2011 · Jagex · Massively multiplayer online real-time strategy · Real-time strategy

8Realms

8realms was a Browser based empire-building massively multiplayer online real-time strategy game developed by Jagex. It is the company's first internally developed MMORTS, and second published MMORTS, after War of Legends.

Released: 5 May 2011
Platforms: Browser
Genres: Massively multiplayer online real-time strategy Real-time strategy
Developers: Jagex
Publishers: Jagex
Modes: Multiplayer

About

8realms was a browser based empire-building massively multiplayer online real-time strategy game developed by Jagex. It is the company's first internally developed MMORTS, and second published MMORTS, after War of Legends.

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The game focus on three aspects: Control, Wealth and Knowledge.

There are 8 ages in 8Realms: Ancient, Classical, Feudal, Renaissance, Imperial, Industrial, Modern and Future (though Future was unreachable in the closed beta).

Development

The 8Realms closed beta was released on 5 May 2011 as Jagex's first HTML-based game. Players were given advanced access to the closed beta by invitation through e-mail and through the game's Facebook page.

Jagex shut down 8Realms 1 July 2012, having met only 10% of their sales target for the game. Jagex CEO Mark Gerhard released a closure statement on the 8Realms website as follows: