Open beta date for Runes of Magic

By Oli Welsh Published 4 December, 2008

Free MMO opens gates in 10 days.

German publisher Frogster has announced a date for the open beta test for its free-to-play fantasy MMO for PC, Runes of Magic.

The beta is open to all players and will begin a week on Monday, on 15th December. All you need to do is register at the official Runes of Magic site.

All closed beta testers get an automatic pass to the open beta phase, plus an in-game event to celebrate the end of closed beta.

We had a look at the closed beta ourselves after coming across the game at the Leipzig Games Convention, and thought it stood out from the free-to-play crowd.

Runes of Magic presents itself as an accomplished World of Warcraft-style game with a couple of interesting twists: dual character classes, and the rune system that allows you to mix and match the appearance and stats of your equipment.

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Comments (7) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • Entity #1 3 years ago

    I'm interested!

    Ooo... FIRST!

  • Eraysor #2 3 years ago

    "dual character classes"

    Guild Wars?

  • DFawkes #3 3 years ago

    As much as I love Guild Wars, it's not a proper MMO. Bloody great game though.

    I had a hankering for a free MMO since I ran out of cash (giving: the downside to Christmas) and started Air Rivals. It's good and is a whole lot more original. But this looks not bad, just a tad generic. At least they're try to stop everyone looking the same like most MMOs, even WoW to a certain extent.

  • Tio #4 3 years ago

    Anyone know the Specs for this game? , I cant find it on the site , I guess WoW level would be safe but you never know.....

  • Moog #5 3 years ago

    FORTH !!!

    FORTH !!!

  • TedMoseby #6 3 years ago

    It seems to have some interesting ideas: -

    The hiring of mounts if you don't own one
    The housing from the start, which all of your characters live in, so you can easily pass items between them
    Mannequins for armor/ equipment sets
    Some randomly mixed up dungeon content (which may or may not work well)

    Definitely worth a look considering that it's free - hopefully the English translation will be up to scratch.

  • levitate #7 3 years ago

    A so-called free game is never really free.