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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Technology
Anna Katrina Sevilla

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

RuneScape turns 25 - opens a new quest for its silver anniversary (Credit: Runescape)

RuneScape, launched on 4 January 2001, has just turned 25. British studio Jagex's massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) has not only reached a remarkable milestone at a silver anniversary, it has thrived in the global gaming scene. To prove that, RuneScape has been drawing both old and new players back into its world.

This 25-year anniversary has sparked revived interest in gamers across the globe as they step into Gielinor to join the game's special year-long anniversary activity that features completing 25 bite-sized tasks for each year of the game's history.

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