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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The Stream Team: Chronicle: RuneScape Legends PvE campaign mode and giveaway
Are you hesitant to try out a CCG because you worry about PvP as a noob against veteran players? Besides the practice mode, Chronicle: RuneScape...
Massively OP’s guide to MMO Halloween 2016
"Two things I did on Hallows Night: / Made my house April-clear / Left open wide my door / to the ghosts of the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 87: Rise of Stormblood Rising
Justin, Bree, and Eliot discuss FFXIV Stormblood, WoW, SWGEmu, The Secret World, Daybreak, SHSO, and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on replacing SWG and retiring with MMORPGs.
Chronicle: RuneScape Legends releases solo Trials of Radimus today
RuneScape-flavored online card battler Chronicle: RuneScape Legends is unleashing a new campaign today called the Trials of Radimus -- and this one's meant for...
One Shots: The Guild Wars franchise, then and now
Any time I see someone post an MMO screenshot from older games, I feel like it benefits the historical record by adding another visible...
RuneScape dev Jagex helps form new Chinese company, saw ‘record profits in 2015’
Back in June, we were finally able to confirm the rumored $300M March sale of British MMORPG studio Jagex to China's Shandong Hongda, a...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs auction off or delete the possessions of banned players?
One of the oddities revealed during RuneScape's RuneFest over the weekend is the fact that Jagex plans to auction off the in-game possessions of...
RuneScape has counted its 250 millionth player
RuneScape continues to be ridiculously popular: Jagex formally announced this afternoon that the game has officially seen 250 million accounts created since its original January...
RuneScape embraces expansion model and announces in-game weather
At this past Saturday's RuneFest, Jagex made several major revelations concerning RuneScape's development and future. The decisions were made following a player survey asking...
Perfect Ten: The worst-squandered IPs in online gaming
There are always going to be differences in opinion about what should be done with an IP based upon a franchise. That's just natural....
Battle Bards Episode 81: Goblins, Orcs, and Ogres!
They may be ugly. They may be smelly. And they may have no table manners whatsoever. What, we're not talking about the Battle Bards!...
RuneScape: Idle Adventures launches on Steam early access
Announced back in February and originally planned to debut last spring, RuneScape: Idle Adventures has finally landed in Steam early access for PC players....
The Game Archaeologist: The silent world of Tibia
If I were to tell you that there's a Western MMO out there that's as old as Ultima Online and yet still has a...
Massively Overthinking: Guilty pleasures in MMORPGs
This week's Massively Overthinking question comes to us from Patron Duane, who asks,
"Do you take simple joy in MMO mechanics that are often referred...
The Stream Team: Going for silver in Chronicle: RuneScape Legends
The Olympics in Rio may be over, but MassivelyOP's MJ is still going for the silver in Chronicle: RuneScape Legends. She finally beat Linza...
Start collecting RuneScape’s new skilling pets next week
Looking for a cute companion to help boost your RuneScape skills? You can start collecting some starting next week when the new skilling pets...
Gamescom 2016: RuneScape sets sail for the Eastern Lands
The RuneScape playing board is about to be cleared and reset for a brand-new continent: The Eastern Lands.
At Gamescom this week, Jagex announced that...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMORPG soundtracks
MOP's Justin Olivetti created the music-centered Jukebox Heroes column back on Massively-that-was and brought it along to us here, and to this day it's...
The Stream Team: Vampiric adventures in Chronicle: RuneScape Legends
There aren't many games where MassivelyOp’s MJ can run around as a vampire, and even fewer that combine a vampire with figurines on a...
RuneScape helps its players through the wilderness
RuneScape's Wilderness area is a dangerous and tantalizing area, full of hazards and lucrative opportunities to grow your character (and his or her coffers)....
