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EXPLAINED: Runescape - The Real Truth

RuneScape creators asked their mom to help design the MMO's first enemies: "Only much later did they even consider actually hiring people"

"The whole family got involved"

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World of Warcraft didn't scare the RuneScape devs, who were getting "tens of thousands of new accounts every single day" in 2004 and could barely build servers fast enough for the MMO to keep up

"Update frequency and accessibility were still our trump cards and actually our audience weren't that interested in WoW"

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Epic Games defends Fortnite's controversial V-Bucks price hike, insisting it's in "direct correlation to the operating costs" and teasing "amazing things" are coming that'll make you "understand what's been going on"

V-Bucks are becoming a hotter commodity

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MMO raises subscription prices less than 2 months after ditching microtransactions, causing a RuneScape fan revolt: "Way to show appreciation to your loyal players"

Your Grandfathered rate might be at risk, too

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RuneScape's monthly membership now costs as much as a World of Warcraft subscription as Jagex announces its second price hike in less than 2 years

Meanwhile, its annual membership is now a worse deal than ever.

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Fortnite, The Sims, and now RuneScape - Chappel Roan loves the MMO's "medieval synth sh*t" music as a "video game girl" into "'80s weird sh*t"

The Pink Pony Club singer is a big fan of those old school boops

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Chappell Roan is a RuneScape sicko who absolutely loves the 'medieval synth sh*t' of its soundtrack

She's just like me, for real.

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Old School RuneScape 2026 roadmap includes the MMO's first raid in 4 years, Sailing expansions, and the end of a questline that began 21 years ago

Leagues 6 is also coming this year

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RuneScape details its plans to scrap its 'Treasure Hunter' microtransactions, rework combat, and dole out other 'integrity-focused releases' for its 25th anniversary

The roadmap released today promises it "changes RuneScape forever."

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RuneScape turns 25 years old, and Jagex is celebrating with record player counts, a full 2026 roadmap, and global events

RuneScape is turning 25, and Jagex is using the milestone to roll out a full year of announcements, roadmaps, and community events across Old School RuneScape, RuneScape 3, and DragonWilds.

Windows Central

After 14 years, RuneScape's awful microtransaction shop is going away next week because Jagex wants the MMO to be "a safe haven, a storm-weathering bet against the falling trust in the world"

"We're openly against generative AI. We're openly against microtransactions"

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Stating no lies, RuneScape CEO says the MMO's players "used to be angsty 16-year-olds listening to Breaking Benjamin. Now it's 33-year-old accountants and CEOs who've got 41 minutes in an evening"

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RuneScape turns 25 years old as Jagex sets up a full year of reveals, roadmaps, and live events for its iconic MMO

RuneScape is turning 25, and Jagex is using the milestone to roll out a full year of announcements, roadmaps, and community events across Old School RuneScape, RuneScape 3, and DragonWilds.

Windows Central

I was a designer for RuneScape – its comeback reveals how old games can be rejuvenated

RuneScape experienced a surge of popularity over the 2025 holiday season. While fan nostalgia for a game that is now 25 years old plays a role, the revival more clearly reflects recent changes to RuneScape’s controversial monetisation – changes that appear to be drawing players back.

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RuneScape Turns 25 — Why Millions of Players Are Logging Back In for One More Quest

RuneScape turns 25 years old this year, and millions of players are logging back in for the game's 25th anniversary offering - 'one more quest'.

Inverse

25 Years Ago, One Of The World’s Biggest MMORPGs Began As A Simple Browser Game

'RuneScape' still maintains its old-school charm, even after being split in two.

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MMO players get a sailing skill, immediately become pirates channeling a famous 2006 disaster: "Piracy as emergent gameplay is honestly perfect"

Old School RuneScape also added pirates, it turns out

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Over 120,000 microtransaction haters have successfully campaigned to remove the controversial feature from MMO by 2026, Jagex declares “the start of a new era”

New year, new RuneScape

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RuneScape fans have spoken: 'Treasure Hunter' microtransactions will be scrapped in January as 'part of a wider transformation across Jagex'

More than 120,000 people voted to ditch RuneScape's widely-disliked MTX system.

Inverse

'RuneScape' Players Are Finally Getting The Chance To Delete Its Most Controversial Feature

Long-running MMORPG 'RuneScape' is putting the future of its microtransactions up to a vote after they've caused problems for years.

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Strip club DJ returns to a truly inescapable MMO, accidentally becoming a community legend and real-life GTA character: "Stripper saw me playing, I have been deeply judged"

There could be an MMO player anywhere at any time

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RuneScape players are being asked to vote on whether the game's microtransaction layer should be removed, and you can probably guess what the response is

The poll has 14 days to reach 100,000 "yes" votes, and it got more than halfway there in just a few hours.

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The fate of one of the oldest living MMOs, and one of the worst microtransaction shops ever, is up for a vote

Stop Killing This Particular Game, RuneScape players plead

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Meet the hungriest MMO player, an Old School RuneScape legend who's been eating 500,000 trout for the past week, impressing even the devs with their achievement: "What an absolute unit"

Come one, come all, to the most impressive trout-eater in OSRS

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"I literally feel like I just got my life back": To escape MMO prison after 1,200 hours, one player resorted to an army of Discord ninjas and divorced dragon fan fiction

Old School RuneScape challenge runs are not for the faint-hearted

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