Codemasters Online announced today the details of its new partnership with PlaySpan, the global leader in monetization solutions for online games, virtual worlds, and social networks. Starting today players will be able to purchase Codemasters Online digital goods and services using more than 56 payment methods.

This exciting new partnership has gone live just in time for the launch of the latest digital expansion to The Lord of the Rings Online(TM): Siege of Mirkwood(TM) (due for release 3 December 2009). UltimatePay can be used to pre-order the Siege of Mirkwood(TM) digital upgrade as well as many other Codemasters Online products.

UltimatePay (the combination of PayByCash’s 10 years of payment services experience and Spare Change’s leading social network payment platform) offers many popular cash-based payment methods including, CertaPay, CashU, Ecapay, hyperWALLET, TravellersExpress, MobilCash, MoneyMail, Mister Cash, myCitadel, Wallie Card and many more.

This partnership is one of many enhancements that Codemasters Online has made to improve the consumer billing and account experience in the last six months. This addition to the accounts system will facilitate a wide choice of easy payment methods for any customers unable to purchase with a credit card.

“I am delighted to launch this new scheme and think it is fantastic that we can now provide yet another route for users without credit cards enjoy our games and services. We are working hard to constantly improve our customer experience and this is another step in that direction” said David Solari, Vice President & General Manager of Codemasters Online.

“PlaySpan is excited and proud to partner with Codemasters Online,” said Karl Mehta, Founder & CEO of PlaySpan. “We’re eager to introduce UltimatePay to its fans and enable more of them to experience Codemasters premium content.”

To purchase using one of these new methods simply log into the Codemasters Online Player Account System, select a product and choose your preferred payment option.