MechScape

[Mat]

Hey RSA,

Have any of you guys heard of the new game from Jagex that is supposed to come out around June called "MechScape"?

I have only briefly heard about it, and when I say briefly I mean only the name and the release date. Have you guys heard about it at all? And if so, what do you think it would be like?

Discuss away!

~ Mat

[54boys]

I've heard it's going to be RS, but future based.

Where di you hear June?

[jamesvernon]

I know rather a bit about it,

54 You deleted a thread a while ago about it...

Here is the fan website for it: MechScape World - The Original MechScape Fan Site

MechScape is Jagex’s upcoming futuristic Java-based space MMORPG, based on the technologies developed for RuneScape. It might be inspired by their 1999 multiplayer strategy game Cyber Wars, which featured Mechanoids, BattleMechs and Aliens. People who worked on MechScape have said that it will contain a few hundred vehicles, and that they are “trying to find ways that we can take the genre forward in terms of story telling and player grouping, while also developing cool missions and minigames”. Its release date is unknown and any site claiming to have a public beta or private beta sign-up is a scam and should be reported to Jagex immediately. Mechscape and FunOrb are probably set to launch in 2008, based on what Jagex stated in an interview about releasing two new titles around this time.

And the evidence?

We began researching MechScape on the 3rd of October 2007, and have worked hard to document a vast amount of verifiable evidence on our information page. Sources include the UK, EU and US trademark offices, websites of current and former employees, the LinkedIn business networking service, domain name WHOIS information and Jagex’s own job advertisements and public statements.

While Jagex have stated that various projects are in the works, they have neither formally announced the game nor explicitly denied it. To quote Mod Craddock: “I’m afraid that I cannot discuss MechScape. I can’t even confirm if it is a new game” (source). This statement is consistent with their policy of not discussing unreleased titles for fear that users will be fooled into signing up to fake beta sign-up websites.

From their webby

Enjoy!

[Mat]

Originally Posted by 54boys

I've heard it's going to be RS, but future based.

Where di you hear June?

When I was on another forum, I say them talking about it so I had look. One of the forums members said the game will be released in June.

Originally Posted by jamesvernon

I know rather a bit about it,

54 You deleted a thread a while ago about it...

Here is the fan website for it: MechScape World - The Original MechScape Fan Site



And the evidence?



From their webby

Enjoy!

Thanks for that James, now I know what it is about etc.. Good work!

~ Mat

[ninjapenguinagent007]

cool. i want a sci-fi game. at least thats what wikipedia says. kind of odd making a fan site for a game that may or may not be released

[Hex_55]

I think it would be worth looking into. I like the idea honestly.

[sdeadmeat]

Does anyone know the exact date this new game is going to come out? because when it does I am going to be right there on it!

EDIT: dont worry, I just visited the fan sit and it says that it will be released early 2009...long wait...hope its worth it.