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Jagex celebrates 20 years of RuneScape with a year-long celebration​

Get your party hats ready.

Back in the day of CRT computer monitors, there were plenty of great games to play, but not many you could play for free. RuneScape changed that, giving hundreds of thousands their first taste of fantasy MMO gameplay for nothing. The game, famous for its party hats, retro tunes, and funny dances, is turning 20 this year, and developer Jagex is celebrating with a year’s worth of events for all players.

RuneScape originally launched 20 years ago today, on January 4, 2001. Since then, the game has amassed a massive player base. The game has almost 300 million registered player accounts with over 1.2 million paid subscribers joining in 2020.

Jagex is kicking off the 20-year anniversary celebration for RuneScape today with The Grand Party. This in-game event will reunite players with some of the game’s iconic cast of characters. For the next year, The Grand Party will give players access to a host of new content, including a new multi-part questline. The game will also be getting a second story-based quest in which the game’s Elder Gods rise once again.

More ways to play than ever​

It should be noted that all of that content is only for new RuneScape. However, Old School RuneScape will also have its own suite of new content. This throwback version of the MMO has its own anniversary event starting on January 6. Players will be able to team up with the Green Gnome Child for an adventure through classic RuneScape territory and battle against demons and dragons. Players that complete this quest will be awarded a special cloak and Gnome Child dedication. 2021 is shaping up to be big for this version of RuneScape, which will also be releasing on Steam this year.



That’s not the only new version of RuneScape releasing this year though. After being in early-access, RuneScape will also be launching on mobile devices this year. Although there’s no specific release date yet, players will be able to log into RuneScape on their phones or tablets with full cross-platform play.

Source: PC Invasion

 

[HaveButOneLife]

2020 was a great year for RS3 and it's only going to get better. I like RS3 more than OSRS overall but they both have their place.

No other MMORPG's like this one. Actual quests and RPG features like skilling... simply the best. Here's to celebrating up to the 50th anniversary.

 

[Senua]

congrats runescape, you are older than most of your current players

i still gota get that max cape dang

 

[AV]

I'd give OSRS a spin if the "engine" or whatever wasn't so abysmal, but I guess that's part of the charm. As in, if they stuffed the old content into a newer framework in the way that Classic WoW does, that'd be awesome.

 

[Senua]

I'd give OSRS a spin if the "engine" or whatever wasn't so abysmal, but I guess that's part of the charm. As in, if they stuffed the old content into a newer framework in the way that Classic WoW does, that'd be awesome.

there is this coming in the future

 

[AV]

there is this coming in the future

Interesting. I'll keep an eye on that, thanks.