Runes of Magic- The Challenge Facebook App

At the Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco this week, MMO operator and publisher Frogster took some time to announce a new Facebook app/game based on the world of their successful free-to-play PC based MMO Runes of Magic. The Facebook title will be titled “Runes of Magic- The Challnege”, IGN reports, and will be social game aimed at casual gamers playing through the popular social network. There will also be integration between the Facebook app and the full client of Runes of Magic as IGN reports, “Players will be able to gain special cards with key codes in “Runes of Magic – The Challenge”, which they can use to unlock extra rewards in the full client version of Runes of Magic.”

“Runes of Magic is the first free-to-play MMO game ever to expand into the social networks sphere with a rich, full, social gaming experience that will appeal to fantasy fans of all ages – independently of whether they play the full client game or not”, comments Lars Koschin, CEO of Frogster America, Inc. “With the success of Runes of Magic among core MMO players, it was a natural decision to build upon the franchise by taking it to a genre with mass market appeal and the powerful viral approach of the rapidly evolving social networks. The result is ‘Runes of Magic – The Challenge’ for Facebook.”