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Guild Wars fans aren’t the only ones who will be settling down with a good book about their favorite MMO this year. A press release from Titan Books introduced a new series of Runescape books, the first of which is scheduled for an October release. The book, titled Betrayal at Falador , will serve as a ” prequel that reveals the back story of the RuneScape world .” There’s no word at the moment on how many novels the series will contain, but with so many years of RuneScape to work with, the authors won’t be lacking for material.

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Titan Books introduces RuneScape book series

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Filed under: MMO industry , New titles , Runescape Look who’s expecting: Jagex , the maker of RuneScape , not only has one bun in the oven ( Stellar Dawn ) but another MMO cooking as well.

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Jagex pregnant with its third MMO

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RuneScape has announced the 2010 Jagex Cup, an annual competition for clan members featuring both in-game and real-world prizes. The 2009 event drew more than 500 participating clans and 80,000 players, all competing for commemorative plaques, lifetime game memberships, and trips to visit the Jagex development studio

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RuneScape announces 2010 Jagex Cup

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Many in MMO circles look down on what they consider to be the second-class citizens of online gaming: browser-based MMOs. In fact, just about every time that we post a news article about a browser MMO here on Massively, it’s inevitable that someone will pish-posh the game on the general principle that “all browser MMOs suck.” Yet that attitude overlooks one of the key demographics of browser MMO players: us.

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The Daily Grind: Who’s your MMO mistress?

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When it comes to free-to-play MMOs, many of the newer generation of gamers cut their teeth in Jagex ’s web-based fantasy game, RuneScape . Thanks to so many players jumping in, having fun, and telling friends, their playerbase has grown steadily over the years until they are now one of the powerhouse companies of the F2P space

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Jagex announces first ever RuneFest for RuneScape players

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Massively has invited Jagex Games Studio , developer of RuneScape and other online titles, to share with the MMO community some of the unique challenges and tasks that they deal with on a daily basis. In the first of a regular dev diary series, Jagex’s Kelvin Plomer (Head of Community Management) and Paul Mayer ( RuneScape Community Manager) open up about the difficulty of striking a balance between the needs of players and the direction of developers. The Community Has Spoken: How MMO Creators Balance Development Plans with Player Feedback Community and player involvement are the backbone of any good MMO

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Jagex Community Dev Diary: Striking a balance

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Filed under: Business models , MMO industry , Runescape , Free-to-play , Browser , Casual , Free Realms , FusionFall , Wizard101 , Free for All Welcome to Free for All, a weekly column highlighting the world of Free to Play/Freemium games! The new generation of free-to-play games are not only of the same quality as many “standard” MMOs, but they give players a chance to try them out before they ever spend a dime (if they choose to). I am going to try to make sense out of the masses with this column, so wish me luck and thanks for reading! Freemium is one of those rare hybrid terms that is used to describe some games in the MMO market.

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Free for All: How free is freemium?

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If you’re a Runescape fan, you’ll be happy to hear the latest news from Jagex. Runescape is jumping aboard the bonus XP event bandwagon, offering players a first ever Bonus XP Weekend . From Friday March 12th until Monday March 15th, Runescape members will enjoy a heavy buff to XP points on all standard training skills.

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Runescape announces bonus XP weekend

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Massively Speaking Episode 81 returns this week with Jagex’s Community Management Team Manager, Kelvin Plomer, to discuss the company’s community focus and their recent work with law enforcement on account theft cases. Shawn and Rubi also discuss this week’s latest news, including the Guild Wars 2 trailer, Age of Conan ’s unlimited free trial and more! Have a comment for the podcasters?

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Massively Speaking Episode 81: RuneScape’s Kelvin Plomer

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For quite some time now cheating in an MMO generally only carried with it the repercussion of a virtual slap on the hand. Fake someone out of an item or two, and a GM might intervene, take the stuff and suspend your account.

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Jagex gets RuneScape fraudster arrested in the UK

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