RuneScape

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RuneScape news

Jagex wants classic British point-and-click MMO RuneScape to be bigger than World of Warcraft

Jagex CEO Jon Bellamy has shared his lofty aspiration for RuneScape to be the biggest MMO in the world in the next five years. That, for those unaware, would mean toppling World of Warcraft from the top spot.

Eurogamer / Connor Makar

Business

RuneScape boss wants to overtake World of Warcraft as the number 1 MMO, promises big things in October

"If you’re going to set lofty and ambitious goals, why not swing for the top?"

VGC / Chris Scullion

Business

RuneScape revamps its housing customisation with a snazzy looking build mode and the option to make your own neighbourhood with your pals

RuneScape is having a bit of a home improvement moment, quite literally. An update went live yesterday that focused completely on player-owned housing, revamping how you both use and construct it, bringing it honestly quite close to The Sims in how it handles house building, amongst other tweaks and additions.

Rock Paper Shotgun / Oisin Kuhnke

Update

RuneScape initiates emergency patch rollback for the most ironic reason possible: Giving players so many runes it would cause 'irreparable economic damage'

A bug introduced in the latest update showed players with literally trillions of runes.

PC Gamer / Andy Chalk

Update

At long last, fishing will finally come to RuneScape: Dragonwilds tomorrow, so I'll wave goodbye to my other skills now

It's o-fish-al.

PC Gamer / Kara Phillips

Update

Jagex to expand RuneScape: Dragonwilds into Asia-Pacific region

RuneScape developer Jagex has announced it will be launching RuneScape: Dragonwilds in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region later this year.

GamesIndustry.biz / Sophie McEvoy

Release date

RuneScape developer to expand its IP to the Asia-Pacific region

RuneScape: Dragonwilds will be localized into Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Korean this year.

Game Developer / Diego Argüello

Announcement

Solve a crab housing crisis and fight a Dreadhog in part one of Runescape's big Havenhythe expansion, which is out now

That sound you can hear in the distance is someone mumbling in-teh-grih-teh, because a key bit of RuneScape's in-teh-grih-teh-focused 2026 additions has gone live today, March 23rd. It's part one of the Havenhythe expansion, which Jagex are touting as the MMORPG's largest area embiggening yet.

Rock Paper Shotgun / Mark Warren

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