All Stories Tagged: Jagex, Page 2

Jagex first announced its licensed MMO Transformers Universe in 2011, but hasn't really had much to say about it since. Will a summer launch planned, the Runescape creator has finally opened up a little to reveal that, well, it may not even be an MMO. Jagex has coined the genre named 'massively online tactical action,' or MOTA, which we broadly assume is intended to mean "a bit like a MOBA (a Dote 'em up, to you and I) but not quite."

Ooh, those gold farmers, how they infuriate MMORPG players so! The way to combat them seems pretty clear, though: add an official way to buy gold. Jagex has reported an 81% drop in the amount of farmed gold floating around its free-to-play RuneScape in the month since it added a sanctioned 'bonds' to buy gold for cash.

RuneScape developer Jagex has announced a new "Pay-through-Play" model for the long-running MMO, letting players buy "Bonds" that can be traded and spent on premium content.

The team behind Transformers Universe has been hit with layoffs. Jagex says it won't "adversely impact" the game, but a source claims that hitting the release target is putting pressure on the company.

RuneScape 3 will run on mobile devices as early as this fall, and on smart TVs sometime in the near future, according to publisher Jagex.

Jagex announced RuneScape 3 today, a new edition of its free-to-play adventure series that lets players influence the world more directly.

Toss Minecraft and Team Fortress 2 into a blender and you'll come out with a horrible jagged mess of bits which could take your eye out. Draw influences from those games, however, and you may come out with something like build-o-destroy-a-FPS Ace of Spades, which publisher Jagex has announced will launch next week.

Jagex has announced it is shutting down 8realms, and sources say this means layoffs are coming to the company.

Shacknews received an early look at the upcoming Transformers Universe MMO, before its forthcoming New York Comic Con presentation. These exclusive screens show off the "graphical style and direction" of the upcoming MMO.

Free-to-play MMO developer Jagex reports that cross-platform play for Runescape is possible, but prohibited by the major console manufacturers.