It is with great pleasure that we announce the starting date of the Runes of Magic Open Beta!

On Monday, 15 December 2008 Frogster will open the RoM servers for all registered users. We are already looking forward to welcome more than 170,000 registered open beta testers on our servers.

This last phase of beta testing will last until early 2009.

The servers will be taken down for an extended maintenance period on 10 December - but before that we have prepared a big Thank-You Event for all our closed beta testers:

Blood-red candles sat forlorn on their tall candelabra, flickering, welcoming the darkness more than fighting it.

In the middle of the room, walls hidden by heavy velvet tapestry, stood a huge round table. Around it a dozen chairs and a throne made from darkest Devil Timber. In the middle of the table a basin filled with sinister-looking liquid barely reflecting the weak candlelight.

Thirteen figures, shrouded in black hooded robes, sat around this evil-boding table, their whispering voices filling the room.

This was the place from where the darkness would spread across the land.

The event will start on 7 December 2008

Keep your blades sharp and your spells ready!

Link: Official RoM-Forums