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Major New Area Expansion ‘Varlamore Part One’ Brings Epic Adventures & A Vast New World to Old School RuneScape Today

10 years in the making, Old School RuneScape’s biggest ever area expansion is now available

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March 20, 2024

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Jagex :

Wednesday, 20 March 2024, Cambridge, UK. Jagex is thrilled to announce the long-awaited release of Varlamore Part One, the first part in a major new area expansion for the beloved MMORPG Old School RuneScape, available to Old School RuneScape members today.

 

Step into the Shining Kingdom of Varlamore and experience unparalleled new adventures in Old School RuneScape’s most expansive update yet. Embark on epic quests, face formidable foes, overcome new challenges, discover unique skilling activities, and unlock the secrets of a vast, new land in Old School RuneScape’s biggest ever area expansion.

 

Experience a rich new area steeped in history and lore, where you’ll be able to play solo or together with other players to discover its secrets and overcome new challenges. Compete in the Fortis Colosseum, an epic new arena for PvM veterans, where you will encounter menacing foes in an innovative new combat trial. Set off on a quest to explore the Perilous Moons, the home of three legendary bosses, in a new dungeon designed for both solo players and groups seeking thrilling combat experiences and unique rewards.

 

Discover The Hunter Guild and embark on quests to hunt classic creatures and brand new critters roaming the Kingdom of Varlamore with the all-new Hunters’ Rumours system. Find diverse skilling opportunities and expand your Mining, Prayer, and Thieving skills with the new Bone Shard Mining, Offerings to Ralos, and Pickpocketing, Breaking & Entering training activities.

 

Watch the Old School RuneScape: Varlamore - Official Cinematic Trailer here: https://youtu.be/kH7LcWKtQb8


 

 The Varlamore Part One Update Includes:
 

  • The Shining Kingdom of Varlamore - A vast new highly-anticipated area steeped in rich lore, history, and areas to explore.

  • New challenges to conquer and foes to face - Venture into the Perilous Moons dungeon to encounter new bosses, or compete in the Fortis Colosseum in an innovative new wave-based PvM challenge, complete with modifier-systems to allow customisation of each encounter.

  • The Hunter Guild - Featuring new Hunter’s Rumours challenges and diverse new skilling opportunities.

  • Play solo or team up with other players to conquer this mysterious land in Old School RuneScape’s most expansive update yet.

Old School RuneScape is available now on PCSteamiOS, and Android, complete with cross-platform progression and play on PC and mobile.
 

ENDS 
 

Notes to Editors
 

About Old School RuneScape


Old School RuneScape is the industry-defining collaboration between the community and developers. Embracing its nostalgic heritage, hundreds of thousands of active players control the direction of the game with an in-game polling system. Featuring adventures for solo play through to 100-player strong raids, Old School RuneScape caters for every brave adventurer. Old School RuneScape continues to innovate, introducing its first ever new skill in 2023 to commemorate its 10th anniversary, arriving later this year. Play now at http://oldschool.runescape.com
 

About Jagex

A leader in creating deep and engaging forever games that empower our communities across PC, mobile and consoles. Jagex’s flagship MMORPG, RuneScape, has welcomed over 300 million player accounts to its world and is a $1billion + lifetime revenue franchise. Today the RuneScape franchise exists beyond live operations; our titles are forever games that connect and inspire millions of players, with content and experiences both inside and outside of inexhaustible game worlds. Both RuneScape and Old School RuneScape, on PC and mobile, offer ever-evolving, highly active worlds and our community-focussed development ethos empowers players to have a real say in how each game is shaped.

 
In 2022, Jagex expanded with the acquisitions of PipeWorks and Gamepires, bringing its expertise in building forever games to SCUM, a multi-million selling open-world survival title in Steam Early Access & other unannounced titles. Jagex employs more than 600 people globally, and is headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom.

 
More information can be found at www.jagex.com   

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