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Jagex希望经典英国点击式MMO《RuneScape》超越《魔兽世界》
Summary
Jagex首席执行官Jon Bellamy近日公开表示，他的宏伟目标是让旗下经典点击式MMO《RuneScape》在未来五年内成为全球最大的MMO游戏，这意味着要超越长期占据霸主地位的《魔兽世界》。对于不熟悉《RuneScape》的玩家而言，这款游戏自2001年上线以来，凭借其独特的点选式操作、丰富的任务系统和开放世界在英国及欧美地区积累了忠实玩家群体，但全球影响力一直不及《魔兽世界》。Bellamy的这番豪言表明Jagex计划通过重大更新、跨平台扩展（包括移动端）以及社区运营来大幅提升用户规模。对玩家而言，这可能意味着更频繁的内容更新、更优化的新手体验以及更积极的社区互动；对行业来说，若《RuneScape》真能挑战成功，将打破MMO市场长期由《魔兽世界》主导的格局，证明经典IP通过现代化改造仍可焕发新生。不过，考虑到《魔兽世界》的庞大基础用户和品牌认知度，这一目标极具挑战性。
Games mentioned
- Open RuneScape timeline · Heat 0
- Open 魔兽世界 timeline · Heat 0
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