Every week the number of press articles on Runes of Magic grows (much to our delight) - and today we have prepared another collection for your reading pleasure:

MMOZine - RoM Preview & Interview
A quote from the site says it best:

"Runes of Magic is a new MMO [...] proud [...] that it has been inspired by many other successful MMOs [...] and so it's easy to feel at home from the start. Where Runes of Magic does differ is that it is free to play. And unlike other free models, the game looks polished and complete, making it an essential game to check out for MMO afficienados."

Also MMOZine features an interview with yours truely.

Download the latest edition of MMOZine (PDF) to read the full story here: http://www.gamerzines.com/mmozine/

MMORPG-loads Gold Award
German MMO-Site MMORPGloads.de has awarded Runes of Magic with a gold award for "loads of quests", a "deep, exciting story line" and "great sound" - "a worthy F2P alternative".

Thirteen1 Interview
Our very own Product Management Director Daniel Ullrich was interviewed by online games magazine Thirteen1 - check out their 10th issue (pages 8-11) to see why we think Runes of Magic is truely "the talk of the MMO town right now".

Ten Ton Hammer Interview
And because Daniel is a very busy man, he managed to squeeze in another interview with TenTonHammer as well. This time heavily focussing on game-feature and -systems related questions.

RPG Vault - Sean Kauppinen on Free to Play games
IGN currently features a series on the State of Free to Play. In part 3, Frogster America's interim CEO Sean Kauppinen states his opinion on the F2P business model and how Runes of Magic will change the general perception. Sean's interview can be found on IGN and is mirrored on Yahoo!

Link: Official RoM-Forums