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MMO dev says it's the "perfect time to grab a shower" after tearing servers down over economy-destroying potion dupe found in Old School RuneScape

Jagex takes OSRS trade offline, then knocks the servers down and rolls them back

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Jagex announces official Old School Runescape private servers, because the grind can always get grindier

Someday, somewhere, we'll all be ironmen.

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20 years of MMO history comes full circle as Old School RuneScape reveals official "community servers" that give players "full control over gameplay modifiers"

The ghost of Moparscape, is that you?

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Runescape is increasing its membership subscription costs, and players aren't happy: 'Inflation my a**'

Runescape developer Jagex was purchased by private equity firms in February.

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Runescape's latest content roadmap includes group ironman mode, a new skilling boss, and exciting advancements in woodcutting

Jagex reveals its update plans through early 2025.

PC Gamer

After burning down an iconic MMO casino, Old School RuneScape spends 2 years crafting a new anti-gambling bomb because 'Deathmatching' was a huge source of real-world trading

Deathmatching is "majorly, if not always, linked to real world trading"

GamesRadar

Inspired by Pokemon Snap, MMO fan builds their own RuneScape Pokedex by spending 4 years tracking down over 500 players with Pokemon usernames worth billions of gold

Charizard is priceless in the Pokemon TCG, and also in RuneScape

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Old School RuneScape developers left mystified as players, whipped up into a religious fervour, demand that gaming's loudest mole-rat get even louder

Give me wailing or give me death.

PC Gamer

"Help us understand," pleads MMO dev as Old School RuneScape players vote on infamously loud monsters and decide they should be louder, actually

Old School RuneScape's Nail Beasts are basically a protected species now

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Old School RuneScape devs face loot-hungry MMO players after an endgame quest spits out worse items than an easy mob so profitable it became a bot farm

Back-to-back loot extremes spark confusion in OSRS

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'The repeated targeting of individual team members needs to stop': OldSchool Runescape devs firmly ask players to cool it over Tormented Demon loot tables

PC Gamer

"People could've made billions": MMO legend returns from 2-year hiatus to share a game-breaking Old School RuneScape bug so dangerous even a former dev is shocked

It's no Falador Massacre, but this could've been a disaster

GamesRadar

MMO dev explains why we rarely get to see games early following feedback on the first new skill in 17 years: "It doesn't look finished because it's not finished"

"It doesn't come together before really close to launch"

GamesRadar

Video game firms found to have broken own UK industry rules on loot boxes

Government criticised over decision to let companies self-regulate gambling-style features after expert finds numerous breaches

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RuneScape gets not one but two tabletop adaptations on the same day

I'm here for the "game-changing cakes."

PC Gamer

RuneScape's official Twitter account unbanned after proving that, no, the game wasn't secretly an 8-year-old child

I don't even get carded when I buy booze, anymore.

PC Gamer

Old School RuneScape players revolt after new big money owners say bots are fine, actually, devs furiously walk it back and say they banned 7 million bots last year

A quote from an anonymous source close to Jagex's new owners sent OSRS fans into overdrive.

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Jagex acquisition won’t lead to RuneScape’s business models changing, CEO confirms

Jagex CEO Phil Mansell reassured RuneScape players that "there are no intentions of changing our [games'] business models."

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After 20 years and 5 corporate owners, RuneScape players joke past reported $1.1 billion buyout of MMO icon Jagex: "Time to pool our money, boys."

The studio tried to reassure fans that games would not be "compromised" with shady business practices

PC Gamer

RuneScape developer Jagex is on the verge of being acquired again, this time by the backers of the Six Nations rugby tournament in a deal worth $900 million

It would be the fourth buyout of Jagex within a decade.

PC Gamer

11 years in, Old School RuneScape's toaster graphics are about to look better than ever

An official HD mode is due, with an alpha planned "very soon."

GamesRadar

MMO player hits the lottery to become the second-ever person to claim a 1-in-100,000,000 drop in a staggering 7 years

This Old School RuneScape gem is one of the rarest MMO drops of all time

PC Gamer

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10 years later, Old School RuneScape is still breaking player records through nonsense that no other MMO can match

A new League season and community shenanigans propel the senior MMO

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Old School RuneScape players upend a 16-year-old minigame when they realise the cops can't possibly arrest all of them

The game's devs say "Keep it going!"

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