Dragonwilds:Jagex

Template:External Template:Infobox Company Jagex Limited, (pronounced Template:IPAc-en Template:CiteGeneral) also known as Jagex: The RuneScape Company, is a British video game developer and publisher headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom, best known for its key RuneScape titles, the MMORPG RuneScape. In December 2001, brothers Andrew Gower and Paul Gower with Constant Tedder founded the company, which specialised in browser-based online games and has grown into one of the largest game studios in the UK. As of 2024, the company employed approximately 700 people.Template:CiteGeneral

Jagex ranked 59th on the Sunday Times' 100 Best Companies in the UK to Work For list in 2007.Template:CiteGeneral In 2008, they were ranked 87th.Template:CiteGeneral

The studio has undergone several changes of ownership, including accepting investment from Insight Venture Partners and Spectrum Equity Investors in the 2010s, being sold to Chinese investors in 2016, acquired by Macarthur Fortune Holding and The Carlyle Group in 2020 and 2021 respectively, and transferred to CVC Capital Partners and Haveli Investments in 2024. In March 2025, Jagex appointed Mod North as CEO, succeeding Mod Pips, and refocused on development centred around RuneScape, community-driven updates, and experiments to improve microtransactions based on player feedback.Template:CiteGeneral

To learn more about Jagex, click Template:RSL and read about the history of the company!

Games

RuneScape

Template:MainRuneScape is a MMORPG released in January 2001, developed and published by Jagex.

The game was initially developed by Andrew and Paul Gower since 1999. It was originally a browser-based game implemented on the client-side in Template:Wp, and incorporates 3D rendering.

In 2004, the game engine RuneTek was rewritten and released as RuneScape 2. In July 2013, Jagex invested heavily in graphics and gameplay, featuring higher visual and audio fidelity, improved camera mechanics, and a more customisable interface system to iterate the game engine, ultimately releasing RuneScape 3. The browser-base client was replaced by a standalone Template:Wp game client in 2016, and the game is no longer playable in a browser.

In 17 July 2017, it was announced that mobile client for RuneScape would be released for Android and iOS devices in 2018. RuneScape was released on Steam on 14 October 2020.

Old School RuneScape

Template:MainOld School RuneScape, a separate, older version of the game dating from August 2007, was released in February 2013.

This version of the game was announced in a news post on 13 February 2013. A poll was conducted between 15 February and 1 March 2013, to determine the community's interest in releasing the game and thus the level of support. On 22 February 2013, as part of an early access scheme, Jagex opened over 50 Old School RuneScape servers and gave a month of free Old School RuneScape membership credit to all of those who had voted in the poll.

On 17 July 2017, Jagex announced the development of a mobile version of Old School RuneScape.

RuneScape: Dragonwilds

Template:MainRuneScape: Dragonwilds is an open-world, cooperative survival crafting game developed by Jagex since Template:RSL, using Template:Wp. The game is designed for 1-4 players to play cooperatively. The game set in the RuneScape universe on the forgotten continent of Dragonwilds:Ashenfall.

The game was officially announced on Template:RSL Template:RSL, although players were invited to apply for closed testing in 2024. The game has been available in early access since Template:RSL 2025, and continued to be iterated and updated in 2026.Template:CiteGeneral