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Official Site: RuneScape
Studio: Jagex Games Studio
Launch Date: January 4, 2001
Genre: Fantasy Sandbox
Business Model: Hybrid F2P (Optional Sub, Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, Browser

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RuneScape invites players to test out bank and weapon diversity changes

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Sometimes updates cover two important aspects of a game that just don't mesh up very well. Such is the case with today's RuneScape update...

RuneScape talks banks, weapons, and player farms, OSRS talks Song of the Elves and Warding poll results

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It's a whole gaggle of RuneScape and Old School RuneScape news. Seriously, an entire, weighty gaggle. Let's get started. RuneScape has not just one,...

Perfect Ten: Great MMOs that will run just fine on your old computer

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The other day a friend was telling me that he used to play EverQuest Online Adventures very regularly back in the day, but fell...

The MOP Up: Ragnarok Online EU is relaunching

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Ragnarok Online is changing hands in Europe, and as part of that, the long-running fantasy MMO is relaunching with a different spin under 4game....

RuneScape’s RuneFest 2019 picks dinosaur theme, promises ‘huge game-changing announcements’

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We knew when this year's RuneScape convention is taking place: October 4th to 5th. We knew where, too: the Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference...
THAT'S NOW HOW LAWS WORK

A lawsuit against Jagex for muting a player is thrown out in five days

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Let's tell a story about one Amro Elansari, a player of RuneScape who was muted for undisclosed reasons (so almost certainly involving his being...

RuneScape patches holes in Land Out of Time, promotes summer special sub sale

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With RuneScape's Land Out of Time fresh on the live servers as of last week, Jagex is already looking ahead to post-launch fixes and...
Mouth.

RuneScape studio Jagex contradicts claim that its Chinese owner resold it

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OK, so maybe Jagex hasn't been sold again, yet. The backstory: Earlier this year, we covered the news that RuneScape developer Jagex was being put up...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 228: Justin, interrupted

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Justin and Bree discuss anticipated MMOs, Warframe, FFXIV, WoW Classic, Pagan Online, Fallout 76, RuneScape, Blue Protocol, and Elite Dangerous, with mailbag questions on how MMOs find audiences and how we pick which MMOs to cover.
A weapon!

RuneScape studio Jagex has been sold, again, this time valued at $530M

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Back at the beginning of 2019, we covered the news that RuneScape developer Jagex was being put up for sale by the Chinese holding company...

RuneScape’s Land Out of Time has launched – check out the trailer

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It's a big day for RuneScape: Land Out of Time is dropping for the original-flavor game. Well, the most original-flavor version of the game...
This took some work.

The Game Archaeologist: Ironman modes and elective permadeath

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One facet of video games that's been around almost since the very beginning is difficulty levels. This allowed the player to choose how hard...

Old School RuneScape ponders partnerships and puts it to a player poll

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Old School RuneScape is, in its own words, "resolutely a subscription-only game," and as it's subscription-only game, one of the biggest things the devs...

The MOP Up: Prosperous Universe’s economy gets a boost with local markets

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The economy obviously is a major component of the upcoming Prosperous Universe -- it's kind of hinted at right there in the name, after...
Old and busted.

Old School RuneScape is taking aim at account security

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You all have phones, right? Because you can use those to enable two-factor authentication for RuneScape, something that Jagex strongly encourages you to do....

RuneScape preps Breaking the Storm event, Old School rolls out Wilderness changes

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This July, RuneScape's summer update The Land Out of Time will pull back the proverbial curtain on the temporally anomalous island of Anachronia, where...

Old School RuneScape dishes on Song of the Elves dev progress in new blog

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It's been some time since Old School RuneScape's Song of the Elves quest was initially revealed at RuneFest 2018, but don't worry -- it's...
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RuneScape is reworking Maw Enhancers to no longer be items

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Those of you running out of space to store the enhancers obtained from the Motherlode Maw in RuneScape needn't worry much longer, as the game...

The MOP Up: Project Torque revs back up for another race

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Car racing MMOs have endured bumpy runs in the genre, including the late Project Torque (also called Level R and HEAT Online). Torque ran...

Battle Bards Episode 146: More vocals

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In another theme sequel, the Battle Bards return to the notion of vocal tracks in MMORPGs. Does singing hold a special place in online...

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