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Jagex and Lyrical Animation Announce RuneScape Animated Series
Confirmed
In Short: Jagex and Lyrical Animation are developing an animated series based on the popular game RuneScape.
At RuneFest in Birmingham, UK, Jagex CEO Jon Bellamy announced a new animated series based on RuneScape, a fantasy MMORPG that has been running for 25 years.
Jagex, in partnership with Charlie 'MoistCr1TiKaL' White and Lyrical Animation, aims to expand RuneScape beyond the gaming ecosystem.
White, a longtime member of the RuneScape community with over 25 million followers, expressed his excitement, saying, 'I’ve been playing RuneScape for 22 years, and it’s one of my favorite IPs ever.
Daniel Dominguez, Creative Director of Lyrical Animation, praised RuneScape's storytelling, noting, 'Runescape has such a unique storytelling voice, at once laugh-out-loud funny and effortlessly insightful.
The animated series will be produced by Lyrical Animation alongside White’s Meatier productions, marking a significant step in Jagex's strategy to diversify the RuneScape franchise.
RuneScape has expanded to include RuneScape, Old School RuneScape, and RuneScape Dragonwilds, with over 300 million accounts created and more than $3 billion in lifetime revenue.
The announcement comes as RuneScape prepares to launch RuneScape Reignited on December 2, featuring a Remastered Journey and Adventure Guide, a fresh economy, and brand-new hiscores.
In addition to the animated series, Jagex also revealed the development of a fourth MMO in the RuneScape franchise, further expanding the game's reach.
The event kicked off with the Manchester Video Game Orchestra performing iconic RuneScape themes, setting the stage for the major announcements.
This new animated series is part of Jagex's broader ambition to bring the world of Gielinor to new formats and audiences, beyond the traditional gaming ecosystem.
Background
RuneScape is a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Jagex. Created by Andrew Gower with assistance from his brother Paul Gower, it was first released on 4 January 2001 as a Java-based browser game; the original Java client was later largely replaced by the standalone C++ NXT client in 2016.
What's confirmed
- Announced at RuneFest, the Project Will Explore Bringing the World of Gielinor to the Screen, with More Details to Be Revealed in 2027 Los Angeles, CA – October 3, 2026 – Lyrical Animation announced today that work has begun on a new animated series based on RuneScape, in partnership with creator Charlie “MoistCr1TiKaL” White and Game Developer Jagex.
- “For 25 years, our players have helped shape RuneScape’s extraordinary world, its characters and its stories,” said Bellamy.
- “Runescape has such a unique storytelling voice, at once laugh-out-loud funny and effortlessly insightful,” said Daniel Dominguez, Creative Director of Lyrical Animation.
- Lyrical Animation will produce the project alongside White’s Meatier productions.
What's still developing
- First released in 2001, RuneScape is a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Jagex.
- Earlier this year at CinemaCon, it was revealed that the company’s animation arm, Lyrical Animation, will be producing a feature adaption of PlayStation’s widely popular game, Bloodborne, alongside PlayStation Productions and creator and gamer Seán McLoughlin (JackSepticEye), with Lyrical Media co-financing the project alongside Sony Pictures.
- As RuneScape enters its 25th year in 2026, we are accelerating our strategy to expand RuneScape into a broader ecosystem of forever games and connected experiences, grounded in a renewed commitment to integrity and fair play.
- The announcement comes on the heels of news of White’s other collaboration with Lyrical Animation, Godslap, a 2D hand-drawn animated feature adaptation of his hit comic, currently in production and slated for release in 2028.
- The other major reveal takes RuneScape beyond games: Jagex has started work on an animated adaptation in partnership with Charlie White, better known online as MoistCr1TiKaL, and LA-based production company Lyrical Media, with the goal of bringing Gielinor's world, characters and stories to new formats and audiences.
- Arguably, his trademark content is the long series of exclusive developer interviews that have been cited by Wikipedia and by the biggest news media and gaming publications.
- Today is a huge day for RuneScape fans, as UK developer Jagex has kicked off the biggest RuneFest ever, revealing a brand new in-development MMORPG in the process.