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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

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

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.

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

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."

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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

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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

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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MMO devs give their blessing to an absurd exploit for a 16-year-old minigame, dedicate two themed worlds in its honor

MMO devs give their blessing to an absurd exploit for a 16-year-old minigame, dedicate two themed worlds in its honor

The sq'irkin' don't never gotta stop

MMO releases the sequel to an 18-year-old quest that features such rare drops the developer has to step in and reassure players: 'No need to put nan in the cage as the clock chimes midnight, just kill bosses'

MMO releases the sequel to an 18-year-old quest that features such rare drops the developer has to step in and reassure players: 'No need to put nan in the cage as the clock chimes midnight, just kill bosses'

After the developer said "they don't drop in the same way normal drops do", all bets were off.

MMO dev reassures bamboozled players that mysterious new items are real, but only drop in a special new way

MMO dev reassures bamboozled players that mysterious new items are real, but only drop in a special new way

"What we can say for now is that they don't drop in the same way normal drops do..."

Old School Runescape players were using a new bug to mass-murder each other and it got so bad the game had to be taken offline

Old School Runescape players were using a new bug to mass-murder each other and it got so bad the game had to be taken offline

A minor update introduced a major problem.

OSRS devs answer our burning questions about Sailing, the MMO's first new skill in 17 years

OSRS devs answer our burning questions about Sailing, the MMO's first new skill in 17 years

Old School Runescape dev says "we've got to convince players we can be trusted to deliver"

OSRS devs react to the MMO's massive Sailing vote: "It's almost certain, if we do this skill, we'll probably do another"

OSRS devs react to the MMO's massive Sailing vote: "It's almost certain, if we do this skill, we'll probably do another"

Shamanism could come next, but Taming is less likely

178,000 players just voted for their MMO's first new skill in 17 years, and the race was unbelievably close

178,000 players just voted for their MMO's first new skill in 17 years, and the race was unbelievably close

Old School Runescape players have spoken, and they want to be pirates

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MMO gets its first new skill in 17 years, or it will when players stop fighting over which one should be added

I'm just saying I think Shamailming deserves a fair hearing.

A 10-year-old MMO brought back from the dead is getting its first new skill, and it's secretly the hottest debate in games right now

Old School Runescape's new skill pitches have sparked an intense but good-natured war

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