A new year has started and we got plenty of stuff going on already.

There was last night's patch that fixed a number of issues and improved balancing for scouts and mages, we got a number of pretty good preview articles coming in and the next awards have been awarded.

MMORPG.com
On MMORPG.com you will find the next couple of features on Runes of Magic. There's Robert Sollazzo's article on Runes of Magic and an apprentice's crafting guide.

TenTonHammer

TenTonHammer features an exclusive interview with Frogster America's interim president Sean Kauppinen and takes a look at today's Free-to-Play scene and attests that Runes of Magic "delivers a rich world that feels complete and a story to link it all together. [...] It provides an experience that gamers can enjoy without ever spending a cent, allowing those of us with more discretionary cash to finance the game."

For this TTH's Ralsu awarded Runes of Magic with the title Surprise Hit of 2008 - "This is one game everyone should try." See, we told you! :)

MMORPG-Center
And our friends at the MMORPG-Center awarded us with the Best Free MMORPG of 2008 award. Check out their award-video!

Add-Ons
And as a little intra-community reminder: check out our Add-On section on the Forum - there are a couple of great tools and add-ons already available!

Fan-Videos
A bunch of videos has appeared on YouTube - something to fill the dark hours during patch-time.

What is Runes of Magic
X-Mas in RoM
First days OB Video

Link: Official RoM Forums