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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Lawful Neutral: No really, who owns Jagex and RuneScape?
RuneScape is one of those games that always seems to fly under my radar. It's not intentional, and I don't have anything especially against...
RuneScape introduces Player Advocacy Group-led changes, OSRS adds new Slayer content
Ah, yes, another week of RuneScape updates via the usual newsletter. Time to open it up and -- what's this? a totally new format?...
The MOP Up: RuneScape’s beach blast is (almost) back
Depending on where you live, you may or may not be allowed to (or want to) go to a beach this summer -- but...
RuneScape resorts to Desperate Measures with its July 27 content drop
New content is always on the way to RuneScape, and this round, it's called Desperate Measures. As revealed yesterday, the new chapter will follow...
Perfect Ten: More time traveling adventures in MMOs
Writers and geeks alike can't seem to get enough of time travel -- and neither can I! Back in 2017, I wrote a list of...
RuneScape improves its chat filtering, OSRS adds more Poll 71 features and tweaks death mechanics
Surprise, surprise, some players of RuneScape and Old School RuneScape have been presumably trying to circumvent the hard-locked chat terms meant to discourage hateful...
RuneScape shares its latest Ninja Team strike efforts and a few Fourth of July event details
The Ninjas of RuneScape have once again been busy addressing player issues. This week's update bulletin starts with the seventh Ninja Strike, which made...
RuneScape details changes to the chat profanity filter as Jagex marks a fifth year of revenue growth
Platitudes about supporting Black lives are fine, but action is far more vital, and RuneScape is hoping to make its game friendlier for marginalized...
RuneScape adds a shadowy Yak Track, celebrates Pride, and offers a word on suspicious account recovery emails
Jagex just can't seem to stop fussing over Archaeology in RuneScape. This week's patch notes once again have a number of adjustments to the...
Who really owns RuneScape? A new Chinese lawsuit in the UK is poised to find out
Ah, remember 2019? Such a terrible year, made good only in hindsight. Throughout that year, we wrote about how RuneScape developer Jagex was put...
RuneScape makes some improvements to the Grand Exchange and the mobile version
Oh hey, it's a fresh week in RuneScape! And you know what that means! Another week of patch notes! This week, the Ninja Team...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Past Fate, Damascus, Rise in Time, and Infinite Fleet
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs (and MMO-adjacent titles) you've never heard of!
Remember Past Fate? It made it into this roundup last...
RuneScape fixes evil trees and ‘horribly deformed’ livestock as Jagex celebrates a $250K charity donation
Another week, another RuneScape patch. It's a tale as old as time, but as the headline alludes, this week's set of patch notes has...
Old School RuneScape’s vampire patch triggers a rollback, Jagex supports Black Lives Matter
Here's the good news for Old School RuneScape fans: The 2007-era MMO just unleashed its Darkmeyer update on the world, which "introduces the Sins...
RuneScape makes changes to the player-owned farm tutorial and Kalphite King in this week’s patch
The weekly update post from RuneScape this week is a little bit thin on things to talk about. That's not to say there aren't...
Old School RuneScape continues improving the Chambers of Xeric, announces a Darkmeyer release date
Old School RuneScape continues to stay busy on the news front with another round of Poll #71 improvements to the Chambers of Xeric and...
RuneScape’s Ninjas make several fixes to boss instances and interfaces
Go ninja, go ninja, go! More directly, the Ninja Team of Jagex, which has applied a variety of fixes in RuneScape's most recent patch....
RuneScape shows off the art of Archaeology, OSRS begins making changes to the Chambers of Xeric
Jagex's two games are back in our news rotation once again, with RuneScape showing off its artwork for Archaeology and Old School RuneScape applying...
RuneScape starts Mental Health Awareness Week and recaps the past 12 months of content in a video
This week in RuneScape is a very special one. It's Mental Health Awareness Week, and the world of Gielinor has some of Jagex's mental...
Betawatch: Dual Universe could go to consoles – but isn’t planning on it
You'd think an entire piece from the Dual Universe team about how the game wasn't planned for consoles and will still not be going to...