RuneScape News

The RuneScape dev team hosted a livestream yesterday to address player concerns about the ongoing login and account lock out issues affecting both RuneScape and Old School RuneScape since last week. During the livestream, Jagex CEO Philip Mansell admitted that the issue was caused by a technical problem on their end. He proceeds to point out that this is the [...]

Early Friday morning, RuneScape players encountered widespread login issues that forced the developers to rollback the servers later in the day. The developers also decided to delay this week’s update as they tried to get to the root of the problem. While login errors continue to plague the game as of this writing, the team says that investigations are now [...]

Jagex will be running a Double XP event in RuneScape from February 19th to March 1st. During the event, subbed players will get 48 hours of double XP over the course of 10 days. Free-to-play players get a 20% increase. “To get stuck in, simply log in at any time during the event. As soon as you're in-game, your XP [...]

The RuneScape team has just added a new Valentine’s-themed quest where players will get to help Caelyn break into the Varrock Museum to steal a massive heart-shaped ruby to give to Annette for their anniversary. The Heartstealer quest is permanent and will be available to all players all year round. The latest game update also introduces a number of changes [...]

At 20 years old, Runescape can still hold its own against more contemporary MMORPGs but I’m sure we can all agree that the game’s avatars could definitely benefit from a makeover. The good news is that the developers over at Jagex are now working on a number of visual improvements centered around player characters. The team shared their plans in [...]

Runescape has just turned 20 years old and Jagex is celebrating the momentous milestone with year-long anniversary-themed events on both Runescape and Old School Runescape. During the event, players will have the chance to grab a variety of in-game and real-life commemorative items. “It's hard to believe, but this little game of ours is 20 years old, and we're throwing [...]

Runescape is now live on Steam as announced back in September. Steam players can now reap the benefits of playing the game on Steam such as exclusive subscription packs, Steam trading cards, achievements, special customization options, and full cross-platform support. Steam players will also have a dedicated support team to handle all their feedback and inquiries. To celebrate the game’s [...]

If you think that being followed around by a three-headed hellhound in RuneScape is the epitome of cool, then you’ll want to keep an eye out for the Cerberus Rush event which will be running from July 23rd through July 27th. During the event, players will have a chance to earn “hellishly cool” prizes including a pet version of Cerberus. [...]

Jagex has just announced the next chapter in the RuneScape Elder Gods storyline, called Desperate Measures. Desperate Measures will continue last year’s Desperate Times narrative and will give players a chance to make full use of the recently-introduced Archaeology skill. “Desperate Measures will see players gathering a team and using their Archaeology abilities to discover new mysteries in the dinosaur-infested [...]