Studio known primarily for Runes of Magic and Dragon’s Prophet.
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Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that took aim at World of Warcraft
The fact that we currently have a Big Five in the MMO space is a big change from not so long ago, when the...
Runes of Magic deploys a new patch with the Colorweave Festival event tomorrow
Tomorrow, the bad news for Runes of Magic players is that the servers will go down for maintenance and deploying a new patch with...
Battle Bards Episode 214: Thieves and rogues
You may never see them coming, but when the Battle Bards strike out of the shadows, you’ll either find your pocket picked, your fluffy...
Runes of Magic and APB Reloaded outline their respective Easter events
Yep, it's time for more MMO Easter celebrations! This time we're turning to the magical realm of Runes of Magic and the not-so-magical realm...
Runes of Magic is celebrating its 13th birthday with a creepy clown
If you're fairly new to the MMORPG genre, you might not realize that Runewaker's Runes of Magic was once a core MMO, and it...
Runes of Magic holds a week-long reprise of its winter events
If you were too busy huffing eggnog, speed unwrapping presents, or decking the halls in poison ivy to get around to Runes of Magic's...
Elite Dangerous Odyssey had a ‘difficult calendar year,’ but Frontier claims an ‘upturn in player sentiment’
Back in November, we covered the release of Frontier Developments' annual investor report, which didn't bode well for Elite Dangerous. Readers will recall that...
Leaderboard: What’s the most vulnerable Daybreak MMO in 2022?
It's time for another annual tradition: examining Daybreak's prospects. We started back in 2015, when Sony cast off SOE and it was reshaped as...
Global Chat: How do you deal with FOMO in MMOs?
FOMO -- or the fear of missing out -- is quite prevalent in the MMO gaming community. It's hard to resist that siren's song...
Runes of Magic showers players with Christmas treats
It's Christmastime in Runes of Magic's Taborea, and that means that there's a little bit of extra winter magic to enjoy.
The studio is running...
Global Chat: Wrapping up FFXIV’s Shadowbringers
As Final Fantasy XIV players are on the cusp of leaping into Endwalker, MMO blogger Gnomecore wrapped up a final look at Shadowbringers. It's...
Global Chat: Do you suffer from FOMO when an MMO expansion comes out?
With Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker on the horizon, there's an undeniable wave of FOMO -- fear of missing out -- that's sweeping through the...
Perfect Ten: Ten MMORPGs you’ve already forgotten about
Not every MMORPG can remain in the spotlight forever. Time has a nasty habit of making us forget titles that used to rile up...
Perfect Ten: It’s time to end all dragons in MMORPGs
If a genie ever appeared to grant me three wishes, I would not hesitate. I would not be selfish by asking for more wishes...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 338: No power in the multiverse can stop Raph Koster
Justin and Bree discuss Elyon, Lost Ark, New World, Crowfall, LOTRO, and Raph Koster's multiverse, with adventures in Runes of Magic, Fallout 76, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on when leaving an MMO isn't an option and whether WoW is still an MMO.
Battle Bards Episode 200: Battle Bards Bicentennial!
Can you believe it? The Battle Bards have hit 200 amazing episodes! Join Steff, Syl, and Syp as they take a victory lap around...
Vague Patch Notes: The lesson hidden in the Astellia shutdown
A couple years ago, an MMO launched named Astellia. It was fine. It wasn't bad. It wasn't good. It was just fine. It was...
Runes of Magic offers an FAQ ahead of its upcoming server merges
Server merges! They're fun for the family, assuming that the family in question has some really weird definitions of fun. Also, they're coming to...
The Game Archaeologist: Defining the eras of MMORPG history
With MMO history stretching back to the early 1980s (and even before), this genre has accumulated a whole lot of history over the years....
Runes of Magic promises to improve performance, merge servers, and introduce new content (again)
This summer will be bringing some updates to Runes of Magic, which won't be involving any new content but will hopefully make life in...
