2009

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2009 marks the 10th anniversary of the formation of Jagex, and of the start of development for RuneScape Classic. It is also the "official Upgrade Year" for Jagex as mentioned in their 2009 Behind the Scenes update, released in January.

December

• 31 December
  • New Year Message
• 29 December
  • Credit Card Payments Offline
• 24 December
  • Christmas Wishes to the Community
• 22 December
  • Christmas Card Competition Results
  • Blog - Community Management: Clan Submissions Page (December 2009)
• 21 December
  • Patch Notes (21 December 2009)
  • A Christmas Warble (Christmas 2009)
  • Wallpapers and Players' Gallery
• 18 December
  • Blog - Animation Update: Particles
• 15 December
  • Patch Notes (15 December 2009)
  • Blood Runs Deep
• 11 December
  • Christmas Cards and Blog
  • New Jagex Store Launch
  • Bouncedown - Free on iPhone/iPod Touch
  • Blog - Holiday Event: A Christmas Warble
• 8 December
  • Patch Notes (8 December 2009)
  • Kuradal's Dungeon
• 4 December
  • News about the Online Store!
• 3 December
  • Patch Notes (3 December 2009)
  • Christmas Card Competition
  • The Temple at Senntisten

November

• 26 November
  • Thanksgiving Turkeys and Community Event
  • Blog - Fairy Tale III: Subtitle Yet to Be Approved
• 25 November
  • RuneScape Classic Plan
• 19 November
  • Forums Currently Offline
  • Blog - Achievement Diary: Elite Tasks - Design
• 18 November
  • RuneScape Classic Reminder (2009)
  • Adventurer's Log
• 17 November
  • Patch Notes (17 November 2009)
  • Potions, Spells and Runes
• 13 November
  • Machinima Competition – Excl's Visit
  • RuneScape Cards in the UK - WHSmith
  • Blog - Community Management: Excl's Visit
• 11 November
  • RuneScape Classic Temporarily Re-opened
  • Send Us Your Specs 2009
• 9 November
  • Patch Notes (9 November 2009)
  • Champions' Challenge Update and Hairstyles
• 6 November
  • Incomm Cards Available at GameStop
• 5 November
  • Blog - Distractions & Diversions: Court Cases
• 4 November
  • Website Maintenance (4 November 2009)
• 3 November
  • Golden Joystick Awards – Thank You
• 2 November
  • Potential Downtime
  • Blog - Community Management: Events Support

October

• 30 October
  • Systems Moving...
  • Golden Joystick Awards Result
• 29 October
  • Website Maintenance (29 October 2009)
  • RuneScape Cards in the UK
• 28 October
  • Blog - Rework: Impetuous Impulses
• 27 October
  • Core game system hosting move (October 2009)
• 26 October
  • Patch Notes (26 October 2009)
  • Anti-'76k'ing Measures
  • Web of Shadows (Halloween 2009)
• 23 October
  • Blog - Website: Postbag and Gallery
• 22 October
  • Web Page Security
• 21 October
  • Website Maintenance (21 October 2009)
  • Web Page Login
• 20 October
  • Patch Notes (20 October 2009)
  • Ardougne Achievement Diary
  • Duel Tournaments Rework
  • Golden Joystick – Last Chance to Vote
• 16 October
  • Future Q&A Sessions
  • Wallie-cards Available in Norway
  • Blog - Updates: Within the Launch
• 13 October
  • Patch Notes (13 October 2009)
  • Website Maintenance (13 October 2009)
  • Within the Light
• 8 October
  • Postbag, Gallery and Wallpapers (October 2009)
• 7 October
  • Patch Notes (7 October 2009)
  • Some European Worlds Moving
  • High-level Herblore Potions
  • Photo Booth and Forum Avatars
  • Blog - Community Management: Player Visits
• 2 October
  • "Worst Update Ever!"
• 1 October
  • Display Names

September

• 30 September
  • Website Maintenance (30 September 2009)
• 24 September
  • RuneScape Q&A – Localisation
  • Blog - Q&A: Localisation's Answers
• 23 September
  • Patch Notes (23 September 2009)
  • Billing Web Pages - New Look
  • Woodcutting Rebalance
• 21 September
  • Core game system hosting move (September 2009)
  • Friends and Clan Chat Rollback
• 18 September
  • Game Worlds Moving...
• 17 September
  • Patch Notes (17 September 2009)
  • Advisors and Objectives
  • Living Rock Caverns
  • RuneScape Q&A – Community Management (September 2009)
  • Blog - Q&A: Community Management's Answers
• 16 September
  • Website Maintenance (16 September 2009)
• 15 September
  • Blog - RuneScape Classic: Retro Revival
• 11 September
  • Machinima Competition Results
• 10 September
  • RuneScape Q&A – RuneScape Content
  • Blog - Q&A: RuneScape Content's Answers
• 9 September
  • Patch Notes (9 September 2009)
  • Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf
• 4 September
  • Machinima Competition – Cast Your Votes!
• 3 September
  • RuneScape Q&A – Andrew Gower
  • Blog - Q&A: Andrew Gower's Answers
  • Blog - New Dwarf Quest: Within The Next Few Weeks...
• 2 September
  • Patch Notes (2 September 2009)
  • Changes to Autocasting Spells
  • Personalised Shops
  • RuneTek 5 Game Engine

August

• 28 August
  • Andrew's Live Q&A Rescheduled
  • Extra Credit in Sweden with Wallie-card
• 27 August
  • Blog - Display Names: Changing Names
• 26 August
  • Blog - Game Engine: RuneTek 5
• 25 August
  • Machinima Competition - Final Day
• 21 August
  • The FunOrb Digest
  • Blog - Updates: Trust Us, We're QA
• 20 August
  • RuneScape Q&A – Player Support (August 2009)
  • Blog - Q&A: Player Support's Answers
• 18 August
  • Patch Notes (18 August 2009)
  • Menagerie, Familiar Controls and Butlers
  • Mobilising Armies Polish
• 11 August
  • RuneScape Machinima Competition
• 10 August
  • Patch Notes (10 August 2009)
  • Fur 'n' Seek
• 6 August
  • RuneScape Q&A – Mark Gerhard (August 2009)
  • Blog - Q&A: Mark Gerhard's Answers
• 5 August
  • Postbag, Gallery and Wallpapers

July

• 30 July
  • RuneScape Q&A
  • Blog - New Dwarf Quest: Nearly Finished
• 28 July
  • Patch Notes (28 July 2009)
  • Animation Pack 1
  • Poison Arrow Pub and Aquanite
• 24 July
  • Blog - Community Management: Introduction to CM
  • Blog - Community Management: Volunteer Moderators
  • RuneScape: Brazil
• 23 July
  • Blog - Updates: Upload Manager
• 21 July
  • Patch Notes (21 July 2009)
  • The Curse of Arrav
• 17 July
  • Bounty Worlds (+1 Item)
  • Worlds still down
  • Worlds Down
• 16 July
  • Blog - Animation Update: Pack 1
• 15 July
  • Patch Notes (15 July 2009)
  • Faruq's Tools for Games
  • PvP World Changes
  • Lores and Histories: Mobilising Armies
• 14 July
  • Website Maintenance (14 July 2009)
• 13 July
  • Incomm cards available at Rite-Aid/Wal-Mart
• 10 July
  • The Jagex Anti-Hijack System
  • PayBySMS available in Singapore
  • Blog - Infrastructure: Back-end Upgrades
• 8 July
  • Patch Notes (8 July 2009)
  • Mobilising Armies
• 3 July
  • Blog - Fairy Area Improvement: Animating
• 2 July
  • Wallie Cards available in Sweden

June

• 26 June
  • Blog - Mobilising Armies
• 23 June
  • Blog - New Dwarf Quest: Feedback and Blue Blocks
• 22 June
  • Patch Notes (22 June 2009)
  • Extended Agility courses
• 18 June
  • Membership cards in 7-Eleven
• 16 June
  • Patch Notes (16 June 2009)
  • Changes to PvP and Bounty Worlds, and gravestones
  • European Worlds Temporarily Unavailable
• 12 June
  • Friends list unavailable for some users
• 11 June
  • Macro-detection systems update
  • Blog - Game Engine: Game Engine Improvements
• 9 June
  • Patch Notes (9 June 2009)
  • Run energy upgrade
• 5 June
  • Blog - Fairy Tale III: Design Review
• 2 June
  • Patch Notes (2 June 2009)
  • The Hunt for Red Raktuber
• 1 June
  • PayBySMS available in Estonia and Lithuania

May

• 29 May
  • The Jagex Clan Cup 2009
• 28 May
  • New Dwarf Quest: Diary 4
  • Postbag from the Hedge 40
  • Blog - New Dwarf Quest: Coding and Writing
• 27 May
  • Patch Notes (27 May 2009)
  • Dungeon maps and spam filter
• 21 May
  • Development Diary: Run Energy - Part 2
  • Guaranteed-Content Poll: Name a Pub Results
  • Blog - Run Energy: Test'n Musicians
• 19 May
  • Patch Notes (19 May 2009)
  • Missing My Mummy
• 15 May
  • Limited Edition Chosen Commander Hoodies
• 14 May
  • Development Diary: Fairy Area Improvement - Part 2
  • Blog - Fairy Area Improvement: Modelling
• 12 May
  • Patch Notes (12 May 2009)
• 11 May
  • Offence System Updated
  • Offence System maintenance
• 7 May
  • Development Diary: Tools for Games
  • Blog - Tools for Games
• 6 May
  • Patch Notes (6 May 2009)
  • Bounty Hunter Wilderness-only PvP
  • Bounty Worlds

April

• 30 April
  • New Dwarf Quest: Diary 3
  • Blog - New Dwarf Quest: Implementation Begins
• 28 April
  • Patch Notes (28 April 2009)
  • Summoning Upgrade and Hairstyles
• 23 April
  • Development Diary: Run Energy
  • Blog - Run Energy: Rest and Musicians
• 21 April
  • Patch Notes (21 April 2009)
  • Tale of the Muspah
• 20 April
  • PayBySMS now available in Canada.
• 17 April
  • Development Diary: Fairy Area Improvement
  • Blog - Fairy Area Improvement: Concept
• 9 April
  • New Dwarf Quest: Diary 2
  • Free player forum access
  • Blog - New Dwarf Quest: A Concept is Approved
• 8 April
  • Patch Notes (8 April 2009)
  • Easter 2009
• 6 April
  • Windows downloadable client
• 2 April
  • Development Diary: Dungeon Maps
  • Postbag from the Hedge 39
  • Blog - World Map Update: Dungeon Maps
  • RuneScape Duel Cards
• 1 April
  • Patch Notes (1 April 2009)
  • Forum Maintenance (1 April 2009)
  • Glorious Memories

March

• 31 March
  • Pay by SMS now available in Australia
  • Rants forum returns
• 30 March
  • Problems with billing systems
• 26 March
  • Development Diary: New Dwarf Quest - Part 1
  • Blog - New Dwarf Quest: Revisiting an Old Quest Series
• 25 March
  • Patch Notes (25 March 2009)
  • Pre-purchase advice and more
• 17 March
  • Patch Notes (17 March 2009)
  • Route-finding Update
  • The Chosen Commander
  • Game Worlds Unavailable
• 12 March
  • Lores and Histories: The Chasm of Lights
• 5 March
  • RuneScape Q&A – Further Answers
  • Evil Tree Wallpaper
• 3 March
  • Patch Notes (3 March 2009)
  • Deposit-all feature and more

February

• 27 February
  • Temporary Closure of the Bounty Hunter Craters
• 25 February
  • Patch Notes (25 February 2009)
  • Evil Tree
  • Random Event Update and More
• 17 February
  • Wilderness and Real-World Trading Q&A
• 16 February
  • Minor Delay to Scheduled Updates
  • Your RuneScape Questions Answered
  • Your RuneScape Questions Answered - Updated
• 10 February
  • Patch Notes (10 February 2009)
  • Soul Wars
• 9 February
  • The Future of RuneScape
• 5 February
  • Postbag from the Hedge 38
• 2 February
  • Behind the Scenes - February (2009)

January

• 30 January
  • Forum Maintenance (30 January 2009)
• 27 January
  • Patch Notes (27 January 2009)
  • Magic Interface Features
• 20 January
  • Patch Notes (20 January 2009)
  • Seers' Village Achievement Diary
• 16 January
  • FunOrb - Armies of Gielinor
• 13 January
  • Patch Notes (13 January 2009)
  • Betrayal at Falador Q&A
  • Logout Timer Increase
• 9 January
  • Weak passwords must be changed.
• 6 January
  • In Pyre Need
• 2 January
  • Behind the Scenes - January (2009)
  • Behind the Scenes 2009