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. Inverse · Jan 5
MMO adds Christmas event, accidentally fills city fountain with pee: "A fix is planned" And a happy holiday to you, too GamesRadar · Dec 11, 2025
MMO player endures "heavy chest pains" and struggles "to stay awake" as his girlfriend brings him food during 4-day grind to become first in the world to reach max level Get some sleep, Runescape fans GamesRadar · Nov 28, 2025
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 GamesRadar · Nov 20, 2025
Old School RuneScape just got its first new skill ever and players are psyched about it, apart from the guy the game accidentally branded 'Morbid Loner' It's a, uh, badge of honour. PC Gamer · Nov 19, 2025
MMO players are unstoppable: Handed a new skill after 19 years, Old School RuneScape fans instantly force the devs to hotfix a Sailing XP flood over "Daddy's Special Water's special water" Old School RuneScape Sailing release sees predictable early XP exploit GamesRadar · Nov 19, 2025
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 GamesRadar · Nov 12, 2025
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. PC Gamer · Nov 12, 2025
'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. Inverse · Oct 31, 2025
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 GamesRadar · Oct 30, 2025
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. PC Gamer · Oct 30, 2025
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 GamesRadar · Oct 29, 2025
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 GamesRadar · Oct 24, 2025
MMO ends 19-year-wait for new skill with sailing finally washing ashore next month, expanding the Old School RuneScape map by 190% Buying Sea-f GamesRadar · Oct 24, 2025
PC Gamer · Sep 26, 2025 Jagex CEO says he's happy to take revenue hits to fix RuneScape 3's microtransaction and 'integrity' problem Pride events? Bit of a gamble. Microtransactions? Defcon 3.
GamesRadar · Sep 24, 2025 You can use "a tenth" of the AAA "$400 million budget" and still get "not so different results" if you do it right, RuneScape CEO says: "We've seen that from Clair Obscur and a bunch of others" "I think that that is a guiding light for many"
PC Gamer · Sep 23, 2025 EU tax officials confront the most pressing legal question of our time: If you sell RuneScape gold to someone and they use it to buy a magic sword, do you still have to pay taxes? "Gold all doth lure, Gold doth secure all things. Alas, we poor!"
GamesRadar · Sep 23, 2025 "The French make wine and the Germans make cars and Jagex makes RuneScape": In 5 years, new CEO wants RuneScape to be at least "the second biggest MMO" in the West behind World of Warcraft, and says "we're already very close to that" Old School RuneScape is currently doing the majority of that heavy lifting
PC Gamer · Sep 16, 2025 Old School RuneScape says no more Mr Nice Guy, it's time for permabans and confiscations if you're caught buying black market gold But some players will believe it when they see it.
PC Gamer · Sep 10, 2025 In tribute to a player's departed baby son, Old School RuneScape players turn out in 'hundreds' to pay respects to his namesake: 'It was so overwhelming seeing so many people at Zeke's shop' Even a Jagex staffer came to pay their respects.
PC Gamer · Sep 4, 2025 RuneScape boss says he killed new Pride events to keep things going 'as apolitically as possible,' which doesn't sound very apolitical to me Apolitical, or just easy?
GamesRadar · Sep 2, 2025 After report on MMO's bot problem, players bait piles of "clankers" to their doom like they're poisoning AI: ask "how many" and armies of bots reply in eery unison Old School RuneScape remains a bot hive, but a few more bots got the axe
GamesRadar · Aug 14, 2025 "Of all the problems to have in the world, too many players is one of the best": The 2025 summer MMO migration was huge for WoW players, and for Old School RuneScape devs Jagex says it saw a noticeable spike in new OSRS players and learned a lot from WoW streamers
TechRadar · Aug 12, 2025 Old School RuneScape has officially taken over my life, and I deeply regret not trying it out sooner Despite its age, Old School RuneScape is one of the most refreshing gaming experiences I’ve had in years.
GamesRadar · Aug 8, 2025 An anti-FOMO approach would be unthinkable for most MMOs and live service games, but it's the secret to Old School RuneScape's new peak of 240,000 players: "Everything you earn matters forever" 12 years after launch, evergreen MMO Old School RuneScape passes 240,000 concurrent players