There are many Free-to-Play MMORPGs out there in the world; sometimes if feels like there might even be too many. How are you to choose which to play? How do you know which are good, or which would best suit your personal style? With our help, of course!

If there’s a new MMORPG on the market, you can be sure that we’ve played it, reviewed it, and are ready to help you start playing it! As such, we’ve decided to let you know which games we think you’ll like the most. Each week, we’re going to put up a new review of a game we feel is just too good to miss: this week, Runes of Magic!

Runes of Magic is a 3D Fantasy MMORPG with beautiful 3D graphics, fully-realized dungeon encounters, unmatched character customization, and a unique multi-class system. It comes packed with both simple improvements and changes to some traditional MMORPG systems – and some entirely new features and additions too.

The first of the more noticeable additions you will find throughout the lands of Taborea is in the character creation. Here, you are given the choice of over twenty different face and hairstyles, and can choose from almost any color imaginable. Then, you are able to choose the size of each and every individual body part on you character, and their height too. Coupled with the later ability to choose a Primary and Secondary color for each piece of armor you equip, you should have a hard time finding another player that looks even remotely like you do.

If you should however find another character that resembles yours, Runes of Magic has a solution for that too, and it lies in the totally awesome multi-class system. While to begin with you are only able to select one class, upon reaching level 10 you are given the choice of a second, and will have access to certain skills from their arsenal; however, this comes at a price – time – as in order to gain access to these skills you must first designate your secondary class as your primary, and begin again from level 1.

At present, 6 classes are available (Rogue, Warrior, Knight, Priest, Scout and Mage) – however when you factor in Secondary Classes, you’ll find that number to be closer to 30. Levelling is amazingly fluent, too. Questing, as it’s called, is once again very much like that found in World of Warcraft, both in style and in quantity. There are currently over 600 quests in Runes of Magic, with many more on the horizon, and although they will feel quite familiar to those of you that have player WoW, there are several key differences that you will notice upon completing them.

Firstly, the Mini-Map has been used to its fullest advantage, as both enemies and items that can be used in quests are displayed. Secondly, all available quests are shown on the Full Map, saving much time otherwise spent searching for something to do all over the world. Thirdly, an Auto-Run feature has been implemented and can be accessed via either the Full Map or the Quest Log to make travelling less of a Burden. And finally, enemies that are required for active quests will show information in the tool-tip displayed when you hover your mouse over them.

On top of the features already mentioned, Runes of Magic features player housing, limitless crafting options, group-themed dungeons and quests, and a plethora of traditional MMORPG elements that are best experienced firsthand. In summary, Runes of Magic is one of the most accomplished MMORPG titles on the market, and best of all; it’s completely free to play. This isn’t a game you’re going to want to miss.

Click HERE to play Runes of Magic now for free, or HERE to see more screenshots, videos, user comments and reviews!

Log-in-to-Win event sees €10,000 worth of prizes to be won, including Alienware Laptops, Dell XPS PCs and a range of peripherals

Gala Networks Europe, one of the leading free-to-play games publisher that operates the gPotato EU portal, is delighted to announce a massive ‘log-in-to-win’ event for Dragonica, starting tomorrow 15th of March, with a colossal €10,000 worth of prizes to be won. Only weeks after the launch of the huge Awakening of the Ice Dragon expansion, Dragonica’s biggest event ever has the easiest way to win real-world and in-game prizes – players can enter by just simply logging in to the game over the next few weeks, starting from tomorrow, the 15th March 2011.

The prizes on offer include an Alienware Laptop, three XPS Dell PCs, Wireless keyboards, headsets and mice, along with lots of gPotato merchandise and in game prizes such as EXP Potions and there are several ways to win. On specific dates, which will be announced on the Dragonica website, players who log in for one consecutive hour will be automatically issued a prize within three days of the announced ‘special’ date.

The very best prizes will be available for players who log in for one hour on 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 or 30 days. These days do not need to be consecutive, and the rewards will get bigger and better the more days a player logs in for. But watch out: logging in for 48 hours straight will count as only one day’s activity, so players need to make sure they log out after each session to register correctly. Every player who logs in at least for one hour, for 30 out of the 60 days the competition is running, will automatically be entered into a draw to win real-world prizes.

About Dragonica Online

Join the colourful fantasy world of Dragonica and discover the action packed adventure that awaits players in this vibrant free MMORPG. Dragonica’s 3D manga-style world and action rich arcade-style are guaranteed to make this a unique gaming experience. Enjoy hundreds of quests and colourful skills while hunting monsters in dark dungeons and battling against other players in the PvP and Emporia arenas.

Adorable pets, an open market function as well as couple-, marriage- and friendship systems are just some of the other features Dragonica has to offer. Check out the FULL REVIEW HERE!

Trickster is a 2D Fantasy MMORPG that blends many traditional ‘grind-style’ elements with innovative class progression and a massive 400 levels.
Trickster’s forefront innovation lies in its character progression system; you’ll begin by choosing between one of 8 unique animal themed classes — the Buffalo, Bunny, Dragon, Sheep, Lion, Fox, Raccoon and Cat — and 12 available statistic distributions.
Each class in Trickster follows the standard MMORPG formula; the Buffalo and Bunny are Warrior archetypes, best suited for absorbing damage from enemies; the Dragon and Sheep are Magic Casters, designed to deal large amounts of damage quickly, but have low health and are easily killed; the Lion and Fox are ranged DPS (Damage Per Second) classes that use guns and gadgets to deal significant damage to single targets; and finally, the Racoon and Cat are Card Master classes that use ‘cards’ to inflict a variety of status effects to confuse opponents and heal allies.

The innovation here comes in a cool style, as it’s your gender that decides the finer elements of your style. For example, the Buffalo and Bunny are very similar classes, however the Buffalo is male and the Bunny female, and while in the beginning stages of the game these classes are almost identical, they are given completely different evolution options later: the Buffalo can become a Gladiator or Mercenary, and the Bunny a Champion or Duelist.
Next on the innovation front is the 12 point statistic distribution system. In most MMORPG titles, players are asked to distribute ‘stats’ whenever they reach a new level. Generally these come in the form of Strength, Agility, Wisdom, etc, and there are usually between 5 and 8 available. Essentially, this means that in the later stages of the game players who choose the same class as another player will actually be very different, as they will likely have chosen different stats. With TWELVE stats available in Trickster, this system is taken to an entirely new level. You can be sure that you’ll never meet another player that is exactly same as you, and as such, PvP (Player vs. Player) combat will always rely on player skill.

The final innovation in Trickster comes in the form of a 400 level advancement system. As a ‘grind-style’ MMORPG with limited questing options, a high amount of levels is fairly common. But 400? Insane. This will guarantee a limitless amount of gameplay for all players, and with so many available class and progression options, a limitless amount of fun, too.

CLICK HERE TO PLAY NOW FOR FREE, OR HERE TO VISIT THE GAME PAGE FOR SCREENSHOTS AND VIDEOS!

The ninth server came with the well-received “First Three Killers” and “Top Three RP Rankers” events. Players to the new server are able to win a maximum of 4,100 Gold from these two events.

Additionally, 500 free Gold and 6 Treasure Boxes (for players to hunt for various in-game items) are given away to everyone. WarFlow, succeeding to DOVOGAME’s first world-known business strategy game Business Tycoon Online, was produced based on the company’s 10 years’ experience with game development. Its unorthodox game system has been praised by all war game fanatics.

In WarFlow, gamers can straight up attack enemies at the right beginning without waiting for anything to be prepared beforehand. As all the WarFlow features are aimed at military victories, WarFlow gamers are more than happy to do anything needful, which of course can be finished very fast, unlike the other war strategy games that require a long, frustrating, teeth-pulling process of building construction and soldier production.

WarFlow offers plenty of chances for gamers to utilize their wisdom and tactics in military formations, Heros, troops, attacking, defense and medication, so that gamers can focus on military actions instead of being distracted and frustrated by any pointless features.

To sign up and play WarFlow: Click Here!

“ARGO Online promises to be our most expansive and immersive title yet, throwing gamers headfirst into a huge world teeming with content,” said Achim Kaspers, Managing Director of burda:ic. “We can’t wait for players to finally experience it firsthand, and hope all the closed beta testers enjoy what we have in store for them over the next couple weeks!”

The ARGO Online CBT will feature:

• Pet system with two completely different faction designs
• Deep achievement system
• Different mounts for both factions (Floresslah: Animal mounts / Noblian: Steampunk vehicles)
• PvP and raid dungeons to explore with friends
• Six professions to experience
• Resource system (based on the mineral Earthdium) for skills (dash, attack, defence)
• Crafting system with multiple upgrade options for items
• Interactive map system for finding NPCs, quests, and more
• Hundreds of quests in five different categories
• Futuristic, steampunk-themed world activated up to Level 30
• Two unique races to choose from with four of eight classes each
• 20 different territories
• 10 huge dungeons

As well as the following classes:
Floresslah

• Elementarist
• Rogue
• Druid
• Warlock
• Taurus

Noblian

• Warrior
• Scholar
• Explorer
• Priest
• Chaser

About ARGO Online

Developed by MGame, ARGO Online is a futuristic, steampunk-themed MMORPG featuring thousands of exciting quests, epic battles with hundreds of players, and a wide variety of PvP modes. Combining classic MMO features like a pet system, unique professions, and auctions with an engrossing background story and a vividly imagined world, players on both continents are sure to be captivated by ARGO Online when it officially launches in North America and Europe this spring.

To sign up for this and other amazing MMOs visit: MMORPG.co.uk

An exciting adventure awaits players with hundreds of quests to complete as you discover the story behind Canaan Online. It features a comprehensive pet system and dozens of collectable pets to capture, train and trade, instances, dungeons, a full crafting system, auction house and a well developed chat system. It also features the choice of automatic or manual combat modes, allowing all types of players to play. Players can register and play this free MMORPG game at the official European website – http://canaan.gpotato.eu.

The players have made their decision and have selected: Desert Operations is the “Best Classic Browser Game” on the market. The popular strategy game based on resources, joining alliances and participating in devastating battles won the award for “Browser Game of the Year 2011” in the category “Best Classic Game”. In the selection process players have cast more than 24,000 of their votes to select the “Browser Game of the Year 2011”.

“The award emphasizes the impressive international popularity of Desert Operations”, states Andreas Planer, CEO of the Looki Publishing GmbH, an affiliate of the next idea GmbH. “Ultimately it comes down to what the players like to play. And they have demonstrated this with their election. We would like to thank all the players and voters for their support.” The award ceremony for “Browser Game of the Year” has been held annually since 2005 and is considered as one of the most popular international awards that a browser game can be nominated for and win.

Christoph Süß, CEO of the developer playzo, stated: “We are delighted in having Looki as an experienced partner by our side. The very positive and overwhelming response from the players of Desert Operations is the result of our highly successful collaboration, with which we will be implementing more successful and exciting projects such as Romadoria in the near future”.

The strategic military online game Desert Operations is part of the extensive portfolio of the gaming portal Looki and is currently offered in 17 different languages.

To play this and more amazing MMOs visit: MMORPG.co.uk

We are happy to inform you, the Allods Online community, first that Volume 4 will be the official release of Allods Online in Europe.

Volume 4 is now deployed on our test server at gPotato.eu and we are able to test the new mechanics that will be going live in Europe in a few weeks. The internal code name for Volume 4 is 2.0.2.xx in case you are looking for a Russian equivalence.

Of course, you can expect plenty of guides on new mechanics, as we have done for all our previous Volumes with our now famous “A closer look at…” series.

The translations for Volume 4 started several weeks ago! They are still in progress, and the amount is big, meaning that this expansion will once more bring tons of new content for your delight. Here are some highlights:

• Level cap is raised to level 47, with new skills and new layers added to the talent tree
• New PvE areas
• New layers of the Astral that you will have to unlock via quests
• The much requested mini map
• A new innovative system to upgrade your items by merging them
• Re-balanced raid and heroic instances
• Change of incense mechanics following your feedback, stay tuned!
• And much, much more

Besides all of that, we are actively working with Astrum Nival to speed up the release of future updates and patches in Europe, thus reducing the gap between Russian and European versions of Allods Online.

No More Curse Upon Death

Last week, as some of you noticed, the Phylacteries of Passage were free in the boutique for a short time. We then had to remove them as there was a gold exploit linked to this – /slap us. We are happy to let you know that this exploit has been addressed and that you can now get as many Phylacteries of Passage as you wish for free in the Boutique for the foreseeable future. Happy PvP!

March is about events!

I am sure you noticed that we upped the pace with in-game events. March will be even crazier, here is what you can expect:

• Double EXP Delight, from the 1st of March to the 8th of March
• Astral Batucada
• I Got the Power: PvP Tournament. A guild-based Player versus Player tournament
• Silent Hill Rookies
• Astral Assault PvP event part II

More information on these events will come to you soon, so stay tuned to our website.

Thank you for your huge participation in the “I love my class” contest. Only you could create such videos, some are simply brilliant. As there are 240 prizes in total to be given away, the vast majority of participants should be rewarded. The winners will be announced on Thursday the 10th of March!

CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL REVIEW, OR HERE TO PLAY NOW FOR FREE!