Jagex announced a fourth RuneScape MMO at RuneFest 2026. It currently has the working title RS4, although most people are already calling it RuneScape 4. The game is built in Unreal Engine and Jagex hasn’t specified which version. This is the first numbered sequel since RuneScape 3 arrived in 2013. A CGI teaser shown at the event shows a town in a green valley, floating islands, and a dragon rider attacked by a three-headed dragon. Jagex says RS4 is in the early stages of development with its own dedicated team and will still be “a few years away”. The studio is also not ready to talk about platforms.
It’s interesting to note that RS4 didn’t start out as a full game. It started as an expansion to RuneScape: Dragonwilds, Jagex’s Unreal Engine 5 survival game, and apparently became its own project after testers requested a more traditional MMO version of the setting. The expansion would have been planned for 2027. The story would pick up years after Dragonwilds and begin in the same region, Ashenfall. RuneScape 3, Old School RuneScape, and Dragonwilds will all continue to run alongside it. Of course, we don’t yet know how monetization will work or if any progress will be made from RuneScape 3, and I think it will be a while before we see actual gameplay.
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