It centered on team-based gameplay and included some role-playing video game elements, notably the character class and level-based systems.
A character could gain experience points by hitting other players and raise up to level 30.
It brought together the former two communities of AOL and Gamestorm and was one of the most popular games on the service, surpassing its spiritual successor, Spellbinder: The Nexus Conflict, developed in 1999.
[citation needed] An unofficial server emulator, Magestorm Revival, began development in 2009.
[citation needed] Another unofficial server emulator, Magestorm on Gamemodi, has been open and available for play since 2017.