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Runes of Magic leaves beta in March News

MMO PC News by Oli Welsh

8 January, 2009

German publisher Frogster has announced that Runes of Magic will leave beta and enjoy "commercialisation" - which, in the language of free-to-play online games, means "launch" - in March.

The World of Warcraft-style MMO entered open beta testing last month, since when it has attracted a respectable 300,000 players.

Developed in Taiwan but given a thorough localisation by Frogster, the very slick Runes of Magic looks like the pick of the free-to-play bunch. We'll bring you a review soon, but in the meantime, visit the Runes of Magic gamepage for more.

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DFawkes
08/01/09 @ 16:05
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I just can't bring myself to play it with the worlds most generic name. Looks good though.
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i always find it funny how people get so hung up on names. It baffles me :)
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Been playing it since the Open Beta began 12th of December, even spent money on extras already, never had an MMORPG get me playing it like this, before, usually find a week is enough to bore me to death with the game mechanics. Might help that I got a friend hooked too, mind you, it makes a bit of a difference to know someone who you're playing with, rather than just random people asking to party with you.
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Hmmmm... I will definitely try this one out as soon as I can. How I will get the time to actually play this between LOTRO and War is a completely other issue. :)
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As a RoM player, both CB and OB I (and many other players) are finding the announcement of a March release of this game to be ridiculous. As good as the game is and it's concept and backstory are decent, the game itself is just not ready for a release in 2 months - too many bugs are still waiting to be fixed, and the emphasis appears to be on adding more content, NOT repairing the existing content that needs badly fixing. It is also being released under the label of F2P, and as we are seeing more and more to our dismay, RoM is far from being free to play. The latest event (for Valentines Day) has been rolled out in such a way that only by buying diamonds for the cash shop can a player even hope to get any form of reward from taking part.

I am a player, I am still playing - though for how much longer remains to be seen. My advice is either look elsewhere, or read the games forums (the EN ones more than DE or US) carefully before deciding to plunge in.

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