Visiting Jagex

I have always admired Jagex and it was amazing to finally meet the team behind Runescape last week. When Club Penguin first launched in 2005 there were a handful of studios experimenting with online browser games. Fans loved the idea. Both games had explosive growth from 2005-2010, aquiring millions of new players. Runescape recently announced that they just past their 200 millionth player and continues to grow. I estimate Club Penguin to be near 400 million players.

​Suprising the industry continues to ignore these games. Most studios miss the fact that Club Penguin and Runescape are not games. They are services and a quick tour of each studio you would notice most of the team serves the community not the designer.

​Much is said about live operations in the game industry. I am impressed that both the Club Penguin and Jagex teams have release new content every week for years.