<b>commentary</b> A widely used online game and longtime Java ally is ditching Oracle's security-plagued programming technology. Your move, Minecraft. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

Jagex, the developers of the infamous web-browser MMORPG RuneScape, has decided that it's time to put Java away and welcome in HTML5. The game developer knew that in order for the next sequel of ...

Browser based MMOG RuneScape has been largely unchanged since 2005, but is making a big move this morning with higher detail. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple. Before that, Josh ...

The MMO Runescape 3 will be abandoning the Java of its forbears in favor of HTML5. Jagex was a pioneer in browser games, but with the Java userbase slowly shrinking, Jagex CEO Mark Gerhard told ...

Jagex Games Studio has revamped the MMO using its new proprietary visual engine and game client NXT. This means instead of playing in a browser, the game is now a standard download. In development for ...

Jagex has overhauled its long-running MMO Runescape with a brand new graphics engine. The browser title launched in 2001, and has continued to render its 3D worlds in Java since. NXT, as the new ...

More than a decade on from its launch as one of the first browser-based MMOs, RuneScape is heading for big changes. Dave Owen checks in with the apparently immortal "Netflix of gaming" as it prepares ...