Jagex continues its mission to bring the world of RuneScape to more
players globally as part of its 20th anniversary celebrations
Old School RuneScape is coming to the Steam platform on 24th February 2021. The beloved MMORPG launch on Steam comes as part of Jagex’s mission to continue to bring the RuneScape universe to more players around the world and is currently available for both PC and mobile players. The Coming Soon store page is now live on Steam, where players can Wishlist the game and be notified as soon as it’s released.
Old School RuneScape’s Steam debut will deliver a custom-built Steam experience with a dedicated Old School Steam Community Hub, featuring weekly announcements, guides, articles, artwork, and videos, in addition to membership packages and achievements.
Recently, Old School RuneScape celebrated a record-breaking peak of concurrent players, after over 157,000 people logged on simultaneously during the Leagues II: Trailblazer event. The living game’s ever-growing, engaged, and empowered community continues to shape the world’s most enduring and largest player-driven MMORPG. Old School RuneScape is a regular contender for the top 10 most viewed titles on Twitch, has seen more than 8million installs on mobile, and won notable awards including a BAFTA for ‘EE Mobile Game of the Year’ and the Develop Star award for ‘Best Mobile Game’.
The news follows RuneScape’s successful debut on Steam, which welcomed more players than ever to the world of Gielinor and has received over 90% positive reviews.
Rob Hendry, Executive Producer of Old School RuneScape, said:
“What began as a vanilla server for RuneScape has evolved into an eight-year success story and were so excited that it’s expanding to the Steam platform next month. 2021 is set to be a huge year for Old School RuneScape with a jam-packed release schedule, and all content accessible with cross-platform play. We’re confident that both our community and new players alike will find their time in the game an exhilarating one.”
Learn more about Old School RuneScape here: https://oldschool.runescape.com/.
About Old School RuneScape
Launched on desktop in 2013, and now also on mobile devices, Old School RuneScape is the industry-leading collaboration between players and developers. Embracing its nostalgic heritage, hundreds of thousands of active players control the direction of the game with an in-game polling system. Featuring adventures for solo play through to 100-player strong raids, Old School RuneScape caters for every brave adventurer. Since 2016, Old School RuneScape has established itself as a competitive game with the seasonal free-for-all Deadman Tournaments, where winners receive huge cash prizes and membership. Play now at http://oldschool.runescape.com
About Jagex
A leader in creating deep and engaging live games on PC and mobile, Jagex’s flagship MMORPG, RuneScape, has welcomed over 280 million player accounts to its world and is a $1bn lifetime revenue franchise. Today the RuneScape franchise exists beyond running games in live operations; our titles are living games that connect and inspire millions of players, with content and experiences both inside and outside of inexhaustible game worlds. Both RuneScape and Old School RuneScape, on PC and mobile, offer ever-evolving, highly active worlds and our community-focussed development ethos empowers players to have a real say in how each game is shaped. Now we’re expanding and extending our portfolio with fresh franchise titles and new IP to bring life to the living games of the future. Jagex employs more than 400 people at its Cambridge headquarters. Career information can be found at www.jagex.com.