Frogster just released the first details and trailer for Eligium – The Chosen One, its new free-to-play fantasy MMO that's scheduled to launch in the first quarter of 2012. You can sign up for the upcoming beta on the official Eligium site. Here are some of the game's features:

• The Story: The Demons had been defeated … the heroes were lost … Greed and resentment led to war. The seal was broken and the evil returned … only one hope remained: the prophecy. Be the chosen one, unite the people and banish evil once and for all!
• Races and Classes: Join the Humans, Elves, Silvias or Pandas and face the challenge as a Warrior, Hunter, Druid, Mage or Fighter.
• Pets and Mounts: Raise your own pets, train them to be mighty mounts and ride in style.
• Epic Battles: Choose a faction and test your mettle amongst hundreds of players on massive battlefields.
• A New World: Discover an enormous world, explore countless gloomy instances and face powerful boss monsters in tactical battles.

Watch the new trailer below and check out some new screenshots in our gallery. Eligium will be playable this week at Gamescom.

Frogster just announced that it will be presenting the world premiere of its latest title, Eligium – The Chosen One, at Gamescom 2011 next month. Frogster has licensed the fantasy online RPG from Shanda Games for distribution in North America and Europe. The game is scheduled to launch in the first quarter of 2012. Here are the details:

"Eligium – The Chosen One will bring players face-to-face with hordes of demons returning to the surface from their centuries long exile underground, which are intent on spreading fear and terror among the surface-dwellers. It is now in the hands of the chosen one to reunite the five humanoid nations and stand up to the evil forces rising from the depths below. Eligium – The Chosen One boasts a large assortment of features including an atmospheric scenario, a vast number of gloomy dungeons with demanding boss battles and large scale raids, an ingenious PvP and ranking system, open world events, an unique item upgrade system, and mounts that players can train and watch as they grow – a whole world of opportunities and challenges for all kinds of discerning players."

In addition to the Eligium reveal, Frogster will be showing off a new test version of TERA and new Runes of Magic content at Gamescom. Frogster is the European publisher for TERA.