OLD SCHOOL RuneScape Celebrates 5th Anniversary

An anniversary quest and other in-game activities mark the MMORPG’s milestone, as it looks ahead to more competitive tournaments and, of course, its mobile release.

Cambridge, UK – The party hats are out and celebrations are officially underway, as Old School RuneScape today reaches its fifth anniversary! To mark the milestone, a new adventure has been launched that sees participants help Da Vinci with a new painting commission and be rewarded with the ultimate Old School prize: the iconic sword emblazoned in the game’s logo.

Launched in February 2013, what began as a nostalgic vanilla RuneScape server for players eager to experience the MMORPG as it was in 2007, has today become an online success story in its own right. Over the past five years Old School has received dozens of exclusive updates not seen in RuneScape, including new quests and landmasses, and attracted millions of monthly players. Its competitive nature has brought to life the seasonal Deadman tournaments that have propelled it to be the #1 competitive MMORPG, as well as a most-watched game on Twitch.

Old School RuneScape’s combative player-versus-player gameplay has become a massive hit on Twitch with over 6,000 players streaming the equivalent of 16 million minutes of content and over 3 billion minutes of content watched in 2017. Today, Old School is launching a dedicated Twitch channel at http://twitch.tv/OldSchoolRS, which will kick off a live fifth anniversary show from 7pm GMT. The Deadman 2018 Spring Final, which will see the top 2,000 players compete in an unrelenting fight for survival and a $20,000 cash prize, has today been confirmed for Saturday 17th March and will be live streamed on the new Twitch channel.

Old School RuneScape is coming to mobile with full cross-platform play and a mobile-optimized interface. Gamers can sign-up for updates at https://oldschool.runescape.com/info/mobile.

Mathew Kemp, Senior Product Manager, Old School RuneScape, said:

“2018 is a huge year for Old School, and not only because of these anniversary celebrations and the launch of the game’s own dedicated Twitch channel. We are currently in the middle of a pipeline of closed beta tests for Old School RuneScape on mobile, and already are getting some excellent feedback from those lucky enough to receive an invitation. In fact, the feedback so far has more than validated our decision to make the full game available on mobile platforms for new, returning and current players later in the year.”

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