Official Site:Â RuneScape
Studio: Jagex Games Studio
Launch Date:Â January 4, 2001
Genre:Â Fantasy Sandbox
Business Model:Â Hybrid F2P (Optional Sub, Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, Browser
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RuneScape previews new nature-loving druids for you to help and/or rob incessantly
Remember defeating the Elder Gods in Gielinor? It turns out that this means nature is healing in RuneScape, and it is in fact healing...
RuneScape’s latest update offers multiple quality-of-life improvements
Thanks to developer ingenuity and community feedback, RuneScape introduced an assortment of quality-of-life features in the game's latest update. "Improvements include enabling teleporting at the...
Old School RuneScape outlines incoming changes to Tombs of Amascut drops and player polling
Yes, Old School RuneScape is apparently going to be tuning something related to August's Tombs of Amascut raid again, but this time it's less...
Jagex-published RuneScape spinoff Melvor Idle releases its Throne of the Herald expansion
Do you remember Melvor Idle? It's a solo-built idle game that openly drew inspiration from RuneScape and boils down the leveling up of the...
Vague Patch Notes: Defining classic servers and progression servers for MMOs
Something that I've been thinking about a lot over the past few days - for no particular reason - is the idea of classic...
RuneScape’s Jagex heralds $143M in profits for 2021, will face RICO allegations in court in 2024
It's a bit of good news and bad news for those who are interested in the business dealings of RuneScape developer Jagex. First, the...
Old School RuneScape celebrates Halloween with a new event while putting more gameplay modes in testing
If your Halloween experience isn't complete without low-poly ghosts drifting around and making theoretically spooky sounds, you're going to want to check out Old...
RuneScape brings back its Halloween event with classic activities and new cosmetic rewards until November 4
This week in RuneScape, it's all about the Halloween season as the game's spook-filled event is back again for another year, offering up several...
Old School RuneScape shares player reactions to Poll 77 as the Jagex launcher gets multi-account support
Earlier this week Old School RuneScape opened up its 77th poll with the focus on making a host of quality-of-life features. As usual, the...
Old School RuneScape officially opens its fresh start worlds today
Old School RuneScape is not about to be left out of the fresh start worlds hullabaloo started by its successor. Today, players of the...
RuneScape adds Wilderness flash events and Zamorak miniquests, Old School RuneScape opens Poll 77
Are you an Old School RuneScape player who's ready for some hot polling action? Do you have opinions about quality-of-life features? Then your voice...
RuneScape warns players against PvP arena gold trading and giveaway-based RMT
Readers might remember that Old School RuneScape had launched the PvP arena as a replacement for its old duel arena, which was being used...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that went through complete technical clownshows
I've gone on record multiple times to state that when you get right down to it, MMOs look pretty darn complicated. There are a...
Old School RuneScape opens up its quest speedrunning worlds tomorrow
Tomorrow, October 12th, players of Old School RuneScape will get the chance to experience questing at the speed of sound. That's the official launch...
RuneScape skips weekly patch, teases Game Jam content, and details latest fresh start world bonuses
RuneScape didn't release a patch this week. That might sound like cause for concern on the surface, but the MMORPG's weekly newsletter offers up...
Perfect Ten: Ten quirky and interesting MMOs worth trying
Quite often while I'm writing columns for Massively OP, the catalyst behind a given topic is what interests me right then -- and, I...
Old School RuneScape gets in on the Fresh Start World experience on October 19
Do you love Old School RuneScape so much that you want to experience earning everything in the game all over again from scratch? We're...
RuneScape swings a banhammer at accounts caught exploiting its Fresh Start Worlds
RuneScape's Fresh Start Worlds are not looking so crispy and fresh out of the gate. First, Jagex had to rollback the servers due to...
Old School RuneScape polls its players about Wilderness weapon changes
Old School RuneScape's continuing quest to update the rework the Wilderness has taken yet another step - a polling step, to be specific. The...
RuneScape rolls back its live servers and Fresh Start Worlds because of an issue with the latter being inaccessible
So RuneScape's developer Jagex decides that it's going to launch a series of Fresh Start Worlds, a chance for people to start playing the...