The Latest Breaking News from Runescape

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

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.

PC Gamer · Sep 26, 2025

Arrowhead boss wants Helldivers 2 to be a "forever game" like RuneScape that can keep improving, with "no plans" for a sequel

Helldivers 3? Not while Helldivers 2 is still chugging

GamesRadar · Sep 25, 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"

GamesRadar · Sep 24, 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

GamesRadar · Sep 23, 2025

Illegal MMO gold seller earns nearly $500,000, becomes a tax issue, and days later devs announce plans to curb real-world trading

Old School RuneScape Lithuanian gold farmers aren't tax exempt, it appears, while RuneScape law is pretty clear about it

GamesRadar · Sep 19, 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?

PC Gamer · Sep 4, 2025

10 years later, Old School RuneScape is still the best MMO I've ever played – and seeing over 200,000 people jumping on reminds me why I fell in love with it in the first place

Opinion | Come on in, the water's low-res

GamesRadar · Jul 31, 2025