RUNESCAPE is Getting an Official Companion Book

RuneScape is a classic MMORPG from Jagex that’s celebrating 20 years of play. I used to love this game back in middle school. Well, Jagex and Dark Horse Books recently announced a new partnership to bring about RuneScape: The First 20 Years – An Illustrated History. This book will serve as an official companion to the game and provide an exclusive behind-the-scenes look. There will even be a deluxe edition for the diehard fans.

In 2001, gamers first arrived in RuneScape’s new online world of medieval fantasy. Two decades on, it has become one of the world’s longest-running online games and a global success story having welcomed almost 300 million player accounts.

Now the history and art of that world has been charted in RuneScape: The First 20 Years. It explores the detailed tapestry of RuneScape and its sister-title Old School RuneScape through exclusive interviews with the games’ designers and developers and hundreds of full-color illustrations, spanning the entire 20 years of its celebrated history.

Talking about the deal, Phil Mansell of Jagex said:

I am delighted Jagex is teaming up with Dark Horse, an illustrious company that shares our passion for delivering high-quality creative storytelling. 20 years of RuneScape is a massive milestone for Jagex and our games, and I thank our community for being on this incredible journey with us. RuneScape: The First 20 Years will provide our players with a unique insight into the story of the past two decades and a chance to explore RuneScape’s fantasy world of Gielinor like never before.

Fans will be able to read RuneScape: The First 20 Years on October 5 from local comic shops and bookstores. You can also pre-order your copy now from those locations or Amazon for $39.99. If you want the Deluxe Edition, it’ll cost $99.99 from the RuneScape merch store and features a special variant cover, card slipcase, hard-backed folio with art prints, gold-edged pages, and a page marker.