Runescape hits the 300k subscriber mark

29th Mar 2005

Jagex, the developer and operator of the 3D Java online adventure game RuneScape have announced that on Monday 28th March RuneScape passed the 300,000 member mark for the first time.

RuneScape is a browser based 3D adventure game that can be played for free unlimited at http://www.runescape.com. Players can subscribe to the members version at any point for $5/month to gain access to a whole host of benefits including a map that is three times as big, over twice as many quests, whole new skills and priority customer support.

RuneScape breaks the 250k subscriber mark

21st Feb 2005

Jagex the developer and operator of the 3D Java online adventure game RuneScape have announced it has 254,000 subscribers to its members version. The free game now has over 2.4 million active players.

Jagex continues to invest in resources to support the game's growth - recently announcing new game world servers in St Louis USA. The game itself is continuously being developed with new content releases every week meaning there is always something new to do.

RuneScape is a browser based adventure game that can be played for free unlimited at http://www.runescape.com. Players can subscribe to the members version at any point for $5/month to gain access to a whole host of benefits including a map that is three times as big, over twice as many quests, whole new skills and priority customer support.

Runescape hits the 200,000 member mark

13th Jan 2005

The developer and operator of the 3D Java online adventure game RuneScape have announced that on Tuesday 4th January RuneScape passed the 200,000 member mark for the first time. Jagex puts this growth down to the regular content updates that the game receives.

RuneScape is a browser based adventure game that can be played for free unlimited at
http://www.runescape.com. Players can subscribe to the members version at any point for $5/month to gain access to a whole host of benefits including a map that is three times as big, over twice as many quests, whole new skills and priority customer support.

Runescape hits 80,0000 players online at the same time

1st Dec 2004

Jagex, the developer and operator of the 3D Java online adventure game RuneScape have announced that over Thanksgiving weekend a record 80,000 players were online at the same time.

In March 2004 the new version of RuneScape was launched bringing a full 3D MMORPG to the browser for the first time. RuneScape can be played for free unlimited at http://www.runescape.com. Players can subscribe at any point for $5/month to gain access to a whole host of benefits including a map that is three times as big, over twice as many quests, whole new skills and priority customer support. Plus members get new content updates every week at no extra cost.

Key facts:

* browser based 3D massive adventure game

* 1.9 million active players of free game (who have played in last 2 weeks)

* free game is unlimited

* 166,000 subscribers to members version

* membership costs: $5 per month

* 53 game worlds

Runescape breaks records

7th Oct 2004

Jagex, the developer and operator of the 3D Java online adventure game RuneScape has announced that it now has more than 130,000 subscribers and has seen a record 60,000 concurrent players.

In March 2004 the new version of RuneScape was launched bringing a full 3D MMORPG to the browser for the first time. RuneScape can be played for free unlimited at http://www.runescape.com. Players can subscribe at any point for $5/month to gain access to a whole host of benefits including a map that is three times as big, over twice as many quests, whole new skills and priority customer support. Plus members get new content updates every week at no extra cost.

Key facts:

* browser based 3D massive adventure game

* 1.5 million active players of free game (who have played in last 2 weeks)

* free game is unlimited

* 130,000 subscribers to members version

* membership costs: $5 per month

* 38 game worlds

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