Runescape 3 release date confirmed

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Jagex has announced Runescape 3 will be released on July 22 2013.

The latest entry is a continuation of the current game that allows existing characters and accounts to carry over when it is released. To launch Runescape 3 Jagex is holding a large in-game world event called "The Battle of Lumbridge".

"This will be a world event of epic scale where your decisions and actions will forever shape the story of Gielinor. The future of RuneScape is in your hands," it says on the official Runescape website.

Jagex has also released a list of changes and upgrades that have been made:

Technology

HTML5 game client: The next generation of browser technology. It brings a big step up in visual quality with improved lighting, draw distance and colour, loading into your browser in moments, without the need for plug-ins or Java.
New audio engine: High-fidelity audio and music, featuring full orchestral pieces written by BAFTA Award winner James Hannigan and played by the Slovak Symphony Orchestra.
Seasonal high scores: Compete against your friends and the rest of the RuneScape community to rank on weekly and monthly leaderboards.
Story

Dawn of the Sixth Age: The gods of RuneScape are returning. Entrusted as World Guardians, players have the power to decide which gods will win and lose in their struggles for supremacy.

The Battle of Lumbridge: An epic-scale world event which will shake the foundations of Gielinor, and one which is driven entirely by your actions. Week by week, your choices will shape the flow of battle and the fate of characters, locations and stories, and the ultimate outcome will set the course for RuneScape's future.
Gameplay

New Interface System: Designed for ease of use and massive depth of customisation, the NIS lets you quickly change RuneScape's UI according to your play style at any given moment. It also includes feature upgrades such as key binding and a resizable minimap to put even more choice at your fingertips.

Upgraded camera: Overhauled and updated, a new in-game camera gives you the freedom to view Gielinor like never before.

New community website: Customise your community experience to your specifications, with a new easy-to-navigate website focused on your needs.
Divination: Prepare to unlock divine powers from your surroundings with a new skill for RuneScape 3, arriving a few weeks after launch.



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KatsumiPosted:

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ME0W I've never played runescape. I didn't even know there was a second one.


I used to play it a bit, WoW is better


World of Warcraft is the better game in my opinion yet think of it this way.
Runescape is a browser Game while WoW is a client based game
Runescape is F2P with optional membership while WoW is P2P with the added purchase of the game


World of Warcraft is the most preferred of MMORPG games, but Runescape is F2P but you have to Pay to Win...I'm not too sure about WoW because I've never played it. But I know DCUO is a good F2P game, as is SWTOR but in SWTOR, they almost force you into subbing (Halving your XP earned after lvl 10, not being able to sprint, bunch of other stupid things)


I wouldn't really call Runescape pay to win seeming that free to play and members servers are completely different (You can't use members items on a free to play server) so it's very possible to become good at the game without membership. The game is a little restricted though when it comes to free to play, it's much better with a payed membership. The F2P of SWTOR on the other hand is simply ridiculous.

LWRPosted:

Those bots were annoying at that place where you trade, forgot the name.

I got bored of it easily though.

StonerzardPosted:

Katsumi
lel
ME0W I've never played runescape. I didn't even know there was a second one.


I used to play it a bit, WoW is better


World of Warcraft is the better game in my opinion yet think of it this way.
Runescape is a browser Game while WoW is a client based game
Runescape is F2P with optional membership while WoW is P2P with the added purchase of the game


World of Warcraft is the most preferred of MMORPG games, but Runescape is F2P but you have to Pay to Win...I'm not too sure about WoW because I've never played it. But I know DCUO is a good F2P game, as is SWTOR but in SWTOR, they almost force you into subbing (Halving your XP earned after lvl 10, not being able to sprint, bunch of other stupid things)

KatsumiPosted:

lel
ME0W I've never played runescape. I didn't even know there was a second one.


I used to play it a bit, WoW is better


World of Warcraft is the better game in my opinion yet think of it this way.
Runescape is a browser Game while WoW is a client based game
Runescape is F2P with optional membership while WoW is P2P with the added purchase of the game

neboPosted:

ME0W I've never played runescape. I didn't even know there was a second one.


I used to play it a bit, WoW is better

KatsumiPosted:

Blingsta it looks like cartoon rs wtf? come on jagex actually put good graphics into the game..


There is a limit to what a company can do with a browser game. The graphics look pretty good in my opinion

KatsumiPosted:

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ME0W I've never played runescape. I didn't even know there was a second one.


i don't even know what runescape is based on


The game is based on a gold currency system.


Theres a second runescape? lol wut


No. Runescape 3 is pretty much an update.

BlingstaPosted:

it looks like cartoon rs wtf? come on jagex actually put good graphics into the game..

JastyPosted:

RS1 = Runescape Classic
RS2 = Runescape Pre-EOC/EOC/HD
RS3 = This now!

This shall be good, if it can be good.

IlIuminatiPosted:

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RATF
ME0W I've never played runescape. I didn't even know there was a second one.


i don't even know what runescape is based on


The game is based on a gold currency system.


Theres a second runescape? lol wut


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