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 adjusts mining rates, teases Archaeology, and prepares for charity streams
RuneScape is once again back with another week of news bits for its players. This week, there's some new-look patch notes, reminders of upcoming...
Massively Overthinking: Which MMORPG do you wish got a glow-up?
No matter how much we love mechanics, even our most cerebral writers and readers still admit to being graphics snobs. It's human: We like...
Valentine’s Day 2020 across the MMO universe
Per tradition, we've been covering the launch of Valentine's Day events in MMOs and MMORPGs over the last couple of weeks, but tomorrow is...
RuneScape adjusts War’s Retreat and asks players to help King Slime find love
Just because you're a gelatinous mass of awful material doesn't mean you don't deserve love, and it's up to RuneScape players to help that...
Old School RuneScape releases its Nightmare of Ashihama boss fight
A nightmare is settling over the land of Old School RuneScape. A living nightmare, to be exact. Luckily, this nightmare seems reasonably susceptible to...
RuneScape outlines a number of updates made to mining and smithing
You really think all those swords and shields and pieces of plate armor just appear in the world of Gielinor? Actually, yes, yes they...
The MOP Up: SWTOR’s subscription tauntauns smell great on the outside
For all who subscribe to Star Wars: The Old Republic, there's a new gift waiting for you under your seat. You get a tauntaun!...
RuneScape opens up War’s Retreat and brings back the Skill Off event for winter
It's time to slap boss monsters silly for rewards and the favor of War, the Horseman of the Apocalypse! No, it's not the plot...
US Court of Appeals upholds decision that a RuneScape player’s muting did not violate free speech
The 3rd Circuit US Court of Appeals has effectively squashed any further action by one Amro Elansari, a RuneScape player who claimed that Jagex's...
RuneScape previews upcoming War’s Retreat PvM hub, hires former WildStar dev Mike Donatelli
Care to beat up some bosses for shinies? That sounds like the usual gameplay loop for nearly every MMORPG ever, but the new War's...
Over a million people subbed to RuneScape in 2019, with ‘many millions’ more playing F2P
Ah RuneScape - the MMO everyone seems to be playing, but nobody you know. It's made our "underrated" lists repeatedly over the years while...
RuneScape shares player-made activity pets, addresses a Treasure Hunter exploit, and celebrates 19 years
Oh man, I was almost scared that there wouldn't be a metric ton of things coming out of RuneScape this week, but my worst...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most expensive MMO to play at the start of 2020?
Let's talk about money. Everyone knows that you can go over to Star Citizen right now and drop thousands of dollars on stuff in the...
RuneScape provides some in-character teases of the Warforge Archaeology site
If you're among those invested in the lore of RuneScape, then a post on the game's website from a couple of weeks back might...
Jukebox Heroes: A Charlie Brown MMO Christmas
I don't know if you realized this, but every year Bree asks me to whip up a column of MMO holiday tunes for Christmas....
Choose My Adventure: All the MMOs you made us play in 2019
When I was handed the reins of Choose My Adventure by the incomparably awesome Eliot, I had bare little idea what sort of things...
Global Chat: Is WoW Classic a mixed blessing?
Now that World of Warcraft Classic has been out for a few months and established itself, what's the verdict? Telwyn over at GamingSF said...
The Massively Overpowered 2019 winter holiday MMO roundup
The holidays are here! Well, most of them are. Some of them might not be. And as is tradition here at Massively Overpowered, we...
RuneScape kicks off its holiday festivities, reworks challenges, and fixes combat input issues
With the holidays fast approaching, RuneScape has been working up to its brand of seasonal goodness since the beginning of this month. The most...
RuneScape discusses initiatives to monitor extreme player spending as part of a ‘duty of care’
A bit of backstory here: In September of this year, a Parliamentary report on addictive technologies like gaming monetization pointed to the case of...
