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In January, developer Jagex announced the removal of microtransactions from its wildly popular 25-year-old MMO, RuneScape. Players rejoiced, but now the other shoe has dropped: It seems that the removal of microtransactions may come at a price–specifically, an increase in the game’s monthly subscription fee.
In a new blog post, Jagex detailed plans to increase the game’s monthly subscription price from $14 to $15 per month, with the yearly plan increasing from $99.48 to $131.88 per year. The price increase–which comes less than two years after the last time Jagex raised subscription fees for its aging MMO–goes into effect on April 9.
The good news is that this price hike won’t affect any players who have an active monthly subscription at a grandfathered rate.
“Your price will not be changing if you are actively on a Grandfathered rate monthly subscription (any subscription started, sustained and in active use from before September 27, 2024),” the blog post explained.
The downside is that going forward, players who want to retain their grandfathered subscription rate will have to purchase a one-year subscription plan to keep it.
“Eligible Grandfather rate players will need an active recurring monthly Membership to retain their rate going forward,” Jagex’s blog post reads. “The
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