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I have heard quite a lot of buzz around a new game Jagex has been working on. I first heard about it summer of 2017. I decided to compile a list of information known about this game.
What we know about the MMOARPG, Next Gen, in development by Jagex:
- 8 Sep 2014 - Jagex is designing a "Next-Gen MMO" and is looking for developers who have shipped titles on tablet or mobile.
- 16 July 2016 - Runescape RPG Battler for 2017 and RuneScape Remastered MMO for 2018 was announced at RuneFest. Many have speculated that Next Gen is the project title for RuneScape Remastered.
- 12 May 2017 - Next Gen logo leaked during RuneScape stream. PC Gamer article
- 15 May 2017 - Redditor u/Inqueheart points out Next Gen was the project title for RS3 as far back as 2012.
- 17 May 2017 - Jagex partners with Improbable to bring SpactialOS tech to the next project. It can define and build simulated worlds which can accommodate thousands of simultaneous players. It utilizes cloud technology allowing hundreds of game engines to work together. PC Gamer article
- 5 July 2017 - Mod Ollie leaves the RuneScape team to work on a new project.
- 27 Oct 2017 - Jagex is looking to hire a Gameplay Programmer for Unity for the Next Gen team.
- 5 Feb 2018 - Proof of concept projects "Aurora" and "RS Next"
- 12 Dec 2018 - Nathan Richardsson, the former Executive Producer of EVE Online, joins the project as Executive Producer
- 10 April 2019 - Dan Vargas, former Assassin’s Creed art director joins the project. And Ian Thomas, previously director of engineering at Glint, joins the project as as technical director.
- 6 May 2019 - Jagex is looking to hire a Senior Gameplay Programmer for Unreal Engine 4.
- 19 Nov 2019 - Shanghai Fukong Interactive Entertainment, Jagex's parent company, releases spendings towards "Next Gen": about 2 million usd in 2017, 3 million in 2018, and 2.6 million by the end of April 2019.