It looks like some Germany-based company is starting a semi-WoW clone, except it’s free. Runes of Magic was reviewed by Kotaku where they outlined the similarities in brief between RoM and WoW. Then they started to talk about the differences. Some of the differences sound pretty interesting. For PVP, they have something called “server wars” where people from different servers can compete for the honor of their server (and presumably some reward).
What interests me the most is: How does a free MMORPG make money?
PS, I might check it out. Hard to say, as attractive as MMORPGs are occasionally, I just don’t have the time with everything else I schedule in to my life. And quite frankly, I think I may be past sitting in front of a computer screen for multiplayer gaming as anything other than an occasional past time.
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