Jagex Nixes Community Built RuneScape HD Client, Massive Backlash Follows

Sauce Tin writes: In a newspost, Jagex announced the shutdown of a community driven RuneScape HD graphics client. The announcement came at an inopportune time — the community client was prepped for release this week, had been announced years beforehand, with 2,000+ hours of effort of a single individual behind it. The effort had been noticed by Jagex, however no opposition from the company was made — until recently.

Thousands of players vented on the game's subreddit, ultimately reaching the top of r/all. Jagex has had a past of infuriating it's player base over the years, including the removal of free trade, PvP combat, and LGBT holiday content.