Beta Sign Ups Now Open! Today sees the launch of The Evolution of Combat beta sign-up, giving you the opportunity to be one of the first to try out one of our biggest ever updates! Sign up between the 1st and 19th of June for the chance to help define one of the biggest updates…
We thought we’d give you a quick reminder about the brand new rewards for RuneScape players who register and validate an email address. You’ll get a brand new cape and title, as well as additional bank space and some free XP to boot! Getting your hands on these new goodies couldn’t be easier – in…
Heading over to Isla Anglerine for a fish-flinging foray into competitive angling has never been easier, more rewarding or more fun with the release of our Fish Flingers improvements. As well as being easier to access, XP gain is upped for those who make the most of their bait and tackle strategy, and there are…
With news of the new-and-improved Fish Flingers Distraction & Diversion, Yelps has embarked on an underwater adventure. For one week only, Yelps will be sharing some of his deep sea treasure, including a tradable, rare fish mask. Plenty of fishy prizes await players who spin…the Squeal of Neptune! For one week only, not only will…
Combat HQ The Combat HQ has been updated with tantalising teasers of buffs and weaknesses, and how they’ll behave in the new combat system! Buffs and Weaknesses have existed in RuneScape for a long time; we’ve had potions from Herblore, and plenty of stuns and binds from Magic abilities. However, with the addition of a…
Making Combat More Fun We are doing several things to add more OMG moments to combat. The new ultimate abilities are – frankly – awesome, and everyone in the office is amazed by what the graphics team have achieved. It’s been a pleasure to see these ideas come to life: huge tidal waves cascading from…
In my last Og Blog, I promised I’d explain a little more about the challenges we set ourselves during the Evolution of Combat development. In this blog I’ll be talking about the first 3 of those challenges: making combat about skill, encouraging variety in equipment, and making it fun. In my mind, the best combat…
This summer, the Clan Cup returns for the fourth time! With Combat, Skilling and Combined sections, it’s time to find out, once again, who is destined to be RuneScape’s number one clan. The Clan Cup has a very proud tradition. Many clans have tried to claim the coveted prize of being number one in their…
After nearly three weeks of sign-ups, with applications pouring in from all over the world, registration for the Evolution of Combat beta has now closed! We were overwhelmed by the amount of interest in the beta, and want to extend huge thanks to everyone who applied. So – what happens now? Every applicant who has…
Fix the Defence and life points It’s really difficult to create a balanced experience for players if they use items intended for players far higher in level than they are. While we can control this quite nicely with wielding requirements, it’s much more difficult with things like food. After all, there’s nothing stopping a low-level…