News archive
December 2008
-
23.12.2008Dear friends, before I am off for the Christmas holidays, I would like to thank all of you for a great time. For all of us 2008 was a brilliant year. Especially the last few months were exciting. The Runes of Magic Closed Beta went really well, we went into Open Beta only a week ago and we are already amazed about how well our little game is ...
-
22.12.2008For the Christmas holidays we have a special offer in our Item Shop! Only 200 of two of the most wanted items are now half-price: Advanced Skill Reset Stone - was 199 diamonds - now for only 99 diamonds! Party Experience Potion - was 30 diamonds - now available at 15 diamond! Now you can reset all your character's skills for half-price and ...
-
19.12.2008Dear friends, we have published a patch today and would like to direct your attention to the patch notes available on the forums which not only contains a number of important bux fixes but also introduces some new items to the Item Shop. Also note that we will have to take the servers offline for a hotfix in the early morning hours - Sat. ...
-
18.12.2008On Friday, 19th December 2008 we are going to take the Runes of Magic servers offline for maintenance and patching. We are planning to take the servers down around 8am GMT / 09:00 CET and they should be back no later than noon GMT / 13:00 CET. The patch notes will be available on the boards when the servers are up and running again. Thank you for ...
-
18.12.2008Runes of Magic celebrates its first Christmas season and because it is a time of genrosity, we have asked our fansites to hold a competition. All you creative geniuses are invited to create, design, draw, cook, bake, write, film or photograph something. The only rules are: it's your creation, it's safe to show to minors, it's about Runes of Magic. ...
-
16.12.2008Ce.....lebrate good times! Come on! Let's have a celebration! 24 hours of Open Beta and everything is in ship-shape: The Item Shop is working fine, the log-in servers are working perfectly and the servers are filled to the brim with players. So it's a good time for a little Community Spotlight. Technical Information and Server Status We have the ...
-
15.12.2008The accounts of all our former Closed Beta players and all registered users are now activated and can access our Open Beta servers. With it the in game Item Shop is open for business and there is much more to explore and discover. Come and take a tour - Taborea is yours!
-
15.12.2008Dear friends, a deep sigh of relief runs through the community. The time of waiting is over, the Open Beta will start soon. The Runes of Magic Open Beta servers go online at noon GMT / 13:00 CET. First we will invite our Closed Beta Testers to join us. Two hours later, at 2pm CET / 15:00 CET, the servers are available for all our registered users. ...
-
15.12.2008The Runes of Magic North American team has been working miracles - on time for the start of the RoM Open Beta, they have not only set up servers located in the US, they also put their site and forums live! The names of the US servers are: US (PvE) Artemis US (PvE) Govinda US (PvE) Osha US (PvP) Krynn Head over to the US site to get all the latest ...
-
13.12.2008Good news for everyone of you that would have loved to get ready before monday. Now you got your chance: You may download the Open Beta Client from one of the various sources on our download page. Please be reminded that you may yet get another patch right before the start on monday, the 12.15.2008. Otherwise, we'll see you monday!
-
12.12.2008Frogster is proud to announce the names of the Runes of Magic Open Beta servers (EU)! We are opening three servers for each language (German and English), two PvE and one PvP server. German DE (PvE) Laoch DE (PvE) Aontacht DE (PvP) Cogadh English EN (PvE) Siochain EN (PvE) Macantacht EN (PvP) Smacht If the need arises, we can open additional ...
-
11.12.2008Dear Friends, last night's "End-of-Closed Beta" event was a success. Hundreds of players joined Silberfuchs and me on the PvE and the PvP server to witness the destruction of Taborea. The Open Beta will start on Monday, 15th December 2008 when we will open the servers for all our registered users. Until then the servers will remain ...
-
10.12.2008He had to tear himself away from the visions he had seen deep within the crystal. Darkness, death and destruction; blood and bitter tears; malice and murder - No! This must not be. He needed to act, needed to act fast! With delicate fingers he replaced the silken black cloth to spare him the view of a falling Taborea. Calling his apprentice he had ...
-
10.12.2008Third excerpt from the Chronicles of Taborea From the third and last era "Cee-be T'a", just before the Great Shift "GUARDS! TO THE GATES!" Noises of swords meeting swords, the twanging of bow strings and the discharge of magical energy were heard from the outside. Torches danced like fireflies above the heads of the combatants - ...
-
10.12.2008An incredible number of 4649 players have cast their vote and decided which cape will make it into the game! After a tight head-to-head race, 1026 people voted for the winning entry. by Titouskata This cape design will be sent to Runewaker and will make its way as special item into the game, expanding the range of character customisation options ...
-
10.12.2008The final hours of Taborea are upon us. At 11am GMT / noon CET the last and final phase of the Closed Beta Event "The end of Taborea" has begun. The servers shut down at 9pm GMT / 22:00 CET. But until then, we have a couple more things going on: Excerpt from the Chronicles of Taborea From the third and last era "Cee-be T'a", ...
-
09.12.2008The Ystra Highland. Known as the lands of eternal snow and ice. Alone due to the massive cold and high population of monsters, only the toughest and most seasoned adventurers dwell in these lands, always searching for the next spoils to adventure. But the darkness had spread further during those last few days and it was not much of a surprise when ...
-
09.12.2008MMORPG.com: 2008 Reader's Choice Awards: Most Anticipated Game for 2009 Runes of Magic has been nominated under 7 other MMORPG titles to recieve the Award of the "Most Anticipated Game 2009". "Runes of Magic is the only representative from the free-to-play (item mall) genre of MMOs to make our Most Anticipated list this year. ...
-
08.12.2008This week is short and sweet: French Fansite @ Mondes Persistants Bienvenue à notre fansite Francais, Rom.MondesPersistants.com! I apologise to our French fans, if that is not correct French, but we are pleased to announce that one of the largest French speaking MMO-portals now has opened a RoM Fansite! Welcome to our circle of friends! Link: ...
-
08.12.2008The Closed Beta slowly comes to an end - so adventurers beware! Demons are patroling the lands of Taborea. Second excerpt from the Chronicles of Taborea From the third and last era "Cee-be T'a", just before the Great Shift "So, Masters, you have been researching this phenomenon. Did you find anything? Is there anything you can tell ...
-
07.12.2008Today around 12:00pm noon GMT+1, the first phase of the Closed Beta: Phase 3 events will be launched. As we do not wish to spoil the fun too much, we'll let you experience what is going to happen rather ingame than here. As with every event of this category, it does need a fitting background story... First excerpt from the Chronicles of Taborea ...
-
05.12.2008It is with great pleasure that we announce the starting date of the Runes of Magic Open Beta! On Monday, 15 December 2008 Frogster will open the RoM servers for all registered users. We are already looking forward to welcome more than 170,000 registered open beta testers on our servers. This last phase of beta testing will last until early 2009. ...
-
02.12.2008Runes of Magic Advent Calendar Following the old tradition to count down the days until Christmas Eve the RoM Team created a RoM Advent Calendar with exclusive artwork. Festive Forum Avatars To celebrate the festive season we have festive forum avatars for you! Initially created by forum member Yin The Shadow, we have adapted the idea and made a ...
-
01.12.2008The Open Beta is coming soon and shortly after we celebrate the Winter holidays - or Christmas. One good old tradition is to give your loved on an advent calendar - to count down the days until the 24th December when the holiday season begins. We, the Runes of Magic Team, want to present you with an advent calendar as well, RoM-Style. Instead of ...
