Jagex has announced a fourth MMO in the RuneScape series.
After revealing the new game at RuneFest in Birmingham over the weekend, the developer also announced a new RuneScape animated adaptation, made in partnership with YouTuber Charlie "MoistCr1TiKaL" White, is also on the way.
You can see the reveal teaser below:
According to the studio's own blurb, the game will "bring the world of Gielinor to life in Unreal Engine, combining the depth, freedom and community-led spirit that have defined RuneScape for 25 years with the technology and game design possibilities of today".
The new MMO, currently going by the working title RS4, is still in early development, with Jagex saying it's at least a few years from release and has yet to settle on an official name.
A numbered sequel might seem like the obvious name given RuneScape's history. The game was rebranded RuneScape 2 in 2004 and RuneScape 3 in 2013 before Jagex abandoned numbering altogether, folding everything back into a single live service. These days, the RuneScape stable also includes Old School RuneScape and spin-off RuneScape: Dragonwilds, both still active and separate from whatever RS4 eventually becomes.
Jagex hasn't committed to calling the new game RuneScape 4, numbered or otherwise.
In a blog post, Jagex explained why it had announced RS4 this far ahead of launch, revealing engine and tooling work from Dragonwilds gave the team something to build on, and the studio wanted to extend the same collaborative, community-driven development it's used on RuneScape and Old School.
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