The development team behind RuneScape: Dragonwilds says it wants survival crafting that avoids feeling like work. In an interview, the team described a progression system that raises each skill from level 0 to 99, quests, humor, lore, and player freedom as the things that make the game feel like RuneScape. Content in the open-world survival crafting title now exceeds 100 hours.
Jagex will release RuneScape: Dragonwilds out of early access on September 15, adding a version 1.0 build and console versions. Executive producer Jesse America said the studio weighed an action RPG, mobile projects, and ports before settling on survival crafting, a direction backed by a survey of 100,000 active RuneScape players. In that survey, action RPG, life simulation, and survival games all ranked high among genres players wanted. America said survival crafting fit RuneScape's sandbox design, where players value freedom over prescribed progression. The game entered early access on PC via Steam in April 2025 as a surprise, announced about two weeks before release. Some players started it expecting a new MMORPG, and America recalls some asking where the MMO was. He estimates playtime has grown from roughly 20 hours at launch to more than 100 hours now, and version 1.0 closes the first major story arc.
SIE has announced the September 2026 Game Catalog lineup for PS Plus Extra and Premium. RuneScape: Dragonwilds arrives September 15 alongside its full release, with WWE 2K26 the same day. BALL x PIT, Slitterhead, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound, Hinterberg Dungeon, and Sniper Elite: Resistance follow September 22 and 29. The Premium-only Classics Catalog adds Mega Man X Command Mission and Metro Redux on September 15.
Graph, which handles domestic publishing in Japan for RuneScape: Dragonwilds, will bring a playable demo of the Jagex survival craft game to Tokyo Game Show 2026, held at Makuhari Messe from September 17 to 21. Demo players get an original clear file. Public-day visitors can win an original umbrella marker at a guaranteed-win garapon lottery.
Microsoft detailed the games joining Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass between September 1 and September 15, 2026. Seven titles enter the library, headlined by the full release of the co-op survival craft RuneScape: Dragonwilds and the Day 1 addition of SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage also join, alongside the TCG Card Shop Simulator 1.0 release, an EA Sports NHL 27 trial, and an Animo subscriber bonus.
Jagex and Graph announced that RuneScape: Dragonwilds will launch on September 15, 2026, for PC, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, with Xbox Game Pass support from day one. The open-world survival craft game, a spin-off of the long-running MMORPG, has sold over one million copies in Steam Early Access.
On June 23, publisher Graph and developer Jagex released the Umbral Desert update for RuneScape: Dragonwilds, the survival craft spin-off of the long-running MMORPG. The update is the final major expansion before the game's full release on September 15. It adds official support for Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Korean. The Umbral Desert introduces a dynamic environment system where the scorching sun drains the player's health, requiring shade and night travel. A new dragon, Fuzan the Scorching Tyrant, appears with red dragon minions. Players can enter the Fight Cave to battle Fuzan and earn rare materials and powerful vestiges. New crafting materials include Adamantite, Red Dragonhide, and Yew logs, enabling new equipment. A Magic Carpet mount allows fast travel across dunes. Familiar RuneScape enemies like Kalphite and Kothar also appear. The game is in Early Access on Steam and will launch on September 15 for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2.
Jagex announced during the Summer Game Fest 2026 showcase on June 6 that the open-world survival action game RuneScape: Dragonwilds will officially launch on September 15, 2026. The title, a spin-off of the long-running MMORPG RuneScape, has been in early access on PC via Steam since April 2025. It is set on the forgotten continent Ashenfall, where up to four players can cooperate in survival crafting and combat against fantasy monsters including a dragon queen. The full release will also arrive on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. According to Game Spark, the early access version has been popular, ranking second on Steam sales and peaking at over 41,000 concurrent players on its first day. A new trailer shown at the event depicts sword-and-magic battles against large creatures.
Sony Interactive Entertainment announced a new lineup for the PlayStation Plus Classics Catalog during the June 3 State of Play broadcast. The rhythm action game Gitaroo Man, originally released for the PS2 in 2001 and known for character designs by illustrator 326, will join the catalog in June. July will bring the third-person shooter Psi-Ops: Psychic Operation (also referred to as Psi-Ops: The Mind Gate Conspiracy) and Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror, according to different sources. August will see the addition of New Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams, the fourth entry in the Onimusha series starring Hideyasu Yuki. The open-world survival game RuneScape: DragonWilds is also scheduled for a day-one release in the Game Catalog in fall 2026. All Classics Catalog titles were originally released for the PlayStation 2.