Online Gaming Updates

Jagex, the developer and operator of the 3D Java online adventure game RuneScape today announces that this week RuneScape passed the 500,000 subscriber mark for the first time.

'A raft of strong game updates has helped us attract players in ever larger numbers to upgrade to the member's game,' says Managing Director, Constant Tedder. 'We're thrilled with the way both the free game and the members games are growing – it's a real vindication of the superb efforts of our team.'RuneScape is a browser-based 3D adventure game that can be played for free unlimited at 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 over three times as big with three times as many quests, many new skills and priority customer support. Subscribers get free content updates almost every week so there is always something new to do.