The Ryzom Website (thanks MMORPG.COM) reports that the French developer of the MMORPG Ryzom is in financial distress, and will be entering receivership next month. They indicate they expect to turn things around, and in the meantime, while they say the game will continue to operate, they will be restructuring the way accounts are handled until the whole receivership situation is resolved:

    •All existing subscribed accounts created before 3pm GMT will be turned into free account with 1 month of free access.
    •It will not be possible to pay to subscribe to a full Ryzom account anymore.
    •You will still be able to create a Free Trial account, but at the moment there will be no possibility to upgrade your account and go to mainland. As a result we've removed the level cap for the Free Trial to give players in the Ruins of Silan much more to achieve in the meantime.

As things develop you can expect a return to the usual more conventional account options soon.