There's no getting around the fact that the very name Runes of Magic sounds generic. And indeed, once you're past the character creation screen of this free-to-play MMORPG - where female avatars ...

Free-to-play MMORPGs have a decidedly bad reputation that is, for the most part, well-deserved. Most free-to-play games lack solid production values, technical competence, and an overall sense of ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Okay, so Runes of Magic bears a passing resemblance to World of Warcraft. The original Taiwanese creators of the game were big fans of Blizzard's MMO, ...

SAN FRANCISCO – March 19, 2009 - Frogster America, Inc. today announced the official launch of Runes of Magic, the Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) that is redefining the ...

Check out a teaser trailer for Runes of Magic Chapter IV: Lands of Despair's upcoming content patch. Check out a flythrough video for Runes of Magic Chapter IV: Lands of Despair. Here's the official ...

There's no denying it – on the surface, the similarities between Runwaker's upstart Runes of Magic and Blizzard's all-conquering World of Warcraft are striking, so much so that from a distance it's ...

Free-to-play games have a certain stigma attached to them by most people, at least in the West. They tend to have less content, fairly simplistic gameplay, and are often little more than ...

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Berlin, Sept. 11th 2008: The combat system of Runes of Magic relies equally on the advancement of fighting skills and good equipment. The quality of weapons and armor has an impact on attack as well ...

In the West, the perception of free-to-play games can be that they're poorer quality, or more rudimentary, or feature basic browser-based graphics, or are for younger audiences - or are simply ...