RuneScape developer Jagex has made its stance on AI clear, stating that it’s going to by no means use the expertise to create in-game content material.
In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Jagex senior vp of product James Dobrowski made it identified the place the MMORPG developer attracts the road on the subject of AI use.
“We have got a fairly laborious line stance with the staff, which is a dedication that no generative AI will ever be current in any asset {that a} participant can contact, hear, or really feel,” Dobrowski stated. “There might be no generative AI within the sport that they expertise.”
Dobrowski stated the staff is open to AI use on the subject of “tooling effectivity” with a view to make the lives of Jagex builders “simpler and permit us to supply higher content material.” Nonetheless, Dobrowski stated AI will not be used to “drive creativity.”
He moreover stated Jagex was reviewing the practices of its exterior improvement companions to make sure that AI is not being utilized in a method that would doubtlessly make its method into the sport.
RuneScape, significantly Previous College RuneScape, is extra in style than it is ever been earlier than. The free-to-play MMORPG based mostly on the 2007 model of the browser MMO broke its concurrent-player document in August of final 12 months, with greater than 241,000 gamers on-line without delay.
Jagex lately made the daring determination to take away among the most unpopular microtransactions from the extra fashionable model of RuneScape (aka RuneScape 3) following a fan vote. Alongside eradicating the sport’s extensively disliked Treasure Hunter microtransactions, Jagex additionally eliminated different gameplay impacting in-game purchases, together with the flexibility to purchase gadgets that granted XP immediately.
The developer moreover launched a 2026 “integrity roadmap” and vowed to deal with ongoing points essential to the RuneScape group, together with enhancements to the consumer interface, an overhaul to the sport’s visible identification, and different adjustments.