runewaker

Studio known primarily for Runes of Magic and Dragon’s Prophet.

Battle Bards Episode 142: Sunrise, sunset

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In MMORPGs across the world, days are beginning and days are ending — and with them come the catharsis of the sunrise and sunset....

AQ3D’s 8bit NES Kickstarter is not a joke – it’s ‘the hottest game from 1985… created in 2019!’

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Gonna be honest, when MJ linked this Kickstarter to me, I actually went straight to the April Fools' Day roundup and added it. I...

Guardians of Ember kicks off its do-over open beta with more localization support

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No, your mind isn't slipping and the Matrix is not glitching; Guardians of Ember has just gone into open beta. Again. You might recall...

Runes of Magic celebrates its 10th anniversary with in-game events and exclusive gifts

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A week from today, free-to-play fantasy MMO Runes of Magic will be celebrating its 10th anniversary, and the folks at Runewaker Entertainment and Gameforge...

Guardians of Ember looks for a second chance as it starts closed beta testing

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Will the second time around prove more successful than the first? That's what Gameforge is hoping with Guardians of Ember. You may recall this action-RPG...

Leaderboard: What’s the most vulnerable Daybreak MMO in 2019?

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Way back in 2015, not long after the SOE game purge and Daybreak transition that laid off a huge number of developers, we began...

Runes of Magic unleashes the Snowflake Festival, new zone, and new multi-mode instance

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Yes, Runes of Magic is still around, and in fact, it's still getting updates, including the one that's rolled out this week. The star of...

The MOP Up: TERA’s Valkyrie goes to console while Vainglory comes to PC

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No matter what platform you're on, there's good stuff coming your way! TERA's Valkyrie update is finally making the jump to Xbox One and...

The Game Archaeologist: Castle Infinity, the MMO that was literally rescued from a dumpster

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In the grand history of MMORPGs, kids games seem to have it rougher than most. Developers have had a hard time cracking into that...
I'm definitely an elf!

Perfect Ten: MMOs that aimed at the future… and missed

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The future is a weird place. It's similar to the present, but it has a very different outlook on the world, and it wants...

Runes of Magic gets a new lease on life with Steam

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Yes, it's still running. And yes, it's now on Steam. Runes of Magic used to thrive by its slavish copy of World of Warcraft's format...

Runewaker’s Guardians of Ember is getting a relaunch in the west thanks to Gameforge

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It's been a weird 2018 for Guardians of Ember. Back in February, Valve booted its publisher, Insel Games, off Steam, citing review manipulation in...
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Runes of Magic heads to Steam this month

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At this point in MMORPG history, it might be hard to find titles that aren't on Steam already. Late to the Valve party, however,...

Perfect Ten: Best MMO debuts by year, 2007-2017

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Continuing from my previous column that went back to 1997, I'm going to be running through the second decade of graphical MMORPG launches and...

Battle Bards Episode 122: Happy town

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In peaceful villages and bubbly burgs, you just know that there’s bound to be an abundance of happy music! Whenever the Battle Bards regroup...

The Game Archaeologist: Myst Online

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The impact of Myst in 1993 was akin to an atomic bomb going off in the PC gaming world. The leap forward in graphical...

‘We all can be heroes:’ An interview with Star Trek Online’s Chase Masterson

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With a dozen members of the all-star cast of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine returning to reprise their roles for this June's Star Trek...

Star Trek Online recruits a dozen Deep Space Nine actors for this summer’s expansion

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The final Deep Space Nine cast members reprising their roles for Star Trek Online: Victory is Life were announced today, bringing the total up...
Seriously? Huh.

MMORPG Runes of Magic celebrations nine years of operation with daily gifts

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Can you believe that Runes of Magic has been operating for nine years now? That's a long time. Like... well, like nine years, actually....
Hate the player, not the game! It's not the player's fault that they're in the game as it is.

Leaderboard: What’s the most vulnerable Daybreak MMO in 2018?

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It's tradition around here to take stock of Daybreak's MMO offerings every year, thanks to the fact that one of the first big stories...

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