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Miu said :
Jagex is probably waiting for a way to skirt Apple's cut of the pie from MTX. Best let Epic do the heavy lifting before they get on the app store

They can't. They are already paying Apple for a cut of their MTX for over a year already:

Old School RuneScape
Offers In-App Purchases

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/old-school-runescape/id1269648762

Antitrust lawsuits like this takes years if not decades to settle. Jagex is going to pay up happily when they get millions of new RS3 iOS players anyway just like they are happily paying Google a cut for Android RS3 Mobile.

15-Sep-2020 18:51:05 - Last edited on 15-Sep-2020 18:51:33 by Dilbert2001

O C Falcon said :
Id really hope mtx isnt whats holding it up>< that being said, i wouldnt be surprised.

Nothing is holding it up. Jagex is working on releasing RS3 Mobile, including iOS in earnest. No, Partnership MTX in the form of buy Prime Gaming get exclusive right to prized competitions and beta testing of new content will only help.

They are hiring a Mobile Product Director now to specifically take care of the pre and post launch of RS3 Mobile, hinting on the release of Mobile is well in the horizen:

"Working closely with the internal development teams and publishing services you will be an expert in identifying and defining the critical path to pre and post-launch product optimization."

https://jobs.lever.co/jagex/a2b7dd4e-f0f0-434a-9252-44575a9d182d

AFAIK, they are removing idle iOS beta accounts who aren't helping and giving them to the ones who help. Maybe they will send out another round of beta testing emails in the next 2 months before the full release next year.

05-Nov-2020 20:17:23

18-Nov-2020 18:05:22

Loae said :
The amount of time the iOS RS3 app is taking is embarrasing, they could put it out with legacy-only support first and I'd be happy to use it already.

If you are not already using RS3 iOS now, you are not eligible to use it now regardless it is Legacy Mode only or not. There is never an issue with Legacy Mode or not with iOS. There actually have no bug fixes whatsoever regardless RS3 Mobile the last few patches.

Mod Warden has said many times everything is going well with the full Mobile launch and it is their next big project. We just wait a couple more months or so and enjoy all kinds of game modes in RS3 Mobile.

18-Nov-2020 20:03:20

Welp early 2021 has kinda come and gone, hopefully someday will be sooner rather than later.

13-Apr-2021 04:16:20

Sirhorns said :
Welp early 2021 has kinda come and gone, hopefully someday will be sooner rather than later.

I don't think Jagex said RS3 Mobile is going to be released in "early" 2021. However, from their latest weekly Q&A:

"Mobile
We are preparing for the big launch date.

We are expecting new players so we are improving the first time experience."

https://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/mmcf2v/tldw_516_leads_qa/

Yes, they are preparing to tell us a date, but no saying it is "early" 2021 or a couple of weeks after that. Just stay tuned for the announcement.

13-Apr-2021 17:58:42

Both Mobile on Adroid and iOS versions are officially announced to be released in Summer, following the pre-registration period now. In the livestream they also said the pre-registration period will run 6 to 7 weeks, so it implicitly put the launch date around mid June.

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