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Jagex has appointed Phil Mansell as COO and acting CEO, the company has announced today. He replaces outgoing CEO Rod Cousens, who has now left the studio. Having worked at Jagex for over five years, Mansell was previously vice president of the studio and was responsible for its Runescape portfolio. …
Read More »Jagex auctions off loot from banned players
'Bank Bidders' won't know what they're bidding for until they've won
Read More »Jagex to sell banned Runescape players’ loot in blind auctions
Banned Runescape players are to have their indignity heightened by watching their in game loot snapped up by other players. Rock Paper Shotgun reports that the game is to auction off the in-game items associated with characters owned by banned players in ‘Storage Wars’ style blind auctions. Called ‘Bank Bidders’ …
Read More »What’s NXT for Runescape? A closer look at Jagex’s new engine
15 years after it originally hit computer screens, Jagex’s free MMO has received its first major engine overhaul, bringing with it a sea of big changes. Develop checks in with technology manager Mathew Burnett and lead graphics developer David Gillham to see what’s new in NXT
Read More »Jagex confirms Chinese acquisition
Chinese investors have completed the acquisition of UK studio Jagex. The deal, first revealed in March, sees a new board of directors put in place and is described as the first move in creating a dedicated, highly focused Chinese-owned games company within a newly created structure of a highly respected …
Read More »Jagex honours 2006 Runescape glitch with World 666
Addition to Runescape Old School celebrates ‘Falador Massacre’, when scores of players in ‘safe’ zones were accidentally able to be killed
Read More »Runescape ditches Java for NXT engine after 15 years
Quadrupled draw distances, water effects and dynamic light and shadows introduced to Jagex’s MMO
Read More »UPDATE: Chinese mining company in talks to buy Jagex for $300m
UPDATE: Jagex is in talks over a proposed buy-out by Chinese mining company Shandong Honda. The news was initially announced by the Financial Times, but Jagex has told MCV that the deal hasn’t been signed yet, and the firm is continuing as normal. "Jagex has entered into a non-exclusive, non-binding …
Read More »Jagex signs Hyper Hippo to make RuneScape clicker title
Hyper Hippo has become the first external developer to create a game based on the RuneScape IP after collaborating with franchise creator Jagex. The studio is best known for its simulation game AdVenture Capitalist, which has been downloaded more than 10m times, and will create Runescape: Idle Adventures. It’s a …
Read More »Jagex signs first third-party RuneScape dev deal with Hyper Hippo
AdVenture Capitalist creator will produce spin-off clicker title Idle Adventures
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