Tag: Jagex
RuneScape Players Will Need Desperate Measures Later This Month
"Desperate times call for desperate measures." That's going to be literally true in RuneScape, as Jagex preps the Desperate Measures update for later this...
Jagex Raises £204,000 For Mental Health Charities And £60,000 In Support Of BLM
In April, Jagex donated £100,000 to a trio of mental health charities: CPSL Mind, The Prince's Trust, and Rise Above the Disorder. Yesterday, the...
OS RuneScape Takes Players To The Long-Sealed City Of The Vampyres
When I was active in The Lord of the Rings Online, I remember a difficult quest -- probably some dungeon-related thing -- that sat...
Jagex Sale Has Not Gone Through Yet, Court Documents Reveal
The sale of Jagex happened a year ago, and then it didn't. Then, last week, it finally did – or did it?MMOBomb has obtained...
Jagex Sold To American Company, For Real This Time
In January 2019, we learned that RuneScape maker Jagex had been put up for sale by its Chinese owner, Shanghai Fukong Interactive. In July,...
RuneScape’s Newest Skill, Archaeology, Is Now Live, Lets You Summon Demons (Intentionally!)
RuneScape's newest skill, Archaeology, is now live, enabling the residents of Gielinor to discover the secrets of the world's history and also acquire some...
Dig Up Ancient Relics When Archaeology Arrives In RuneScape Next Month
Soon, RuneScape players will be able to dig in the dirt and find some old junk. Wait, that doesn't sound exciting. Let's go with...
Jagex Sued For Violating Muted RuneScape Player’s “Free Speech” And “Human Rights”
In July of 2019, RuneScape player and streamer Anro Elansari was "muted" from the game, which he claims to have streamed for over 2,000...
RuneScape Had 1.1 Million Subscribers In 2019, Along With Highest DAU In Old School
Nearly 20 years in, and RuneScape is still growing. Jagex let loose with a flood of numbers this week, detailing how well 2019 went...
Jagex Acknowledges “Duty Of Care” With Regards To RuneScape MTs, Vows Changes
Jagex has come under fire this year for its microtransaction practices in RuneScape, even to the point of getting called out for them by...
Jagex Looks To The Future Following RuneScape’s Rocky 2019
Eurogamer has a long article titled "After RuneScape's controversial 2019, Jagex plots 'direct and deliberate' changes for 2020." The first half of the piece...
10 Years Ago, Gaming Industry Notables Were Hit And Miss Regarding Free-To-Play Gaming
There are only a few days left in what future historians will refer to as “the teens,” in the same way that I referred...
Start Farming Your Own Dinosaurs In RuneScape’s The Ranch Out Of Time Update
Beginning today, RuneScape players should probably get used to seeing more dinosaurs than usual. With the launch of the game's latest update -- The...
RuneScape Devs Discuss Monetization, a.k.a., The $62,000 Question
Remember a couple months ago when the British government specifically called out Jagex in one of its reports on video games, due to a...
Jagex Hires Three, Including Creative Director For Unannounced Action RPG
Jagex has some new high-level hires, and they're be set to work on RuneScape, as well as other projects. For starters, both RuneScape and...
RuneFest 2019 Reveals: New Expansions, Dinosaur Raising, Archaeology Skill, And Mobile Early Access
RuneFest 2019 is in the books, and it came with lots of major announcements for players of Jagex's venerable MMORPG. The highlight feature coming...
RuneScape Now Offering Goodies To Players With Twitch Prime
If you have Twitch Prime and are a player of RuneScape, then it's time to get your hands on some purple goodies. Jagex recently...
RuneScape Gets 1/3 Of Its Revenue From Microtransactions, Including One Player Who Spent $62,000
Last week's report by the UK government regarding loot boxes and their potential regulation is making waves this week as well. In particular, it's...