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 nears 200K concurrent players thanks to Trailblazer Reloaded
Despite its age, it looks as if Old School RuneScape is still capable of breaking records. The recent arrival of Leagues IV: Trailblazer Reloaded...
Old School RuneScape releases Leagues IV Trailblazer, causing the servers to buckle under the strain
Today is both a big day and a sore day for fans of Old School RuneScape's temporary game modes, as Jagex officially opened the...
RuneScape improves dungeon visuals, refreshes premier rewards, and applies Zamorak improvements
It's a new week of stuff for players of RuneScape, with the MMORPG adding a new lick of visual paint to some dungeons, making...
RuneScape adds a new boss fight November 20, Old School RuneScape confirms Leagues IV for November 15
I'm now convinced that dragons are made of cat software installed into reptilian hardware; they would much rather sleep for long periods of time,...
RuneScape improves visuals, tweaks Dungeoneering, and readies another double XP event
RuneScape is hoping to look prettier - or at least less dated - thanks to the game's newst splash of visual paint this week,...
RuneScape begins beta testing combat changes, opens an autumn survey, and shares cookbook recipes
RuneScape's newsletter for the week is absolutely jam-packed. Or topped with cheese and onions. Or stuffed with chili. However you slice it, there's a...
Old School RuneScape previews the dungeon beneath Varlamore in Perilous Moons
You know, if dwarves would just read one work of fiction they'd know that "dwarves dug too greedily and too deep" was kind of a...
Perfect Ten: Solid MMOs you might be sleeping on in 2023
For today's list, I wanted to take a different approach to recommending MMORPGs to you. I know we often talk about underrated titles, but...
Old School RuneScape wants to be a lumberjack (again) with Forestry: Part Two
For those lumbering about pining for a true arbor feeling, wood you give Old School RuneScape another look? Because this MMO just dropped the...
SMITE and RuneScape renew their collaboration with new and returning hero skins
Last November saw the unlikely combination of RuneScape and SMITE in a collaborative event that featured several members of the MOBA roster done up...
Old School RuneScape previews its next wave survival activity, reruns last year’s Halloween event
Old School RuneScape is once again bursting at the seams with all sorts of news and updates, from future plans to current events and...
RuneScape’s Halloween event offers up masks, overhead emotes, and fort decor for smashing pumpkins
Monday, October 16th, may be known as the greatest day ever known by players of RuneScape. That's because the MMORPG's Halloween event will go...
Old School RuneScape addresses its botting problem, confirms nearly 2.4M bot bans this year
The botting problem in Old School RuneScape is a persistent thorn in players' side to the point that most believe that developer Jagex is...
RuneScape’s Ancient Awakening update brings a new quest and combat arena for Necromancers
Sure, the Necromancy skill line arrived during the summer, but that doesn't mean RuneScape isn't about to let its new combat skill line go...
RuneScape walks back detested Hero Pass, calls it a ‘misstep’
After weeks of derision and divisiveness over the system, RuneScape's new Hero Pass is heading to an early grave.
Jagex announced that it would be...
Massively Overthinking: What’s the most chaotic behavior you’ve seen from MMO players?
A week or two ago, I found myself discussing Ultima Online by way of trying to convince our work chat that players often do...
Old School RuneScape outlines Chambers of Xeric tweaks, RuneScape begins fixing its Hero Pass
It's yet another active week for RuneScape and Old School RuneScape full of instance adjustment plans, charitable item offers, tabletop pre-ordering, and addressing a...
Old School RuneScape opens the Scar Essence Mine, RuneScape kicks off a PvM buff event
It's another week of Jagex game news, or at least the games that are still running, anyway: Both RuneScape and Old School RuneScape have...
RuneScape outlines initial plans to address its deeply unpopular Hero Pass monetization
The end of August saw Jagex elect to burn up some of the goodwill between itself and RuneScape players with the reveal of a...
Old School RuneScape tweaks Wilderness features, adjusts a bear fight, and ramps up PvP repair costs
Get used to seeing "Poll 80 changes" as a feature in Old School RuneScape patches for the next several weeks because the voted-for transformation...