Official Site: Runes of Magic
Studio: Runewaker/Gameforge
Launch Date: March 19, 2009
Genre: Fantasy Themepark
Business Model: F2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
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Vague Patch Notes: The ever-changing costs of playing an MMORPG
It was a pretty big deal back when I had first started working at original Massively when the trend started, and I can still...
Runes of Magic hints at 15th anniversary, its next Timeless Instance, and a drawing-down of minigames
Runes of Magic has had a good 2023 by Gameforge's reckoning, which is the overall report in a letter from its product manager, who...
Runes of Magic promises presents from Santa Claus and fun in the snow in its series of holiday events
There are a few things that MMORPG players likely expect from their Christmas-themed events, like snow, presents, and perhaps a visit from Santa Claus...
Runes of Magic merges European servers, activates bonus XP weekend
Whenever I try to visualize a server merge, I picture a studio taking two server blades, smooshing them together, and saying, "Now... KISS!" However...
Runes of Magic brings a haunted house, spooky in-game letters, and boosted earnings for Halloween
The Halloween season stretches its candy-coated fingers across all of the MMORPG genre, including the still-running Runes of Magic, which is setting up plenty...
Tencent insists Tarisland isn’t a World of Warcraft clone
When Tencent announced Tarisland back in January, just as World of Warcraft was being yanked offline in China, just about everyone, including us, called...
Runes of Magic stages 14th anniversary events with free daily presents
Runes of Magic may not be a game that gets a lot of coverage these days, but it's also not a game that's thrown...
Runes of Magic hands out free presents from Santa every day this month
Are you dabbling or diving into Runes of Magic this winter? If so, you'll want to take advantage of the many seasonal events that...
Battle Bards Episode 218: Peace and quiet
If anyone’s ever told you to “take a chill pill,” then the Battle Bards have your full dosage in today’s episode. Exploring peaceful and...
Runes of Magic opens a haunted house, hands out gifts, and boosts rewards for Halloween
Our quest to get every single Halloween event in our candy bag continues and we will not leave any stone unturned in this quest....
Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that took aim at World of Warcraft
The fact that we currently have a Big Five in the MMO space is a big change from not so long ago, when the...
Runes of Magic deploys a new patch with the Colorweave Festival event tomorrow
Tomorrow, the bad news for Runes of Magic players is that the servers will go down for maintenance and deploying a new patch with...
Battle Bards Episode 214: Thieves and rogues
You may never see them coming, but when the Battle Bards strike out of the shadows, you’ll either find your pocket picked, your fluffy...
Runes of Magic and APB Reloaded outline their respective Easter events
Yep, it's time for more MMO Easter celebrations! This time we're turning to the magical realm of Runes of Magic and the not-so-magical realm...
Runes of Magic is celebrating its 13th birthday with a creepy clown
If you're fairly new to the MMORPG genre, you might not realize that Runewaker's Runes of Magic was once a core MMO, and it...
Runes of Magic holds a week-long reprise of its winter events
If you were too busy huffing eggnog, speed unwrapping presents, or decking the halls in poison ivy to get around to Runes of Magic's...
Elite Dangerous Odyssey had a ‘difficult calendar year,’ but Frontier claims an ‘upturn in player sentiment’
Back in November, we covered the release of Frontier Developments' annual investor report, which didn't bode well for Elite Dangerous. Readers will recall that...
Global Chat: How do you deal with FOMO in MMOs?
FOMO -- or the fear of missing out -- is quite prevalent in the MMO gaming community. It's hard to resist that siren's song...
Runes of Magic showers players with Christmas treats
It's Christmastime in Runes of Magic's Taborea, and that means that there's a little bit of extra winter magic to enjoy.
The studio is running...
Global Chat: Wrapping up FFXIV’s Shadowbringers
As Final Fantasy XIV players are on the cusp of leaping into Endwalker, MMO blogger Gnomecore wrapped up a final look at Shadowbringers. It's...