Astrum Online Entertainment GmbH today announced its rebranding to become Mail.Ru Games. Mail.Ru has recently finalized the acquisition of Astrum Online Entertainment, including its studios Astrum Nival, IT Territory, TimeZero, DJ Games, and its European branch Astrum Online Entertainment GmbH, which from now on will be operating on the global games market using the brand “Mail.Ru Games”.

Mail.Ru Inc. announced today that Allods Online, the eagerly anticipated free to play MMORPG developed by its Astrum Nival studio, has entered open beta in North America and in Europe, where it is available in English, German and French.  The publishers are Gala-Net, Inc. and Gala Networks Europe respectively.