Friday marks the first anniversary of Darkfall's European launch, and Aventurine has unveiled a new 7-day trial to celebrate the occasion. You'll notice we didn't say the trial is free. The team has decided to let you try out the game for the "symbolic price" of $1 or 1 Euro.

So why would Aventurine choose to charge for a week-long trial? According to Lead Developer Tasos Flambouras, "we've chosen to include symbolic pricing as a minimum commitment, to protect the existing user-base experience."

The launch of the trial further explains why the team recently implemented an optional newbie protection feature that prevents new users from being attacked in the racial starting areas for the first few hours of play time. Will you be taking advantage of the $1 trial?