Our latest coverage of RuneScape.
SuperData's latest report is out. Several predictions are included, but the one that stands out most is the prediction that "Chinese companies will scoop up 1-2 western publishers a month from here on." The prediction comes just over a week after it was announced that Jagex may be acquired by a Chinese mining company called Shandong Hongda. The full quote [...]
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In a strange turn of fate Jagex, the company behind the Runescape franchise, has been sold to Chinese mining company Shandong Hongda for $300 million, according to the Financial Times. Yup. An iron ore mining company has purchased the makers of an MMORPG. It seems that investing in the UK based Jagex is a better long-term investment than picking away at [...]
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RuneScape's experiment in emergent PvP is over. After five months online, Jagex has made the decision to shut down DarkScape's servers on March 28th. While there is a "small, hardcore community" in DarkScape, most players went back to either Old School RuneScape or RuneScape 3.0. As Jagex put it, DarkScape's community is "just not big enough to warrant ongoing development." [...]
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The release of RuneScape's NXT client draws ever nearer as Jagex allows select users access to a round of Closed Beta testing this weekend. Testing closes on Monday, so users uninterested in testing will only be getting a sneak peek. The NXT client is looking to give RuneScape yet another makeover with improved lighting, water, and performance, among other changes. [...]
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Old School RuneScape is perhaps not the game you would consider the most likely candidate for a major content update. The older branch of Jagex's ever-popular MMORPG started the year off strong with the opening of the first section of an entirely new continent named Zeah. The first phase of a three-phase launch, this release features "the city of Great [...]
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It's the holiday season once again and that means that a horde of Christmas events are on their way. Is your favorite game holding a holiday event? Is it something you feel you should make time for? What if there are several games you're playing that are holding events? Fortunately for you, we have created a guide specifically for all [...]
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Christmas isn't quite here yet, what with December just starting today, but that isn't stopping Jagex from prepping RuneScape for the holidays. The ever-popular sandbox MMORPG unveiled several events spread across its various versions today that are all themed around the Christmas holidays. RuneScape's lead designer, David Osborne, was quoted saying "celebrating the annual festivities with our players is something [...]
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After the cancellation of Stellar Dawn, the failure of Transformers Universe, and the launch of RuneScape 3.0, it would be fair to wonder where exactly Jagex were headed from here. It seems they are off into experimental territory, as they announced today that they have released "DarkScape," a hardcore, PvP-focused RuneScape world. As they put it on the new server's [...]
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With over 350,000 bonds bought and bartered away by players every month, it's almost like they're becoming a form of currency or something. A press release sent out today states Jagex have decided to take it a step further and accept them as real, actual currency on RuneScape's merchandise store. Players have been able to use bonds to buy their [...]
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Browser Free-To-Play MMORPG, RuneScape, has announced on a behind the scenes video blog that July will be ripe with updates! One of the major features of the new update is a completely new planet, Mazcab, home of the frog-like Gobies. Raids are being added to the game which are offering 10 player encounters against raid bosses who offer a variety [...]
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