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Sailing Launches on November 19th! ( secure.runescape.com )

After three years of design, discussion, and community collaboration, we're thrilled to announce that Sailing, Old School RuneScape's first new skill, is launching on November 19th at 10:00 UTC! Please note, the exact timing of launch on the day might move and will be explained in further detail in our next Sailing blog. ...

[RS] Road to Restoration - What We Want To Achieve ( secure.runescape.com )

Hello 'Scapers! I'm Mod Breezy, Game Designer for RuneScape, here today with Mod Ryan, Design Director for RuneScape. This is the first of several design blogs where we'll be giving you a lay of the land and share our goals for the Road to Restoration as we build toward a new future for RuneScape. ...

25 years and 240,000 players later, Old School RuneScape refuses to die ( www.polygon.com )

The RuneScape franchise turns 25 this year. Old School RuneScape (OSRS), which launched in 2013 using the 2007-era source code from RuneScape, is at the height of its popularity right now, peaking at 240k concurrent players in 2025. Last year, OSRS got its first-ever new skill in the form of sailing, which brought waves of ...

UK judge rules that RuneScape gold is fair game when suing for theft, at least in this case where an ex-developer stole $700,000 worth of it ( www.pcgamer.com )

You can't kill that which has no life, but you can apparently steal that which has no value. A UK judge recently ruled that stealing gold pieces in Old School RuneScape counts for the purposes of at least one judgment that was made on Jan. 14, as spotted by Gamesradar. ...

"We respect their time, and in turn they stick around" 25 years later, here's why Jagex believes so many people still play RuneScape ( www.eurogamer.net )

One of the UK's home-grown video games is turning 25-years-old, and anybody who ever had to sit through a boring IT lesson at school likely already knows what it is. It's RuneScape, the point-and-click MMORPG that not only has remained popular over the years, but has seen a surprising amount of growth recently. The big question ...

RuneScape's Treasure Hunter microtransactions are now gone, restoring integrity as Jagex reveal integrity-focused 2026 plans integratively ( www.rockpapershotgun.com )

Integrity. Inteh-gritty. In-teh-grih-teh. That's the word of the day when it comes to 2026 RuneScape, or at least it will be if the plans Jagex have just laid out work as intended. To be fair, pushing the big button that finally gets rid of those Treasure Hunter microtransactions folks vocally disliked is a good start. ...

RuneScape's 2026 roadmap details the biggest region in the game's history ( www.polygon.com )

RuneScape is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, with huge updates and announcements coming to all of its products. First up is the main RuneScape game, also known as RS3, which now has a full roadmap for 2026, including the introduction of the "largest area expansion in the game's quarter century." The RuneScape Ahead ...

[OSRS] An MMO player spent 3 years building a legendary treasure collection just to burn through it all in one glorious binge: "When I click 'Time Played' the game just tells me to touch grass" ( www.gamesradar.com )

Nearly three years ago, Old School RuneScape player, Twitch streamer, and YouTube content creator Pen Sir decided to collect unopened reward caskets acquired by completing scavenger hunt-like minigames called clue scrolls. With over 10,000 clue caskets amassed, like a dragon savoring his pile of gold, he's finally decided to ...