Group Ironman is Old School RuneScape players’ most-voted new game mode ever – and it’s live in-game today

Wednesday 6^th October 2021, Cambridge, UK – Old School RuneScape just became even more competitive with the launch of Group Ironman, an all-new co-op mode, available to players on both desktop and mobile.  After receiving the highest number of player votes of any content poll in Old School RuneScape's history, today’s Group Ironman launch finally brings team-based play to the game’s highly popular Ironman game mode. You can check out the launch trailer here: https://youtu.be/ofP-cew6NHo.

Group Ironman sees players team up to become Old School legends. Teams of two to five players compete together in a fierce contest of wills and skills where they must devise strategies to set new records and rise to the top of the leaderboards. What’s more, unlike typical Ironman, there are no restrictions between team members, allowing them to trade their resources, enjoy shared storage of equipment and even visit each other’s Player-Owned Houses. This unique way to experience Old School is the ultimate social way to play.

Every piece of content that goes into Old School RuneScape is voted on by the players in polls and requires a 75% majority vote to pass. The Group Ironman poll saw more than 140,000 players cast their vote – making it the most player-voted poll in the game’s eight-year history – and achieved a very successful 80% approval rating.

Kieren Charles, Lead Content Developer Old School RuneScape, said:
“Following the success of Hardcore Ironman in 2016, which received an overwhelmingly positive response from the community and saw players diving into its brutal challenges, we’re excited to bring a whole new adventurous twist on the Old School experience with Group Ironman. Players can now bring together their most trusted companions to take on the challenge together. It’s about earning everything with blood, sweat and tears, through gathering, crafting, and fighting. It’s a real challenge, pushing players to their limits while allowing them to share in the glory with their comrades. We’re confident that both our community and new players alike will find their time in Group Ironman an exhilarating one”.

To coincide with today’s launch, four content creator teams will showcase Group Ironman on their live streams as they put their freshly forged teams to the test. Each team is made up of top gaming creators and will be playing on a Temporary Creator-only Game World with accelerated XP and Drops to help give them a concentrated taste of what Group Ironman has to offer. The Group Ironman streams will be available to watch from October 6th at 19.00BST/ 11.00PDT and 24.00BST/ 16.00PDT here: https://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Old%20School%20RuneScape.

Group Ironman is available to Old School RuneScape members and non-members. Players can create a new account for the game mode and use ‘The Node’ to form new groups or they can form them on their own in real life. So, grab your friends and get ready to prove that you’re the superior fighter.

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Notes to Editor

Ironman/ Ironwoman – An account type that requires players to be entirely self-sufficient, with most forms of player interaction being limited, including trading.

Content creator teams:
Team 1: One True King
Team 2: MoistCr1TiKaL
Team 3: Lumbridge Moguls
Team 4: CDawgVA

About Jagex
A leader in creating deep and engaging live games on PC and mobile, Jagex’s flagship MMORPG, RuneScape, has welcomed almost 300million player accounts to its world and is a $1billion lifetime revenue franchise. Today the RuneScape franchise exists beyond running games in live operations; our titles are living games that connect and inspire millions of players, with content and experiences both inside and outside of inexhaustible game worlds. Both RuneScape and Old School RuneScape, on PC and mobile, offer ever-evolving, highly active worlds and our community-focussed development ethos empowers players to have a real say in how each game is shaped. Now we’re expanding and extending our portfolio with fresh franchise titles and new IP to bring life to the living games of the future. Jagex employs more than 400 people at its Cambridge headquarters. Career information can be found at www.jagex.com

About Old School RuneScape
Launched on desktop in 2013, and now also on mobile devices, Old School RuneScape is the industry-leading collaboration between players and developers. Embracing its nostalgic heritage, hundreds of thousands of active players control the direction of the game with an in-game polling system. Featuring adventures for solo play through to 100-player strong raids, Old School RuneScape caters for every brave adventurer. Since 2016, Old School RuneScape has established itself as a competitive game with the seasonal free-for-all Deadman Tournaments, where winners receive huge cash prizes and membership. Play now at http://oldschool.runescape.com

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