Rune Word Entertainment
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Rune Word Entertainment, Inc. (RWEINC) is a MMORPG services company, with offices in the United States, the Philippines and China. RWEINC is a player in virtual economy services, also known in the MMORPG industry as secondary market. Members of the gaming community are often critical of such "real world trading", as its services may allow players to break the rules of online games[1].
RWEINC was founded in 2004 as a result of a degree thesis[2] at the University of Umeå.
2005-2006 RWEINC has been struggling with Jagex[3] over alleged copyright infringements and trademark misuse. As of March 20, 2008, this dispute is still at a stalemate, with the lawsuit draft never being sent to the local court, but only sent to RWEINC headquarters as a threat.
[edit] Games available
Despite the practice being outlawed in many games, as of March 20, 2008, RWEINC sells in-game items, money, and accounts for the following:
- Diablo II
- Dofus
- Eve Online
- Everquest II
- MU Online
- Guild Wars
- Hellgate London
- Lord of the Rings Online
- MapleStory
- Runescape
- Seal Online
- Second Life
- Star Wars Galaxies
- World of Warcraft
