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Jagex's New RuneScape Game Is Now Officially A 'Day One' Release For Xbox Game Pass

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IGN broke this story 4 hours ago, and 2 more newsrooms have run it since — 3 in all, spread over 2 hours.

Pure Xbox was quickest to confirm, arriving 35 minutes after IGN. Half the pack had the story within 1.3 hours — a fast consensus by press standards. The pack has settled: no new outlet in 1.5 hours.

IGN, Pure Xbox, GameRant led the coverage.

TDGN's index has been following this beat: Day One (34 stories tracked) across recent coverage — this story is currently the latest of them.

  • First report: IGN, 4 hours ago
  • 3 outlets over 2 hours · median lag 1.3 hours
  • 2 outlets joined in the last 3 hours
  • Beat: Day One (34 stories tracked)

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Who reported it, and when

  1. first IGN RuneScape: Dragonwilds Confirmed for Day One Xbox Game Pass Launch
  2. +35m Pure Xbox Jagex's New RuneScape Game Is Now Officially A 'Day One' Release For Xbox Game Pass
  3. +2h GameRant Brand-New Open World Co-Op Game Coming to Xbox Game Pass Day 1

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Jagex's New RuneScape Game Is Now Officially A 'Day One' Release For Xbox Game Pass

The 1.0 launch is heading to the service this September.

The beloved world of RuneScape has never made an appearance in any form on Xbox before, but when RuneScape: DragonWilds officially releases on September 15th, we now know that it'll be a "day one" launch on Xbox Game Pass.

Jagex has confirmed the news in a press release today, and even though RuneScape: DragonWilds has been available in early access on PC for a year now, they're still counting this as a "day one" release because of the 1.0 launch on September 15th. Here's a bit of what the press release says:

Read the full article on purexbox.com

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