Jagex To Shut Down RuneScape Classic


After seventeen years of existence, Jagex today made the surprising announcement that its flagship title RuneScape Classic will shut down over the next few months.

Posted on the official website, Jagex’s explanation for the sunset is related to advancing technology making it more difficult to properly police the game of macros and for community safety. Over time the game has gradually broken down and Jagex is unable to fix them or promise any sort of reliable long term support.

RuneScape Classic has not been officially supported for about 14 years now and hasn’t been open to the general public for most of that time. There have been several periods where Jagex opened up account creation to the public, however the game has been mostly closed off to those who weren’t already playing for most of the last decade.

(Source: RuneScape)