News archive
February 2009
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27.02.2009Your character's still in hibernation? Time for a wake-up call! This weekend from 5pm GMT / 18:00h CET today until Monday, 02/03/2009 at 10am GMT / 11:00CET, we are offering two special Power Bundles containing not only many Experience and Skill Potions but also the very useful Charms. Don’t miss out on this one! More information on that on ...
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27.02.2009The Order of the Dark Glory has announced that they will open the Obsidian Fortress' arena for 1v1 PvP fights soon. They reckon that many adventures will want to gather and test their strengths in ferocious fights man against man. Be it to probe the best way to utilise their Dual Classes secondary skills or for any other reason, this is the place ...
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27.02.2009We will have to bring the servers down for a short maintenance around 9:00 GMT+1. The downtime should last no longer than 30 minutes. We ask for your understanding and apologize for the interruption of your gameplay.
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25.02.2009Tomorrow, Thursday, 26th February 2009, the Runes of Magic servers will be taken offline for maintenance and patching. The maintenance is scheduled to start at 8am GMT / 09:00h CET and could take up to 3 hours. The Version 2.0.1.1814 patch notes are available in the patch notes forum. The official discussion thread is here: ...
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25.02.2009Only a few adventurers made their way into the Ystra dungeon and even fewer came out alive - but the cape has been found! And here are the winners: 1st place: Bash one Daily Quest Ticket, a set of Arcane Transmutor Charges, a set of Recall Runes, an Advanced Armor Driller and an Advanced Weapon Driller. 2nd place: Zoradar a set of Arcane Transmutor ...
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23.02.2009No, we're not giving out free drinks in Taborea's taverns but have some special offers for you in the Item Shop. Every day, starting tonight, between 12.30pm and 2.30pm GMT (13:30h to 15:30h CET) and from 6.30pm to 8.30pm GMT (19:30h to 21:30h CET) you can get several items for a reduced price. The offer starts on Monday, 23 February 2009 ...
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23.02.2009Today's Germany celebrates Karneval (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival) and Taborea is invited to join the celebrations. For this every character receives a collection of Polymorph Potions to dress up for the occasion and join in a parade or other type of festivity. If you join the fray you might even win something special. The following of our ...
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21.02.2009Deep beneath the mountains of Ystra lies a web of tunnels and dungeons. Only the most daring adventurers should venture out to overcome the perils and may find fame and fortune down there. Only recently a brave party returned from the labyrinthine depths with an item of such beauty and rarity that everyone who just barely caught a glimpse of this ...
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20.02.2009Currently we're applying a Hotfix Patch to all servers. The server maintenance should last no longer than 1 hour and should end therefore around 11:00 GMT+1. The patch notes (2.0.1.1813) can be found in the Patch Notes Forum. Update, 12:00: The servers have been brought down for a short time for further adjustments. We apologize for the ...
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19.02.2009During today's maintenance we are applying a new update to the Runes of Magic servers. This update was signed-off late last night and we decided to publish it now. Therefore today's maintenance might take longer than the announced weekly maintenance. Patching started today, Thursday, 19 February 2009 at 8am GMT / 09:00h CET and may take up to 3 ...
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18.02.2009Tomorrow, Thursday, 19th February 2009, the Runes of Magic servers will be taken offline for weekly maintenance. The maintenance is scheduled for 8am GMT / 09:00h CET and should not last longer than 2 hours.
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18.02.2009This week we have new previews and interviews we would like to direct your attention to. Preview: Fragland Fragland, a Belgian gaming website, published a good general preview on Runes of Magic and closes with a praise: "the list of features that are already present in the game make that it easily rises above the rest of the competition in the ...
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13.02.2009"There is no remedy for love but to love more." H.D. Thoreau For Valentine's day, we conferred with Cupido, the god of love and he told us to show our love and appreciation to our players. So we present every account with a level 10+ character with 50 Diamonds. We will credit your account tomorrow, on Saturday the 14th ...
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12.02.2009We all know the right gear is the key to victory in Runes of Magic - without it you most certainly face defeat. Until now players could receive these items by defeating enemies, as quest rewards or from crafting. Now there is another way to earn them: Malatina's Dungeon. For everyone interested, we have added a short video to introduce the secrets ...
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11.02.2009Tomorrow, Thursday, 12th February 2009, the Runes of Magic servers will be taken offline for maintenance and patching. The maintenance is scheduled to start at 8am GMT / 09:00h CET and should not last longer than 3 hours. The patch notes (Version 2.0.0.1811) are available in the patch notes forum. Please Note: From now on we will take the servers ...
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10.02.2009This week's community spotlight is all about Runes of Magic in the press. This week we heard a few good things from our friends in Hungary. The gaming site Jàtèkok has contacted us recently, mentioning that they are planning a Runes of Magic preview soon. So the Hungarian player should keep an eye on their site. Our friends at Runesofmagic.hu ...
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09.02.2009A few weeks ago we asked you to send us screenshots of your lovely decorated house to win one of many great prizes. Last week the "Taborea Living" contest ended and we got more than 2,000 entries to chose from. Sieving through all the great and sometimes hilariously funny screenshots, we had to ask Lady Luck for help and finally got five ...
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06.02.2009Today is Item Shop update day. Right before the weekend we have added a new mount to the Runes of Magic Item Shop: The Warhorse. Stronger and tougher and better armoured than your usual steeds, these specially trained horses move a bit faster, too. Warhorses are now available for 7 (32 Diamonds) and 30 (80 Diamonds) days and permanently (325 ...
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05.02.2009Runes of Magic again does the unexpected - the free-to-play MMO with loads of content, equal-opportunity gameplay and more than a thousand quests now has a very unusual sound-track as well. With a new, exclusive version of their "Quest for Roar" - taken from their latest album "Hero" - German a-capella metal band Van Canto ...
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04.02.2009The wait is over! With 450,000 registered users, after three months of intense testing and gathering tons of feedback from our community, the Runes of Magic Open Beta is now on going into its final phase. We are proud to announce that on 19 March 2009 we will officially release Runes of Magic - Chapter 1: "Rise of the Demon Lord". Until ...
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03.02.2009ONRPG Preview A new preview is out - this time ONRPG.com, one of the biggest Free to Play directories, took a look at Runes of Magic and has come up with a nice verdict: "Runes of Magic is going to provide a fun game with the usual features of most MMORPGs plus some nice innovative additions. [...] Since it is now in Open Beta and the ...
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03.02.2009You guys are fantastic - we got loads and loads of screenshots of so many differently styled and designed houses and flats. The competition has closed yesterday and the submission page has been deactivated. We are now selecting the best screenshots and will announce the winner in the course of next week. All the selected entries will be exhibited ...
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02.02.2009Tomorrow, Tuesday the 3rd February 2009, the Runes of Magic Servers will be taken offline for maintenance and hotfixing. The maintenance is scheduled for 8am GMT / 09:00h CET and should not last longer than 2 hours. The patchnotes (Version 2.0.0.1808) are now available in the patch notes forum. Update 3/02/2009 The maintenance is taking longer than ...
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02.02.2009A little follow-up on Friday's Item Shop update: We have a new little Pet for all the pet-afficionados out there: A Mini-Death. The Mini-Death Pet is now available in two flavours. The 7-day Mini-Death is available for 25 Diamonds. The 30-day version costs only 60 Diamonds. Hope you like the little fellow - just be careful when you try to hug him, ...
