The next game from RuneScape developer Jagex is an open-world survival game that is being built in Unreal Engine 5.

Earlier today, the original creator of RuneScape, Andrew Gower, revealed an all-new MMO that he has been working on for ten years. It’s called Brighter Shores, and at first blush, it’s reminiscent of the legendary MMO that Gower built with his brother more than twenty years ago. Gower’s studio, Fen Research, hopes to release this […]

Jagex, the publisher behind RuneScape and SCUM, announced that Marc Allera will join as Chairman of the Board.

It was recently revealed that a Luxembourg-based private equity firm, CVC Capital Partners, is in talks with Jagex – the prolific developer of RuneScape – to buy the company for a whopping $1.1 billion. It was a few months ago that it was revealed that Jagex would be ‘offloaded’ by its current owner, Carlyle Group, […]

Jagex has officially and permanently banned an Old School RuneScape player with an account that is (was?) worth a whopping $250,000 in real-world money. Reportedly, this player – ‘BTC’ – boasts an in-game collection worth a quarter of a million dollars, and at the time of his ban, he was sitting on a fortune that […]

Another day, another report of a development studio possibly being for sale. Financial Times is reporting that global investment firm Carlyle is “weighing options” for RuneScape developer Jagex, including a sale. According to a follow-up report from Reuters, the developer is valued as high as $1.25 billion. Carlyle first purchased a controlling interest in Jagex […]