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’s Jagex on the much-derided battlepass: ‘We messed up’
All week, we've been covering the chaos brewing over in the RuneScape community as players have put up a strong protest against Jagex's new...
Rumor: RuneScape studio Jagex might be up for sale again, the fourth time in less than a decade
The uproar over RuneScape's new monetization mess has a new angle today as apparently the future of UK-based Jagex is up in the air.
According...
RuneScape launches a plus-sized seasonal pass with 120 levels (as players continue to riot)
If you pause for a moment and tilt your head to the side, you may hear the subtle but distinct distant boom of a...
One Shots: Bumping into an old, old friend
When you log back into an MMORPG after a long time away, that feeling of being an intruding stranger is pretty strong. But you...
Old School RuneScape begins tweaking Deadman Apocalypse and applies Poll 80 adjustments
It's all about tuning, tweaking, and tadjustment (the "t" is silent there) in Old School RuneScape, as the game's weekly update post brings word...
RuneScape subbers are not happy about its new battlepass-style Hero Pass system
If you were desperately hoping that there was another way to give RuneScape your money on top of the game's existing subscription option, good...
The MOP Up: RuneScape’s community is ‘smashing’ that Necromancy skill
Jagex said that Necromancy has proven to be a huge hit in RuneScape, with the community taking to this new skill line like a...
Old School RuneScape begins Deadman Apocalypse, RuneScape continues to tweak Necromancy
The apocalypse has come for Old School RuneScape, or at least a form of one couched within a game mode. The Deadman servers are...
Old School RuneScape outlines Sailing’s next step, return of Deadman and Trailblazer, and its next zone
The Summer Summit broadcast from Old School RuneScape has just wrapped up, and if you happened to have missed out on any of the...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs whose worlds were built from scratch
Maybe I'm the only one to have stopped to think about it, but a great deal of the MMOs that we enjoy are based...
The Daily Grind: How can MMOs make necromancy more interesting?
With RuneScape finally -- ahem -- unearthing necromancy for its fans, playing with dead things has never seemed so relevant. Or messy. I mean,...
RuneScape heralds Necromancy hotfixing and player activity, Old School RuneScape dates its Summer Summit showcase
This is probably not going to come as a surprise, but RuneScape is very much all-in and fully focused on the Necromancy skill that...
Massively Overthinking: Rescuing the worst economies in the MMO genre
As a hardcore economy player in most of the MMOs I play, I pay a whole lot of attention to the health of the...
RuneScape brings its all-new Necromancy skill online
The time has come to rise (from your grave) and shine (a ghostly lantern to suck up souls). The Necromancy skill has arrived to...
RuneScape shares Necromancy gameplay footage, Old School RuneScape talks forestry
RuneScape is now one week away from releasing the Necromancy skill, which means that Jagex is shoveling coal into the hype engine as it...
Old School RuneScape releases its newest quest line Desert Treasure II The Fallen Empire
It's been nearly 20 years since Old School RuneScape players visited the Mahjarrat and its mysterious people in the Desert Treasure quest. At long...
Old School RuneScape discusses integration of its Sailing skill, RuneScape begins another XP boosting event July 28
Adding a new skill to Old School RuneScape isn't just a question of plopping it into the game, apparently; there are lore implications and...
RuneScape launches the Dead and Buried quest, Old School RuneScape hypes next week’s Desert Treasure II
It's time for the next step forward in RuneScape's Fort Forinthry story, and this time Jagex is promising that this one is putting the...
Old School RuneScape continues adjusting Forestry, RuneScape sneak-peeks Necromancy story and next week’s quest
It's a story of adjustments for Old School RuneScape and looks ahead for RuneScape, with the former making another round of tweaks to its...
Old School RuneScape explains 2023 Deadman prize structure, RuneScape showcases Necromancy rituals
The competitive playerbase of Old School RuneScape is apparently not too pleased with the new-look Deadman mode later this summer, particularly because the prize...