Hey, everyone! What's free and now available to everyone with an internet connection? Hang on, my phone's ringing... What? She's crying! You're right, I should stop and think before posting open-ended questions to a popular website. No, I guess I didn't think it through. Look, Dad, there's no smoke withou - okay! Jeez. Tell her I'm sorry. Hey, everyone! What game's now free and now available to everyone with an internet connection? Everyone answering Anno Online, I appreciate your ability to see past a "your mother" joke. You've made a retirement age lady very happy.

Now I've not played Anno Online, but I don't need to. Not when we have Richard "Guns And Anno" Cobbett on the case. His early look at it last year raised a few concerns, though he also didn't damn it. It's probably a tough game to read when the part of it where you pay money hasn't been enabled, though that has since been unlocked. Anyway, the economic city-builder is now open to all. If you've been looking for a browser-set game of ports and money, of settlements and civic duty, then it's free and easy to get into. Oh god, there goes my phone again.

ANNO Online - Launch Trailer [EN] Watch on YouTube

As an aside, when being shouted at by an angry Scottish person, you really need to listen out for the difference between "Anno" and "I know".