Since January of this year, Runescape developer, Jagex, has been working with the player community to identify and vote on new content to be added to the game. Last week, the first piece of that player-generated content arrived, with the second part to be added later this week.
“We’ve been overwhelmed with the quality and range of concepts that our players have put forward.” said David Osborne, design director of RuneScape. “We’ve seen small quality of life hotfixes suggested, quests with elaborate storylines and brand new skills such as Necromancy and Sailing. The community has always been at the forefront of everything we do, but now RuneLabs gives them a much greater voice in the developmental process. “
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