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Runes of Magic: The Demon Lord

by John Freeman

Frogster have released a new cinematic trailer for its highly anticipated free-to-play MMORPG Runes of Magic. The spectacular cinematic trailer shows a group of Taborea adventurers challenging the Demon Lord, the powerful fiend of the first chapter “Rise of the Demon Lord’ which begins on the day of launch later this month.

The appearance of the Demon Lord in the trailer, now available via the official web site, demonstrates some of the powerful abilities which he will use against players who dare to enter his realm.

With an extensive range of features Runes of Magic hopes to redefine the standard of free2play MMO games, and initial reaction and reviews have been very positive (see the our review here). Offering more than 1000 quests embedded in an atmospheric fantasy setting, players can choose between six main classes and combined with a secondary class they present 30 individual combinations of character classes over all. All characters possess unique skills with impressive combo attacks and can use mounts like war horses and more. A particularly attractive feature for guilds and players is the possibility to arrange their own virtual homes with individual furnishing.

Thanks to an extensive crafting and reputation system, thrilling PVP, as well as demanding dungeons and boss-monsters, no wishes remain unsatisfied and the studio says it will provide new challenges for players every three to four months with free add-ons and updates.

Runes of Magic will officially launch in Europe and North America on 19th March and at launch of this free game, there will be no shortage of adventurers in Taborea, as players continue to join the massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Since the launch of the open beta in December 2008, over half a million players have created 725,000 characters for the ultimate acid test. Valuable feedback on the game has led to visual redesigns and game feature modifications as the countdown to launch continues.

The open beta of Runes of Magic comes to an end on 18th March. Initially the website and forum will disappear and then the servers will disappear for final maintenance.  Live operation will begin one day later.

• Download the online-role playing game and enter into the fantasy world after creating an account for free on www.runesofmagic.com.