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Jagex cancels RuneScape Reignited after feedback
The fresh-start mode is scrapped, while RuneScape’s December trial and Adventure Guide offer eligible players other ways in.
Jagex canceled RuneScape Reignited less than two weeks after announcing it, following its reveal at RuneFest earlier this month. The cancellation was announced in a blog post and YouTube video.
The fresh-start mode would have separated its characters from regular RuneScape accounts with a distinct player economy. Reignited characters would have been limited to trading with one another and could not have tackled bosses alongside regular accounts.
Mod Ryan said Jagex considered a range of player perspectives before deciding to cancel the mode. Players’ concerns included splitting the community, with newcomers potentially gravitating to Reignited and leaving existing accounts without new players. Veterans also had no way to move their old accounts over, meaning they would have had to leave years of progress behind.
Other RuneScape plans continue
Jagex is also releasing the Adventure Guide, the first part of the Remastered Journey, and other improvements to RuneScape. Eligible characters can access Members worlds and content in a 10-day free trial from December 2 to December 12.
RuneScape 4, an entirely new MMO, was also revealed at the show.