Gather your friends in this browser-based, free-to-play MMO and hunt down the unique fragments of the infamous book of deadly magical secrets, theNECRONOMICON!

Each piece of the Necronomicon unleashes amazing powers. It also has a chance to kill the operator, true, but what a small price to pay! Use these powers, if you dare, to turn the tide for your faction. Or struggle to gather enough fragments to perform a ritual to enhance your faction’s abilities. With the right fragments, the Deep Ones could summon mighty Cthulhu himself! Or gather and hide the fragments for later use.

Explore expansive environments. Struggle against dozens of monsters released by the power of theNecronomicon. Perform quests for Lovecraftian characters like Henry Armitage, Herbert West and Brown Jenkin. Explore famous Lovecraft locations such as Miskatonic University. Collect magic items and spells to use against your enemies. Upgrade your character in levels to gain access to new weapons and abilities.

Arkham is awash in secrets. Can you find all of them?

Miskatonic Mayhem!

Man thinks he is the master of his world, but forces exist far beyond his understanding. Those forces constantly threaten to tear through the fragile wall that separates our reality from madness.

Our story begins in Arkham, Massachusetts, 1929. Arkham is a town with a long history of paranormal disturbances. Its also home to Miskatonic University, a storage house for ancient and forbidden objects of power.

With the arrival of the Necronomicon, the greatest spellbook ever created, the fragile fabric of reality was torn and hell was unleashed upon the town. The precious stores of the university were looted, and the Necronomicon, the key to the beyond, was ripped to pieces in the chaos.

Now, in a race against time, three factions fight to reclaim these ancient books and artifacts and control the oncoming tide of madness.

The Human faction is made up of scholars, detectives and thugs, either survivors of the Necronomicon “incident” or simply drawn towards the alluring mystery of the town and then trapped there. The only alternative to working together is to band together with inhuman hordes, so there is a fair amount of tension among the coalition, particularly the gangsters and the investigators.

The Deep One faction is made largely of survivors from Y’ha-nthlei, the great Deep One city on Devils Reef that was recently attacked and destroyed by the U.S. Navy. Some were attracted to Arkham when they heard stories of the resurfacing of their mystical deity Dagon, while others were attracted by the opportunity to gain the Necronomicon’s power. Deep One society consists of two castes: “full-blooded” Deep Ones who can be centuries old and “halflings,” those born with a human parent and slowly transitioning to a full aquatic state.

The Ghouls are flesh-hungry, animalistic creatures with varying control over their primal instincts. They range from mindless, brutal zombies to cunning scientists and magic users who seek to turn their condition to their advantage. The ghouls are divided. Some seek power to reclaim more of their humanity. Others want the power of the Necronomicon to create a larger feast of flesh.

What You Get

Check out VIP Perks for the rewards for supporting H.P. LOVECRAFT’S ARKHAM in this fundraiser: Beta access, in-game credits, premium weapons and more!

And if youre a longtime friend of Arc Dream Publishing theres an extra bonus for supporting H.P. LOVECRAFTS ARKHAM. We have a stake in the game. You get the fun of dynamiting Deep Ones, grenading Ghouls, hamburgerizing Humans and shotgunning shoggoths (um, good luck with that last one), AND the warm, fuzzy glow of knowing that it all supports our roleplaying games and fiction.

H.P. LOVECRAFTS ARKHAM will be in Beta from December 2010 to February 2011. It goes live to the whole world in Spring 2011.

Sign up now and reserve your place in the carnage. The Necronomicon is waiting.

Video by Rachel K. Ivey. Video music by Kevin MacLeod.