We covered Runescape Mobile back at GDC and it seems development is on track as Jagex has sent out the first 5,000 beta invites for Old School Runescape. If you?re unfamiliar with the whole confusing structure of Runescape and what?s coming, I?ll explain. Runescape itself is a formerly browser-based MMORPG. It has all the elements you would expect from an MMO but has a heavy focus on skills, from combat skills to crafting, fishing, and even woodcutting. There is also a very intricate economy, puzzle-like quests, PvP, and all of the other elements in a traditional MMORPG.
Runescape currently has 2 versions of the game. Runescape is the current modern version of the game running on the shiny MTX engine with upgraded graphics, combat systems, and skills. It is the most modern version of the game to date and has come a long way from the days of yore when Runescape was exclusively browser based. Jagex released Old-School Runescape, also known as 2007scape, in 2013 after much community backlash over so many changes to the core game. Complaints ranged from graphics, combats systems and new skills that players argued had fundamentally changed the game to a point that it wasn?t the same game they had come to know and love.

Old-School Runescape aimed to fix those issues by featuring an almost unchanged game from the 2007 version. All of the core features and gameplay is exactly as it was in 2007 but the game also receives new content updates to keep things fresh while still stayi...