RuneScape’s Login Lockout 5 Weeks Later – With Most Accounts Restored, Jagex Talks Prevention and Compensation

If you aren’t familiar with the Login Lockout problem that has been a thorn in the side of RuneScape for over a month, here’s your chance to get all caught up. The initial restoration of accounts in RuneScape is coming to a close, but there is more work to do. With this issue finally heading to a close, the developers look back briefly on where the problem began, and what Jagex plans to do to prevent it in the future.

RuneScape Sending Third Wave Of Emails For Locked-Out Accounts As It Continues It’s 20th Anniversary Celebrations

RuneScape has been working hard at restoring accounts lost in the last month or so, sending waves of emails to those accounts that have been affected. This morning the team at Jagex announced the third wave of accounts that are impacted should be recieving emails, getting them back into the MMO. This is all with the backdrop of the current 20th Anniversary content ongoing in the long-standing MMO.

RuneScape Plans an Invite-Only Approach to Login/Lockout Issue Starting March 23rd

It’s been nearly two weeks since Jagex confirmed, and addressed, that there has been a widespread Login/Lockout problem in RuneScape, preventing players from getting into their account. To combat these issues, the team at Jagex has put together a game plan, which started with disabling some accounts while they gather analytics that will help them restore all accounts to their rightful, working order.