Runes of Magic Articles
The latest Runes of Magic update has gone live. Called "The Mystery of the Temple", the update opens a new dungeon/instance and a new in-game event called The Juice Festival. The Raksha Temple allows groups of six to complete the instance on one of three difficulty levels, the firs time this has entered Runes of Magic. Also, new guild activities have been added.
Runes of Magic players will have a new dungeon to play in when the next update goes live. Called "The Raksha Temple", the dungeon will also allow players to choose a difficulty level when entering. The goal is to calm the awakened gods....and get stuff. Developers have stated that the harder the level, the better the rewards.
The latest Runes of Magic update features a brand new zone to play in as well as a new level 60 cap. Called "In the Depths of the Forest", the new v3.0.3 content is scheduled to go live on Wednesday, August 11th.
German powerhouse publisher Gameforge has purchased a 60% stock majority in Frogster Interactive Pictures, the folks behind Runes of Magic. According to GamesIndustry.biz, Frogster will maintain 15% of stocks, with 25% being floated to the open market.
Frogster International has announced that it will be hosting a Runes of Magic fashion show during this year's GamesCom in Cologne, Germany. The fashion show will feature clothing designer, Textilzelle, and its interpretation of seven different character classes from the game. Oh and there will be a Playboy model on hand too.
According to a new release from Runes of Magic devs, the newest zone addition, The Northern Janost Forest, will debut on all servers in the next few weeks. MMORPG.com featured a look at the new zone last week.
The Runes of Magic team is giving away free gift codes and many cool prizes! Redeem a gift code now for a free Runesurfer Bundle and hit the waves of Taborea in style with your new Flying Rune Disc while scoring some serious bonus experience points! Along with the bundle, redeeming your code will also enter you into our prize drawing with a chance to win an iPad, SteelSeries gaming accessories, a subscription to PC Gamer Magazine, and much more!
A brand new relationship system will be introduced with the upcoming v3.0.3 patch. Family, friendship and marriage relationships can be entered into, with in game bonuses as the reward. Bonuses come in the form of stat enhancement when paired players are grouped together as well as a bonus given to your partner should health fall below a certain level.
Runes of Magic servers have been updated with the latest patch, v3.0.2. The Warnorken Castle update brings several new features into Taborea including 2-person mounts, a new 6 person arena and the ability to actively raise personal pets.
Frogster has announced the addition of a new Ground Gyphon Mount as well as the return of several popular mounts, including the Dawn and Phantom Ferret mounts, Witch Broom mount, Flying Rune Disc, and Ruzio, the expedition donkey to the game's item shop.
The team from Runewaker has provided us with these new screenshots from Chapter Three of their F2P MMO Runes of Magic.
MMORPG.com's Richard Aihoshi recently visited with the folks from Frogster to talk about the most recent updates to their Free to play offering Runes of Magic.
We've got some good news, and some bad news. The good news, Frogster has announced that Chapter III: The Elder Kingdoms will go live tomorrow, May 18th. The bad news? The game servers, the regular website, and forums will be down as part of a scheduled downtime that will last a full 24 hours.
To celebrate Runes of Magic's release of The Elder Kingdoms expansion, the Runes of Magic team is giving away free gift codes here at MMORPG.com. Each code can be redeemed for one Special Experience Package, which will enable Runes of Magic players (and their friends) to reach higher levels faster so that they may experience the game's newest features and areas!
The team from Runes of Magic has provided us with this short developer journal discussing the Kalo, a race of people not entirely dissimilar to walking, talking rhinos.