CLEAR THE DECKS – OPEN BETA IS COMING TO CHRONICLE: UNESCAPE LEGENDS ON 23rd MARCH
A stack of fresh content accompanies strategy card game’s next phase on route to launch
Jagex Games Studio, makers of the multi-award winning fantasy MMORPG, RuneScape, today announced that Chronicle: RuneScape Legends, the forthcoming strategy card game that gives players the chance to write the fate of Legends in a battle of wits, strategy and combat, will enter open beta on PC from Wednesday 23rd March.
A wealth of player feedback has been garnered from the game’s closed beta test, which will now be implemented to enhance and improve player experience. During the 10 week running period, 700,000 games were played, spanning an entirety of 7.5 million minutes with players creating 185,000 customised decks. Now it’s time to push content to the next level.
Said Mark Killey, Senior Producer, Chronicle: RuneScape Legends
“If the thoroughly successful closed beta formed Chronicle’s prologue, the arrival of its open beta phase, on 23rd March, really marks the beginning of chapter one. We’re introducing a host of additional content, including new Legends, a Dungeoneering mode, skilling, customisation and fresh environments to quest through.”
“Our community has been vocal in praising Chronicle’s evolutionary gameplay mechanics – it’s the only CCG that offers a huge sense of adventure as each game plays out. By playing four cards at once, the rules are very different, which means so are the strategies, deck management, and the play-by-play game experience.”
The open Beta will see a host of additions including deeper gameplay, new modes, progression, customisation and all new Legends joining the earlier content. These will include:
More Legends: Two new playable Legends will emerge with Venescula the Vampyre entering the fray as Chronicle’s fifth playable character, bringing 30+ new cards and a brand new way to play with her – blood will be spilt! The sixth Legend to be introduced is Morvan, the greatest Slayer Master that players can lead through his own monstrous style of questing.
Dungeoneering: A new mode that tasks players with creating a drafted deck and battling their way through ever increasing PvP challenges. Draft your way to victory in a quest for Coins, Gem Shards and Platinum.
Skilling: Core to the wider RuneScape experience is Skilling, and Chronicle will continue that legacy by introducing its own system. Every action performed in Chronicle will grant experience points in one of the game’s skills which will then lead to some juicy customisation unlocks.
Legend Customisation: Players will finally be able to make their Legend their own with Chronicle’s first collection of skins. These are earned by levelling up a Legend, or unlocking them within the Chronicle Store. With the resulting outfits, players will be able to customise their Legend and face their rival in style.
Leaderboards: It’s not the winning, it’s the taking part that counts. Right? Screw that! Leaderboards will shine a light on those epic players that make up the best of the Bronze, Silver & Gold leagues. Every victory takes you one step closer to the top.
New environments – The Wilderness Crater & Barrows: Not one, but two brand new locations will be bursting through the pages of Chronicle in Open Beta adding some fire and brimstone to your adventures.
Delivering innovation in a genre of imitators, Chronicle: RuneScape Legends moves CCGs forward from traditional Battle and board controlagainst an opponent, to a more strategic and narrative driven card game where players choose their own adventure by playing four cards at a time to develop a quest for their Legend. This isn’t a duel for board control, the battle in Chronicle is for control of the quest narrative.
In Chronicle, the player’s cards are both their greatest weapon and weakness. Like any great role playing game, players slay monsters, bosses and other foes. Only this time these enemies are the player’s to place in the quest and theirs to overcome. Chronicle presents a quest with two adventurers seeking victory, both with the tools to trip the other up. This is where Chronicle’s ultimate challenge lies: its PvP meets PvE questing that gives Chronicle a competitive core, making a fun mechanic into a truly compelling evolution in the genre.
For the latest information on Chronicle: RuneScape Legends, head over to: https://www.rschronicle.com/
About Jagex
Starting in 2001 with their flagship free-to-play adventure game, RuneScape, Jagex has created a long-standing reputation for crafting the world’s best online games services. Today they stand as the UK’s largest independent games developers and publishers. With over 40 titles published to date, Jagex prides itself on developing and publishing hugely popular, accessible, free-to-play online games for millions of players globally. For more information please visit www.Jagex.com.
About Chronicle: RuneScape Legends
Chronicle: RuneScape Legends is an online strategy card game from Jagex, the studio behind the award-winning fantasy MMORPG, RuneScape. Set within the pages of a magical book where the world of Gielinor unfolds before your eyes, Chronicle: RuneScape Legends offers a unique strategic twist on card games. Craft your quest with a deck of cards, battle enemies for gold and bonuses, and then face the final challenge of player vs. player combat. Chronicle: RuneScape Legends is scheduled for release in 2016 on PC/Mac, tablet and mobile. For more information visit: www.rschronicle.com.
