Runes of Magic (RoM) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by the Taiwanese developer Runewaker Entertainment and adapted for the English and German-speaking market by German company Frogster Interactive. Frogster has also opened servers for France Spain Poland Italy and Australia as well as servers dedicated to the European Union. After going through an open beta phase the game was launched on March 19 2009 and Chapter II – The Elven Prophecy was launched on September 15 2009.The next chapter Chapter III – The Elder Kingdoms started April 22 2010 however all of Chapter III did not become available until August 11 2010. Chapter IV - Lands of Despair was released June 16 2011. The latest Chapter Chapter V - Fires of Shadowforge was released on June 12 2012. The game client is free to download and no monthly subscription fee is required because the service is funded by real money transactions (RMT) in the Runes of Magic Item Shop.