For what’s now the seventh 12 months in a row, developer Jagex has hit monetary progress. In its monetary highlights for 2021, the Runescape maker reported a report income of almost £125 million, up 4 p.c from 2020. 

That progress, stated Jagex, was because of the general Runescape franchise hitting the 300 million participant milestone, an all-new membership excessive. CEO Phil Mansell stated that the builders have been capable of construct on its progress from 2020, which was extra necessary than earlier years, because the MMO turned 20 years outdated final 12 months. 

Perhaps the largest change that Jagex confronted got here when it was bought by The Carlyle Group in 2021 to “evolve the core Runescape franchise.” Last month, Jagex did its personal first-ever acquisition and purchased the US-based Pipeworks. 

Since being acquired by Carlyle, Mansell stated that the worldwide funding firm has been “massively supportive of our long-term plans to develop the Jagex group and of our imaginative and prescient to be a pacesetter in community-driven video games.”

Another large milestone for Jagex? Bringing Runescape to iOS and Android, and providing cross-platform play. 

Mansell additionally briefly touched on increasing the developer’s publishing arm, Jagex Partners. Forecast for its writer of live-service video games will see “vital continued progress,” he stated. 

While a lot of that progress will come to already current group titles comparable to Flying Wild Hog’s Space Punks, he indicated that Jagex Partners had fashioned partnerships with different third-party builders.