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RuneScape maker Jagex has a brand new owner News Apr 28th, 2020

RuneScape maker Jagex has a brand new owner

Studio bought by asset management firm Macarthur Fortune

US court tells RuneScape player that being muted in-game isn't violation of free speech or human rights News Jan 28th, 2020

US court tells RuneScape player that being muted in-game isn't violation of free speech or human rights

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Jagex hits all-time RuneScape membership high News Jan 16th, 2020

Jagex hits all-time RuneScape membership high

Meanwhile, the retro-themed Old School hits high for daily active users during 2019

Jagex hires Blizzard and Warthog vets as new RuneScape and Old School executive producers Job News Oct 28th, 2019

Jagex hires Blizzard and Warthog vets as new RuneScape and Old School executive producers

Meanwhile, Bungie vet Gavin Irby joins as creative director

Nope, RuneScape maker Jagex still hasn't been sold News Oct 23rd, 2019

Nope, RuneScape maker Jagex still hasn't been sold

Chinese regulatory filing rules once again confound RuneScape fans

New VP of studio, technical director and QA boss hired at RuneScape maker Jagex Job News Jul 4th, 2019

New VP of studio, technical director and QA boss hired at RuneScape maker Jagex

While Mark Faulkner returns to head up firm's publishing platform and Ben Alton is promoted to IT director

Revenue up almost ten per cent year-on-year in 2018 for RuneScape maker Jagex News Apr 30th, 2019

Revenue up almost ten per cent year-on-year in 2018 for RuneScape maker Jagex

Cambridge-based firm saw income of $120.7m

Riot, Amazon, PlayStation, EA and NaturalMotion vets join RuneScape firm Jagex Job News Feb 27th, 2019

Riot, Amazon, PlayStation, EA and NaturalMotion vets join RuneScape firm Jagex

New executive producer, director of community, head of CRM and player engagement, RuneScape technical director and senior director of game engineering at the Cambridge-based company

RuneScape monthly active users doubled in 2018 as the MMO turns 18 News Jan 4th, 2019

RuneScape monthly active users doubled in 2018 as the MMO turns 18

“With this success, we’ve continued to increase investment levels to expand our games, as well as bringing in a slate of hugely talented people to join us in development, technology and publishing.”

Runescape Mobile starts its Members-only beta today News Oct 8th, 2018

Runescape Mobile starts its Members-only beta today

Mobile beta headlines a string of announcements made during this weekend’s Runefest event

"We believe RuneScape is going to be evergreen but it would be irresponsible for me to be happy with that alone" Feature Oct 4th, 2018

"We believe RuneScape is going to be evergreen but it would be irresponsible for me to be happy with that alone"

Jagex CEO Phil Mansell talks publishing other games through Partners and the massive continued success of RuneScape and Old School

Jagex confirms payment info is safe after Old School Runescape developer stole from players News Sep 25th, 2018

Jagex confirms payment info is safe after Old School Runescape developer stole from players

One player reported 45 billion gold mission after a moderator abused privileges to steal from accounts

Jagex posts $110.6m in revenue for last fiscal year News Sep 12th, 2018

Jagex posts $110.6m in revenue for last fiscal year

Up 14.2 per cent year-on-year

Gamescom 2018 - RuneScape hitting $1bn is nice, but Jagex says its community is king News Aug 23rd, 2018

Gamescom 2018 - RuneScape hitting $1bn is nice, but Jagex says its community is king

CEO Phil Mansell says that money is a good indication of success, but it doesn't tell the whole story

RuneScape has brought in a lifetime revenue of over $800 million News Jul 11th, 2018

RuneScape has brought in a lifetime revenue of over $800 million

Consistent user growth has helped the venerable MMORPG rack up over 250 million player accounts

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