1 July 2025
Welcome to the RUIN gaming Community! Established in 2004. Twitch, Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Patreon The RUIN community meets every Tuesday at 6P M Pacific Standard Time on Discord to recognize outstanding members for promotion, discuss gaming news, events and scheduling for the upcoming week. RUIN Gaming, a leading multi-gaming community founded in 2004 with over 13,000 Discord members, is shifting focus from World of Warcraft (WoW) and Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) to emerging MMORPGs like Star Citizen, Ashes of Creation, and Dune Awakening due to Blizzard’s limited PvP support and outdated WoW engine, scaling back to minimal PvE on the Stormrage server, closing Classic and most Retail branches, and sunsetting SWTOR. This week, RUIN is active in Dune Awakening on the Wrath Server, tackling base construction and Deep Desert PvP with patch 1.1.0.15, while testing patch 1.1.10.0 for PvE enhancements, and in Star Citizen’s Alpha 4.2.1 Stormbreaker daily worm clear and fleet operations. The RUIN Guild is recruiting, training leaders, and fundraising to dominate competitive landscapes and sustain its vibrant community. ABOUT RUIN The community came together during the 2004 launch of World of Warcraft. The guild assumed the name RUIN during the Warhammer Online campaign which culminated in the World First Inevitable City conquest. Current Focus: Star Citizen march to 1.0 Dune Awakeining, World of Warcraft legacy campaign conclusion in the Worldsoul Saga, we have additional areas of interest in a variety of upcoming MMORPGS!
Welcome to RUIN Gaming! Join one of the best gaming communities on Twitch, stop by the stream chat and Discord! Thank you to all of our long-time members and supporters! RUIN Gaming Announces Launch of New Twitch Livestreaming and Multi-Media Studio Dune Awakening Launch. Join RUIN on the Wrath Server: Sietch Hajar
Find out when you can pre-load Dune: Awakening and when it is launching in your timezone: The first thing you need to know is exactly when you can start playing.
Irradiate, Illuminate, Annihilate! Join RUIN in Star Citizen for Alpha 4.2 Storm Breaker. RUIN fields a portion of our Star Citizen capital ship for fleet week.
RUIN GUILD MEETING UPDATE 2025 Policy Overview: STRATEGIC SITUATION Current Operations and Transition Context
Reasons for Strategic Realignment
STRATEGIC SHIFTS AND NEW OPERATIONAL FOCUS Executive Summary RUIN Gaming, a prominent multi-gaming community founded in 2004, is at a pivotal moment as it concludes its engagement with World of Warcraft’s (WoW) at the end of the World Soul Saga, ending a 20-year narrative arc under Chris Metzen’s direction. Due to Blizzard Entertainment’s limited investment in WoW’s PvP capabilities and its outdated game engine, RUIN is scaling back operations to minimal PvE activities on the Stormrage server, closing all Classic branches and most Retail branches. Support for Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) is also being terminated following its transfer to Broadsword. This strategic realignment shifts resources toward emerging MMORPGs, including Star Citizen, Ashes of Creation, and Dune Awakening, with a focus on large-scale PvP and community-driven engagements. To support this transition, RUIN is actively recruiting, developing leadership, and fundraising, while leveraging its new RUIN Studio Project to enhance community engagement through Twitch livestreaming and multimedia content. This week, RUIN is heavily focused on Dune Awakening and Star Citizen’s Alpha 4.2, capitalizing on recent updates to strengthen their presence in these titles. In Dune Awakening, RUIN is active on the Wrath Server (Sietch Hajar), engaging in the game’s recent launch and patch 1.1.0.15, which addressed PvP balance and server stability issues. The guild is navigating the Deep Desert’s PvP-heavy endgame, despite community concerns about griefing and ornithopter exploits, and is testing the Public Test Client for patch 1.1.10.0 to prepare for upcoming PvE enhancements. In Star Citizen, RUIN is participating in the Alpha 4.2.1 Foundation Festival, emphasizing mentorship and cooperative gameplay, and leveraging the revamped Wikelo mission rewards and UEE Navy patrols to enhance their fleet operations with assets like the RSI Polaris. These efforts aim to establish RUIN as a dominant force in both games’ competitive landscapes. RUIN’s community, with over 13,000 Discord members, remains a cornerstone of its operations, fostering engagement through weekly meetings and events like “Patron Thursday” and “Friday RUIN after Dark,” which encourage camaraderie across titles like Destiny 2 and Grand Theft Auto V. The guild’s media presence is bolstered by the RUIN Studio Project, with active content creation on YouTube, Twitch, and Patreon, showcasing their campaigns in Dune Awakening and Star Citizen. By immersing members in the rich lore of these games and leveraging modern game engines like Unreal Engine for Ashes of Creation and Lumberyard for Star Citizen, RUIN is positioning itself at the forefront of virtual operational innovation. The guild’s focus on leadership training and financial contributions ensures mission readiness, aiming to sustain its reputation as a leading multi-gaming community. RUIN will continue to encourage our community members to branch out into the full spectrum of online multiplayer games through our Summer 2021-2023 Campaign. Serving a mission that is greater than gear score. Large parts of the RUIN community are deliberately moving away from Activision Blizzard games towards more modern alternatives. What is Star Citizen? Discover a new universe on an unprecedented scale, join a thriving community, and build it with us. Adventure awaits, Citizen. Embark on your Star Citizen adventure with limited-time discounted starter packs! Select the ship that comes with your game download. In Star Citizen, you can be whoever you want and explore the stars on your own terms. You can mine ore, haul cargo, salvage space wrecks, hunt bounties, become a mercenary, or even take up a life of crime. Fly and drive a vast variety of vehicles and play how you want to play – the possibilities are endless. RSI Polaris Guild Ship With massive torpedoes designed to take out much larger ships, a small-craft hangar, and a military-standard med bay, the Polaris is capable of single-handedly keeping your local star system safe and secure.  The event also highlighted RUIN’s organizational prowess and community engagement, as they hosted access to Orbital Lazer Platforms, unveiling an array of powerful weapons and new armor variants/cosmetics. The operation wasn’t just a logistical success—it was a spectacle of memorable PvP clashes, drawing in international organizations and prominent YouTubers and livestreamers. RUIN’s ability to field multiple well-crewed capital ships alongside fighter aircraft underscored their dominance in high-stakes engagements, cementing their reputation as a formidable force in the game’s competitive landscape. RUIN Gaming is at a critical juncture in its history as we conclude our engagement with the World of Warcraft (WoW) World Soul Saga, marking the end of twenty years of narrative under the narrative direction of Chris Metzen. This closure signals not only the completion of a significant chapter but also the initiation of a strategic realignment toward emerging massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), including Star Citizen, Ashes of Creation, and Dune Awakening. This shift is driven by Blizzard Entertainment’s insufficient investment in WoW’s player-versus-player (PvP) capabilities and outdated game engine. RUIN Gaming will reduce WoW operations to minimal player-versus-environment (PvE) activities on the Stormrage server, closing all Classic branches and most Retail branches. Concurrently, active support for Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) will cease following its transfer to Broadsword. Recruitment, leadership development, and financial support initiatives are underway to ensure mission readiness for operations in new MMORPGs, focusing on large-scale PvP and community-driven engagements.
One of our favorite traditions, BlizzCon brings us together over our shared passion for Blizzard’s universes, but at its heart, BlizzCon has always been about so much more. It’s about you, the communities you are a part of, and gives us the chance to connect, build friendships, and create unforgettable memories together. As many celebrate the Lunar New Year all around the world and in Azeroth, we want to take a moment to pause, reflect on 2024, and share more of what we have planned for 2025. What is Star Citizen Discover a new universe of unprecedented scale. Play your way — fly, trade, mine, salvage, fight, race, and explore your way through an immersive multiplayer sci-fi experience like none other. Welcome to the ‘Verse. Gaming NewsGaming news of interest to the RUIN community! Embark on the Expedition of a lifetime with Gustave (Charlie Cox), Maelle (Jennifer English), Lune (Kirsty Rider), Sciel (Shala Nyx), and Monoco (Rich Keeble), alongside incredible characters such as the powerful-yet–lazy Esquie (Maxence Carzola), the mysterious Verso (Ben Starr), and the brooding force that is Renoir (Andy Serkis). The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered – Official Trailer Explore Cyrodiil like never before in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, available now on Xbox Series X|S, Game Pass, PlayStation 5 and PC.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion™ Remastered modernizes the 2006 Game of the Year with all new stunning visuals and refined gameplay.
Explore the vast landscape of Cyrodiil like never before and stop the forces of Oblivion from overtaking the land in one of the greatest RPGs ever from the award-winning Bethesda Game Studios. Introducing Wildgate—a new crew-based shooter featuring out-of-this-world spaceship combat and only three rules: outsmart, outrun, or outgun. Official News Survival Sandbox World of Warcraft Worldsoul Saga
A grand new adventure 20 years in the making DEFEND AZEROTH FROM THE SHADOWS BELOWJourney through never-before-seen subterranean worlds filled with hidden wonders and lurking perils, down to the dark depths of the Nerubian empire, where the malicious Harbinger of the Void is gathering arachnid forces to bring Azeroth to its knees. The Worldsoul Saga RUIN is currently engaged in Alpha testing of Ashes of Creation and actively reviewing Star Citizen for a potential future 1.0 launch campaign! The Mists of Pandaria Classic Pre-Patch is Now Live! You’ve ended Deathwing’s destructive rampage; now, you must unlock the mysteries of a lost continent and discover the dark secrets of Pandaria’s past when World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Classic launches on July 21 at 3:00 pm PDT. World of Warcraft and other MMORPGS. MMOs, at their core, are games that provide for the communal experience of the Great Myth which is a fundamental human pursuit throughout nearly every culture and time in history. Intellectual properties such as, Star Wars, World of Warcraft, Elder Scrolls, etc. are modern adaptations and additions to the great human myth telling tradition. Expansive universes in which the heroic journey of many trials can be more directly experienced. We encourage members to immerse themselves in the rich lore and ever expanding stories that are the foundation of every game we play. Invest time and pride into your characters! Strive to fully enjoy the online gaming experience within our community! Community Objectives We remain excited for the future, with many improvements in the gaming genre on the technological front with the introduction of new consoles as well as next generation gaming engines and intellectual properties! Unreal 5 engine is of particular interest to us in 2023! Have fun and win! COMMUNITY Our mission is to provide an oasis for gamers and a much needed escape from the real world intended to uplift morale and provide a hopeful place to socialize, make new friends while maintaining connections with all of those we have met along the way over the last sixteen years. RUIN’s Discord server has reached over 13,000 members! We continue to remain a supportive meritocracy, where our success is a direct result of finding new gaming leaders and team-builders within our community, then empower them through providing resources, training, support, and a friendly community to become the best possible leaders. We utilize the features of Discord to make all of this possible including tech support, suggestion channel, gaming news, and guides for our favorite games. Discord Meeting Schedule
Would you like to be a member of the RUIN officer team or help the community directly? SOCIAL MEDIAWe aim to provide exciting content on current and upcoming games via YouTube, Twitch, Social Media and more. Subsequently, we encourage Game Developers to provide our community with massive multiplayer content that we have always envisioned, bringing virtual communities into a fully realized and complete state. We hope to engage an increasingly wide player base and keep invested in currently popular and upcoming gaming platforms by utilizing our social media well. EVENTSRUIN traditionally hosts a variety of guild events in and out of game. Including Blizzcon, movie premiers, summer vacation retreats and other gaming or entertainment industry related conventions and events! |
