[12-21] Christmas Quest Pt 4 - NXT Info

[Bobby]

Sorry for the delay.... seeing that the NXT client will be shown off in under 24 hours.

 

 

 

What better way to celebrate than with our Christmas quest grand finale? Join us in the final episode of The Pinch who Stole Christmas to bring Christmas back to Gielinor and bring the penguins in for the festivities.

 

The next game update will be on the 4th January - an awesome in-game party to celebrate 15 years of RuneScape. Be sure to log in then to join in the festivities, and look out the following week (11th January) for a chance to try RuneScape Classic!

 

Look out for the 2016 Manifesto and Mod Mark's Behind the Scenes January for full details of everything that's coming up.

 

Read on to find out more about what's going on this week!

 

Quantum of Solstice | Christmas Quest - Part 4

 

So you've saved the day, (well, Santa) but Christmas can't continue until the penguins' plot is foiled once and for all. Succeed and you'll definitely make it onto Santa's Nice List - and earn yourself a snuggly in-game penguin onesie!

 

Remember: If you haven’t had a chance to play the Christmas quest yet, just jump in-game and speak to a snow imp at the Prifddinas, Burthorpe or Lumbridge lodestones. Catch up with the story to unlock all of the latest Christmas activities.

 

You have until the update on 4th January to complete The Pinch who Stole Christmas.

 

Enjoy!

 

Have a fantastic holiday season, keep checking your Advent Calendar for some truly excellent presents, and let us know your thoughts over on the forums.

 

See you soon!

 

The RuneScape Team

 

Live Streams this Week – NXT Special!

 

Each week we stream developer Q&As, in-game events and more. Watch our streams and find our full streaming schedule over on our Twitch channel.

 

Check our YouTube channel, too, for recap videos of streams you may have missed!

 

This week, we have an early Christmas present for you…

 

New Game Client | 20:00 UTC, Tuesday 22nd December

 

As we announced in last week's Developer Q&A, we have something a little bit special planned for you next week.

 

As an early Christmas present, we'll be showing off our awesome new Game Client to you guys!

 

Whilst it's obviously still a work in progress, we thought it'd be nice to share where we are with NXT, and answer some initial questions you may have about it live on stream.

 

As a special twist, we'll be showing you the areas of RuneScape YOU most want to see in-game with the new Game Client. Vote on our poll for the location you would like us to visit!

 

This is not a stream you want to miss, believe us.

 

Ask your questions for the team on our forum thread, Reddit, or by using the hashtag #NXT on Twitter.

 

And we'll see you at 8pm on Tuesday! Be there!

 

Please note: we will NOT be revealing a release date for NXT during this stream. It's the chance for us to show you guys where we are with the project as it stands.

 

Extra Festivities!

 

This Week's JMod Events

 

Each week the Community team will host a number of in-game events. Be sure to check them out and say hi to the team!

 

Check out all of the latest Christmas events over on our RuneScape forums for more information.

 

Community Competitions

 

Final call for all of our Christmas community competitions! Read on to find out what awesome goodies you could win and how you can enter.

 

Facebook: Enter the 15 Days of Christmas Winter Sweepstake, for your chance to win an MSI Gaming Laptop, IRL retro dragonfire shield and loads more goodies. Competition ends 23:59 Game Time (UTC) on 23rd December 2015.

Forums: Check out our Christmas forums for daily competitions to win some awesome prizes!

Instagram: Take part in our #RSInstaChallenge and you could win a Gold Premier Club membership! Details over on Instagram.

Please note that there are no patch notes this week.

[Beric]

Sorry for the delay.... seeing that the NXT client will be shown off in under 24 hours.

What!?! This isn't dead???? So excited!

[AmusedDragon]

 

Sorry for the delay.... seeing that the NXT client will be shown off in under 24 hours.

What!?! This isn't dead???? So excited!

 

 

They've been saying it's coming out next year for months now. <________________<

[Beric]

To be fair, I don't read BTS unless they're posted here, and I never watch the videos because I have a lot of trouble following spoken English. I miss quite a bit.

[Bobby]

to be fair. it is the first mention of nxt since i started making these posts

[Pizzas]

 

 

The next game update will be on the 4th January - an awesome in-game party to celebrate 15 years of RuneScape. Be sure to log in then to join in the festivities, and look out the following week (11th January) for a chance to try RuneScape Classic!

 

 

THIS MEANS ALL YOU NEW FOLK CAN GET THE FANCY RS CLASSIC CAPE It has a fancy skillcape emote. I got it when classic was opened like 5 years ago or something. Once you access it once, you can play it forever. (At least I can...)

[Rafi]

What's supposed to be good/special about a new client? Is this the html5 thing?

[Ethan]

What's supposed to be good/special about a new client? Is this the html5 thing?

Read this thread on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/3xx7et/tldw_144_nxt_preview/

Be sure to look at the pictures at the bottom. Even look at the minimaps.

I don't know why they scrapped HTML5 but this is not that. Jagex is basically at maximum capacity for the current Java/HTML and literally needs to make a new one. This one is much more improved though considering they won't have Javas limitations. Lots to be added, but graphically it's a much larger and detailed game.

[Rafi]

Ah, I wonder if it will be a noticeable change. Time will tell!

[Izay]

NXT got me hyped to play again! Can't wait for it's release! Same for Invention ^^

[Wolf]

NXT got me hyped to play again! Can't wait for it's release! Same for Invention ^^

but invention will take my max cape away