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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Old School RuneScape’s eighth anniversary has monkeys, RuneScape has double XP this weekend
You know the saying "more fun that a barrel full of monkeys"? Well that seems to be taken rather literally by Old School RuneScape,...
RuneScape offers another update on its ongoing player avatar refresh project
The devs of RuneScape are very hard at work making very pretty avatars for players. Readers will recall that this was first outlined in...
Valentine’s Day begins in Star Citizen, SWG Legends, DAOC, and more
OK, MMOs, we get it, you have chocolate and pink stuff and hearts. This is the last one of these roundups I'm doing this...
RuneScape improves various teleportation methods and adds a Valentine’s Day-themed heist
It's a new week in the world of Gielinor and that means it's time for another weekly newsletter from RuneScape. This week, the Ninjas...
OSRS expands the Isle of Souls and discusses equipment balance as Jagex’s CEO talks about its new owner
We've got a tale from both sides from the same RuneScape coin -- the gaming side and the business side -- so let's get...
Perfect Ten: A guide to podcasts for your favorite MMOs
Clearly, your Tuesday schedule every week should have a big fat "LISTEN TO MASSIVELY OP PODCAST" written at 4:00 p.m. EST right on it....
RuneScape adds player-created Activity Pets and marks the Ninja Team’s anniversary with a quest
This week in RuneScape, it's all about Ninjas and pets. Which sort of reads like Jagex is encouraging players to pet ninjas when the...
RuneScape offers a look at its upcoming avatar visual refresh
On the whole, RuneScape is a pretty nice-looking game, but flipping back through my own images from my run through the game for CMA...
Lawful Neutral: The bizarre corporate effort to buy RuneScape studio Jagex
Would it really be a new year without Runescape developer Jagex being involved in some sort of weird corporate sale only to be blocked...
Old School RuneScape is finally launching on Steam
Every once in a while, I'll bump into a long-running MMORPG that isn't on Steam and think, wait, what? How is that thing not...
RuneScape studio Jagex disputes RICO-tinged lawsuit over its convoluted ownership
Earlier this week, RuneScape studio Jagex announced it had been sold to a new investment company, The Carlyle Group. But then we learned another...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 306: Money makes the MMOs go ’round
Justin and Bree discuss Pantheon, the KingsIsle and Jagex buyouts, World of Warcraft, Star Trek Online, and Guild Wars 2, with adventures in WoW, LOTRO, and SWG Legends, plus mailbox topics on underwater combat and choosing between MMO subs.
RuneScape studio Jagex has been sold for the third time in six years against the backdrop of a… RICO lawsuit?
We're going to play a fun new game today. It's called Who Owns Jagex Now!
As we chronicled last summer, RuneScape studio Jagex's ownership became...
Melvor Idle is a surprise multi-platform hit based on RuneScape
How do you feel about idle games? Occasionally I'll pick one up on my phone to fiddle with for a while, but my interest...
RuneScape’s newest patch improves the player-owned farm
If you have a farm in RuneScape, some animals there are probably your favorites. The latest patch allows you to specifically set some animals as...
RuneScape shares update plans for 2021 in a developer livestream
We're halfway through the month of January now, which seems as good a time as any for the devs of RuneScape to offer some...
Global Chat: Revisiting all of SOE’s game history
I'm always a sucker for a good timeline, which is why I perked up at seeing Wilhelm at Ancient Gaming Noob trace out the...
Old School RuneScape refines Soul Wars and releases Ironman versions of God Wars dungeon generals
This week in Old School RuneScape is all about Soul Wars and God Wars. More specifically, it's about making the Soul Wars content more...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 304: League of MMORPGs
Justin and Bree discuss Riot's new MMO, RuneScape, Neverwinter, Crowfall, and Path of Exile, with adventures in Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft, Torchlight II, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on losing hype and legal complexity in MMOs.
RuneScape has a Celebration of Combat with various combat buffs as part of its Grand Party
As the Grand Party rolls on in RuneScape, things are getting a little bit combative. Not because anything is going wrong, but because this...
