features suited to a persistent, web-based browser game. Players are able to settle a new city and join thousands of gamers already online to create or join guilds, trade resources and acquire and exchange bonuses to help each other out along the way to building a mighty kingdom.