RuneScape predecessor
The predecessor is RuneScape by Andrew Gower in 1998 in Oxford University DeviousMUD written , was founded in 2001 and officially changed its name to Jagex RuneScape. In February 2002 to allow players to become RuneScape payment paid members. On March 29, 2004 launched the second edition, and will the old named Runescape Classic. According to statistics, some six million people around the world at least once a month to play RuneScape (at the end of 2007), and in August 2008 was listed in the total number of players most massively multiplayer online role playing game guinness . Currently, the latest version for Runescape July 14, 2008, in launched.