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2 years ago an MMO player locked himself in a virtual cage of his own making – "after 10,000 hours" he is finally free

Old School RuneScape challenge modes strike again

GamesRadar · Jun 17, 2025

'No gay, no pay': The RuneScape community is absolutely mauling Jagex's new CEO over his decision to cancel new Pride Month events

Jon Bellamy claimed the choice to dramatically curtail pride was to prevent backlash. That's caused an even bigger backlash.

PC Gamer · Jun 13, 2025

"Games and studios are being cancelled because of content that is perceived to be 'woke' or representative," new RuneScape CEO reportedly said in internal meeting explaining decision to stop or shrink the MMO's Pride events

Old School RuneScape's Pride event was also scaled down to a community event

GamesRadar · Jun 11, 2025

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Anonymous employee accuses RuneScape of kowtowing to Trump as it puts the kibosh on new Pride events: 'The content… is now controversial in a way it didn't used to be'

Players and Jagex staff are both upset by an executive decision to scale back Pride celebrations.

PC Gamer · Jun 11, 2025

Old School Runescape private server development is paused 'indefinitely' as Jagex says it has more important things to work on

"There are other areas of the core Old School experience that deserve more attention right now."

PC Gamer · Jun 3, 2025

Jagex lays off RuneScape staff and indefinitely pauses Old School RuneScape's Project Zanaris private servers, but says the MMOs won't be hurt in the long run

Jagex has made some significant changes behind the scenes

GamesRadar · Jun 3, 2025

American RuneScape players are recreating the Boston Tea Party after Jagex hiked taxes: 'They took a page from the British Empire, rather poetic from a British game'

Taxation rates can be a surprisingly emotive topic.

PC Gamer · Jun 2, 2025

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Defying the British dev behind their MMO's "casual doubling of our taxes," Old School RuneScape player recreates the Boston Tea Party: "You think the British would have learned by now"

We got 'em again, patriots

GamesRadar · May 30, 2025

In a custom "nightmare mode" where any damage permanently deletes his character, MMO daredevil ends 15-month Old School RuneScape challenge with a 68-minute finale

Resident OSRS sicko Settled does it again

GamesRadar · Apr 17, 2025

Two of the most loyal MMO communities grab pitchforks and cancel subscriptions after RuneScape survey mentions paying $350 a year, in-game ads, and paid player support

RuneScape and Old School RuneScape players agree this ain't good

GamesRadar · Jan 16, 2025

Old meets new as classic MMO players worship a famous Vtuber via gifts of bones so she can max out the Prayer skill

There is, apparently, "always time to bone."

PC Gamer · Jan 9, 2025

'Explain yourself': Old School RuneScape births a new meme as bug-exploiting scoundrels lay waste to unsuspecting F2P players with gear that shouldn't exist

Only PKers would defy these oldest and most sacred laws.

PC Gamer · Nov 12, 2024

"I bought a membership before I bought a steak or had sex": MMO fan jailed for 9 years says they "thought about RuneScape every day" of their sentence because "there is no other game" like it

You don't quit RuneScape, you just take breaks

GamesRadar · Oct 25, 2024

Terraria creator returns to Old School RuneScape, and within weeks catches the MMO dev's attention, fishes at a concert, and plots a unicorn ritual

"If 'Add Terra Blade' or something shows up on one of your polls someday I’m good with it"

GamesRadar · Oct 3, 2024

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GamesRadar · Oct 1, 2024

MMO dev says it's the "perfect time to grab a shower" after tearing servers down over economy-destroying potion dupe found in Old School RuneScape

Jagex takes OSRS trade offline, then knocks the servers down and rolls them back

PC Gamer · Sep 9, 2024

Jagex announces official Old School Runescape private servers, because the grind can always get grindier

Someday, somewhere, we'll all be ironmen.

GamesRadar · Sep 7, 2024

20 years of MMO history comes full circle as Old School RuneScape reveals official "community servers" that give players "full control over gameplay modifiers"

The ghost of Moparscape, is that you?

GamesRadar · Aug 1, 2024

"Help us understand," pleads MMO dev as Old School RuneScape players vote on infamously loud monsters and decide they should be louder, actually

Old School RuneScape's Nail Beasts are basically a protected species now

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PC Gamer · Jul 24, 2024

Old School RuneScape thrillseeker risks a 370-hour old no-hit account against 63 waves of monsters to try and claim a cape forged in flames

Livin' on a prayer. Several, in fact.

GamesRadar · Jul 12, 2024

Old School RuneScape devs face loot-hungry MMO players after an endgame quest spits out worse items than an easy mob so profitable it became a bot farm

Back-to-back loot extremes spark confusion in OSRS

GamesRadar · Feb 28, 2024

MMO community celebrates beloved player's release from hell after a truly filthy 2,500-hour Old School RuneScape grind: "I'm astounded at the sheer willpower"

OSRS YouTuber Limpwurt has done the improbable once again

PC Gamer · Feb 22, 2024

Old School RuneScape players revolt after new big money owners say bots are fine, actually, devs furiously walk it back and say they banned 7 million bots last year

A quote from an anonymous source close to Jagex's new owners sent OSRS fans into overdrive.

PC Gamer · Jan 18, 2024

Old School RuneScape player says 'see ya at a million!' after pickpocketing 500,000 NPCs in a doomed quest for treasure under multiple self-imposed restrictions

Greening the log by any means necessary.

GamesRadar · Jan 17, 2024

MMO community can only ask "but why" as player robs notorious racists 500,000 times and inadvertently gets almost 10,000 raw chickens

Old School RuneScape player hunting priceless scrolls fleeces local cult

GamesRadar · Jan 11, 2024

A top-ranked MMO player with 20,000 hours played is on 90 Day Fiancé, and the game's community is hanging on every word – words like "I'm effectively living as a virgin"

Old School RuneScape players are having a lot of fun with this one

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