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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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)....
Global Chat: When MMORPG raiding becomes a job
When does a game go from fun to obligation? Xenophics wrote a gut-wrenching confession about how raiding in World of Warcraft became his "office,"...
The Daily Grind: How important are MMORPG playerbase metrics to you?
While playing Overwatch with guildies the other night, my husband turned to me with a hypothetical. The guys were speculating on World of Warcraft's...
The Stream Team: Trying out Morvran in Chronicle: RuneScape Legends
As much as MassivelyOP’s MJ enjoys the vampiric Vanescula and the magic-using Ariane, she can't declare these are her favorites to play in Chronicle:...
RuneFest takes RuneScape players on a tour of the Eastern Isles
When October rolls around, RuneScape players will be heading off into the great unknown in the Eastern Isles. It's a distant continent full of...
The MOP Up: RuneScape Chronicles’ beach party (July 17, 2016)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Jagex confirms sale to Chinese company
Back in March, we reported on the rumored sale of Jagex to Chinese company Shandong Hongda, a company known chiefly for its mining operations. The...
