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Runes of Magic

New teaser shows off the Lands of Despair.

Berlin, March 09, 2010: The closed beta for the next chapter of the highly anticipated MMORPG, ‘Runes of Magic’ gets underway in less than a month’s time, with a new teaser revealing more of the mysterious back story behind, ‘The Lands of Despair’. Hordes of undead minions, a terrifying circus, and a great pestilence threaten the region, but who is behind it all? Who is plunging Taborea into darkness and transforming its inhabitants into mindless zombies? Watch the teaser and find out!  

Runes of Magic – A world full of wizardry and adventure

‘Runes of Magic’ has redefined the standard for free-to-play MMORPGs since 2009 with its massive amount of features. The online role-playing game carries an exciting, multi-layered story, driven by more than 2,700 quests set in the atmospheric fantasy world of Taborea. ‘Runes of Magic’ features a unique dual class system enabling players to combine one of eight primary classes with a secondary class. Thanks to a comprehensive crafting system, individual player homes, arenas and battlefields, guild castles and siege wars, challenging dungeons and many other features ‘Runes of Magic’ offers plenty of online adventures for all kinds of players. www.runesofmagic.com

Runes of Magic Features

· Dual class system with eight classes and unique elite skills

· Individual furnishing of player housing and guild castles

· Gripping player-versus-player duels in arenas and on the battlefield

· Guilds can set themselves against each other in formidable guild wars

· In-depth story experienced through above 3000 quests laced with epic quest-lines

· Easy travel using portals and a wide range of mounts

· Challenging boss-combat in dangerous and extensive dungeons with up to 36 players

· Dual difficulty levels in the most challenging dungeons

· Entertaining mini-games for single players and guilds alike

· Dynamic crafting and customization of items

· Versatile role play elements including a marriage system

· Regular comprehensive free updates with new game content

About Runewaker Entertainment Ltd.

Runewaker Entertainment was founded in August of 2004, with headquarters located in Taichung, Taiwan. The founding members were all very experienced in the field and decided to come together to pursue their dream. Currently Runewaker employs over 100 highly skilled programmers, designers and artists and is constantly expanding. Runewaker specializes in making massively multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPG). The company has built their own engine from scratch which rivals some of the best available on the market. Runewaker is constantly producing more content for Runes of Magic. Internet: www.runewaker.com

Frogster – We take you to a new world!

The Berlin based Frogster Interactive Pictures AG, listed on the stock exchange, has focused on the growth sector of massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) at an early stage already. The company licenses, markets and operates its virtual worlds for millions of players in Europe, Asia and North America. In Europe its subsidiary Frogster Online Gaming GmbH is taking care of the operating business of the Frogster group. Founded in 2006 and based in Seoul, the Korean joint venture Frogster Asia Co. Ltd. markets and operates virtual worlds in Asia. Frogster America Inc., based in San Francisco, was founded in January of 2009 and markets and operates MMO games in North America. At their offices in Berlin, Seoul and San Francisco, the Frogster group employs more than 200 staff members in the fields of game development, licensing, IT, web design and web development, product management, marketing, PR, web publishing, community management, customer support, hosting, sales, billing and finance/administration. In the year 2008, Frogster won the “Landmark in the Land of Ideas”, a competition under the patronage of the German President. Additional information is available at: www.frogster.de

Contact

Greg Latham

Junior PR Manager

Frogster Online Gaming GmbH

Hardenbergstr. 9A · 10623 Berlin · Germany

Tel   +49 (0)30-28 47 01 46

Fax   +49 (0)30-28 47 01 94

Mail    glatham@frogster.de

Web   www.frogster-online.com

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