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Old School RuneScape opens its new Fractured Archive raid for players today
You might be surprised to learn that Old School RuneScape doesn’t have that many raids in it. As a matter of fact, it only has four. Well, it has four now because this week’s update has officially introduced the Fractured Archive, the sandbox MMORPG’s newest high-tier encounter for players to take...
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Old School RuneScape's hardest raid yet, The Fractured Archive, comes to mobile
It's been a couple of weeks now since I attended RuneFest 2026. And for a first-time visitor and only a once-or-twice RuneScape player, it succeeded in getting me hyped for what was coming to the hit MMO. Now, fans of Old School RuneScape can look forward to the hardest raid yet, The Fractured...
Pocket Gamer
I've been covering MMOs for 13 years, and this is by far the most disgusting grind I've ever seen
In January 2023, one Old School RuneScape player made history by rocketing to 200 million experience in the MMO's laborious Agility skill in under one minute by cashing in eight years worth of collected minigame tickets. It was unprecedented – a 'see it to believe it' moment, like watching someone...
Steam NewsI've been covering MMOs for 13 years, and this is by far the most disgusting grind I've ever seen
It takes a lot to stun Old School RuneScape players
GamesRadar
Old School RuneScape discusses November quest rewards and new gathering efficiencies
This week in Old School RuneScape is kind of thin in terms of content, considering next week will bring the Fractured Archive raid. Even so, there’s still some items of interest for those who are playing the elder sandbox that may be of interest. We’ll start with another set of polls posted by...
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Old School RuneScape player completes challenge so difficult it took nearly 4 years
Coxie began the challenge three years and nine months ago, having already collected every pet on a different account.
Dexerto
One MMO player spent 6,572 hours setting a new world record – about 30% of the last 4 waking years
Almost nowhere but in MMOs will you find speedruns measured in months, not minutes or hours. One Old School RuneScape diehard recently shattered one of the most time-consuming records around, racking up 6,572 hours played on a quest to collect every pet in the game as fast as possible. Our champion...
Steam NewsOne MMO player spent 6,572 hours setting a new world record – about 30% of the last 4 waking years
Old School RuneScape crowns a new king of pets
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Old School RuneScape’s PvP tutor added a bug that saw bosses double-killing players and wiping their gear
Yesterday, we reported on a pretty helpful-sounding feature added to Old School RuneScape: an NPC whose sole purpose was to show people the ropse of PvP in the sandbox. But what had happened instead was that this character’s introduction – or the patch that added him – introduced a bug that saw...
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RuneFest 2026: The Future of Old School RuneScape Is Being Built Together With The Community
Originally developed and released in early 2001 by brothers Andrew and Paul Gower, under the company they founded together, Jagex, fantasy MMORPG RuneScape has proven immensely popular over a remarkable period of time. However, the road to such success has been anything but an easy one, as multiple...
Steam News
RuneScape begins beta testing plugin support, Old School RuneScape breaks down its Fractured Archive raid
While many of the old salts of RuneScape are likely still talking about the Reignited character kerfuffle, this week did indeed bring something more to the sandbox MMORPG, namely a beta test of direct plugin support for those who want to modify their in-game experience without risking their account...
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After accidentally killing players and deleting billions, Old School RuneScape devs rush out a fix
It has been zero days since an Old School RuneScape update gave players a heart attack. Following the rollout of a new training arena led by the NPC Pete Kayer, ironically meant to help players practice their PvP skills and survive, OSRS fans quickly noticed a bug that was interfering with the...
Steam NewsAfter accidentally killing players and deleting billions, Old School RuneScape devs rush out a fix
Impacted OSRS players had their items restored, thankfully
GamesRadar
Old School RuneScape Is Nearly 20 Years Old, but Jagex Thinks Its Best Years May Still Be Ahead of It
How many games can you say that the players have been waiting almost twenty years to enter a city in the game? Until this weekend, I'd have said none. Then again, until this weekend, I'd only ever dabbled in a bit of RuneScape over the many years, the first time when Old School RuneScape was just...
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Old School RuneScape plans Hardcore servers, reimagined dungeons, new quests, and a new raid
We already covered what’s happening in the newer version, but now it’s time for Old School RuneScape to shine forth with its own slate of Runefest 2026 plans. And we do mean plans, for the most part; the majority of the announcements made by Jagex here are still subject to the will of the...
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RuneScape 4 Officially Revealed After 13 Years
RuneScapeis one of the biggest names in the MMORPG genre, and it's become much more than a single game over the years. Like World of Warcraft, the original version stuck around as RuneScape Classic, and a further iteration was later archived as Old School RuneScape. As for the main game, it gave...
Steam News
Old School RuneScape launches a new auction house feature and counts down the days to RuneFest 2026
If you happen to be absolutely flush with Old School RuneScape cash but weren’t able to buy some particularly high-priced item within the game’s Grand Exchange auction house, you were left at the mercy of using third-party sites or other outside means of making a trade that hopefully was above...
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100 Thieves admits “we messed up” after AI design sparks RuneScape merch backlash
100 Thieves says one designer used AI to rush an edit for its Old School RuneScape collaboration after fans spotted warped skill icons in the teaser.
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Review: RuneScape: Dragonwilds (Switch 2) - A Slow-Burn Survival-Crafting RPG That Underwhelms Visually
Phr33 st00f pl0x. A few years ago when I tried Old School RuneScape for the first time, I spent hours puttering around the starting area taking on basic quests, chopping down trees, and slaying goblins in the surrounding wilds. After each lengthy session, I would exit the game, lean back in my...
Nintendo Life
My favorite $6 RPG on Steam just got a beastmode free 'Enhanced Edition' update
FlyKnight is a $6, first-person RPG in the King's Field/Lunacid mold that whips ass, looks like Old School Runescape, and feels like it could have asked for twice as much money and still been a bargain... Read more.
Steam News
Revisiting Gielinor: RuneScape's Past, Present, and Future
We sat down with Kieren Charles, Creative Director of Old School RuneScape, to talk past, present, and future of the legendary MMORPG.
Steam NewsRevisiting Gielinor: RuneScape's Past, Present, and Future
We sat down with Kieren Charles, Creative Director of Old School RuneScape, to talk past, present, and future of the legendary MMORPG.
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