{"id":35296,"date":"2026-03-11T06:29:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=35296"},"modified":"2026-03-11T06:29:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:29:37","slug":"after-killing-off-microtransactions-runescape-raises-subscription-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=35296","title":{"rendered":"After Killing Off Microtransactions, RuneScape Raises Subscription Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/a\/uploads\/screen_medium\/1752\/17528202\/4664535-runescapesubscription.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In January, developer Jagex announced the removal of microtransactions from its wildly popular 25-year-old MMO, RuneScape. Players rejoiced, but now the other shoe has dropped: It seems that the removal of microtransactions may come at a price&#8211;specifically, an increase in the game&#8217;s monthly subscription fee.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In a new blog post, Jagex detailed plans to increase the game&#8217;s monthly subscription price from $14 to $15 per month, with the yearly plan increasing from $99.48 to $131.88 per year. The price increase&#8211;which comes less than two years after the last time Jagex raised subscription fees for its aging MMO&#8211;goes into effect on April 9.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The good news is that this price hike won&#8217;t affect any players who have an active monthly subscription at a grandfathered rate.<\/p>\n<p>Continue Reading at GameSpot<br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/after-killing-off-microtransactions-runescape-raises-subscription-prices\/1100-6538703\/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In January, developer Jagex announced the removal of microtransactions from its wildly popular 25-year-old MMO, RuneScape. Players rejoiced, but now the other shoe has dropped:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[1529,7422,4369,1964,7421,5086],"class_list":["post-35296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-killing","tag-microtransactions","tag-prices","tag-raises","tag-runescape","tag-subscription","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}