Tag Archives: Runescape

Jagex, the UK studio behind RuneScape, has been sold again. The studio has changed ownership a number of times over the years, with the latest buyers being Carlyle Group, a US private equity holder.  Carlyle Group has reportedly acquired a majority stake in the studio behind RuneScape. Previously, a Chinese …

Although players banned from most games usually see their time invested simply wasted as their character and assets are locked away forever, Jagex, the developer of Runescape has another idea. It's going to anonymously auction off the account bank balances and item inventories, giving people a chance to unlock everything …

For many gamers, Runescape was a once-upon-a-time game they played, back when they were young and childless, back when they had the time for MMOs but before they could afford subscription charges. Looking to tap into that five-minutes-a-day gaming that has helped lure in people to titles like Cookie Clicker …

Runescape might be the game we all cut our teeth on back before we could afford to pay for our games, but it's still going incredibly strong, with a massive player base and a constantly evolving game world. The developers are looking to leverage some of that popularity this week to …

One of the biggest problems for any successful MMO, is how to deal with Gold farmers. The often bot-controlled, repetitive questers that just grind away in order to build up in-game gold and then sell it to other players for real-world cash, often through some illegitimate site. It not only …

Runescape is the world's most successful, long running, free to play MMO and it's just had another big influx of players as it rolls over to its official third iteration. Along with 100,000 players that returned to the game upon the news of the new engine being implemented, over 300,000 …