Our latest coverage of RuneScape.
I believe there comes a time in every person’s life when one wants to settle down and enjoy the simple things. I also believe the very same concept can be applied to your favourite MMO’s. If you’re like me, every once in awhile you develop this irresistible urge to take things slow and enjoy what a game can offer: be [...]
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Jagex announced last week that Old School RuneScape will be receiving a semi-permadeath mode called "Hardcore Ironman" on November 10th. The new mode will be identical to the existing Ironman mode with one difference—if you die outside of extremely specific instances, like mini-games, that's it. Your progress is logged in the leaderboard and your character becomes a normal Ironman character, allowing [...]
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Jagex's yearly celebration of RuneScape, RuneFest, has come and gone, having taken place last Saturday. During the event, Jagex made several major announcements, the first of which is that, perhaps fittingly, the game reached the 250 million accounts registered milestone earlier this month, putting the momentous occasion squarely within the year of its 15th anniversary. Starting in June 2017, RuneScape will [...]
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Have you ever wished that RuneScape were a bit more passive? Do you love the game's world, but hate actually playing the game? RuneScape: Idle Adventures has you covered. Developed by Hyper Hippo Games, the company behind the infamous idle game AdVenture Capitalist, RuneScape: Idle Adventures is exactly what it sounds like. The game provides some of the fun of [...]
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Tickets to RuneFest 2016—which will be held on September 17th—just went on sale a week ago, but they have already almost sold out. In fact, the event is very close to selling out in record time. If you want to go to RuneFest, now is the time to get your ticket! The Eastern Islands are the theme of this year's [...]
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Jagex announced today that RuneScape's latest expansion, The Arc, has gone live, bringing with it two new sets of islands for players to explore. The Arc is an area consisting of three islands—Aminishi, an island designed primarily for Slayers, "the trade hub of Waiko," and Whale's Maw, "the perfect spot for training your Fishing and Hunter skills." More islands are [...]
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Jagex announced today that RuneScape's original developers, the Gower brothers, have returned to be a part of the game's 15 year anniversary celebrations. They appear in a free-to-play quest called Gower Quest, in which players "uncover the mystery of the disappearing cabbages for three familiar looking cabbage mages." Completing the quest will allow players to obtain exclusive rewards, such as [...]
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On 6/6/06, and on an ominous date no less, the otherwise peaceful world of Runescape was beset by a malicious glitch that allowed players to retain their ability to attack other players outside of designated PvP zones. This resulted in an hour-long mass-PK event that resulted in the permanent loss of items and gold and which came to be known [...]
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River of Blood, the "monumental" conclusion to RuneScape's Myreque saga, will be released on April 25th. In it, Venescula prepares "her forces for a full invasion of Misthalin." She is looking to war to bring them peace. To drum up interest in the Myreque saga's final quest, Jagex has released a new trailer for it, which you can find below. [...]
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Greater draw distance. Increased performance. Water effects. Dynamic shadows and lighting. These are but a few features that RuneScape's NXT client will introduce when it launches on April 18th. If you're not completely sold on the RuneScape 3-exclusive client, however, Jagex has released a new trailer showing it off in greater detail. If you are sold on the new client, [...]
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