{"slug": "viral-ai-made-runescape-clone-removed-after-jagex-demands-takedown", "title": "Viral AI-made RuneScape clone removed after Jagex demands takedown", "summary": "Jagex forced the shutdown of Elderwood Realms, an AI-built RuneScape clone created by developer Rohan Varma using GPT-6 Astra in Codex, after the browser game drew 3,000 accounts within its first 24 hours and more than 1,000 hours of play. Elderwood's website now displays a \"Thank you for the adventure\" notice stating, \"We received a notice from Jagex asking us to take down the website,\" and the game is no longer available, though its high scores remain online. Jagex has not publicly commented on the closure, while Old School RuneScape players have celebrated the takedown on the game's subreddit.", "body_md": "An AI-made [RuneScape](https://www.dexerto.com/tag/runescape/) clone that went viral after becoming playable in a web browser has been shut down following intervention from Jagex.\n\nElderwood Realms was created by developer Rohan Varma after asking GPT-6 Astra in Codex to “build RuneScape,” eventually growing into a multiplayer game with familiar locations, skilling, and combat. However, just days after thousands of players started joining, the website has since been taken offline.\n\n## Elderwood creator says it was a “joy to build”\n\nVisitors to Elderwood’s website are now greeted with a message titled “Thank you for the adventure,” confirming the game has closed.\n\n“We received a notice from Jagex asking us to take down the website,” the statement continued. “Following that notice, we are discontinuing Elderwood’s operation, and the game is no longer available.”\n\nThe takedown comes just days after Elderwood exploded in popularity. Varma [previously said](https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/ai-made-runescape-clone-goes-viral-with-playable-browser-version-3406698/) 3,000 accounts were created within its first 24 hours, with players spending more than 1,000 hours in the game.\n\nIts similarities to Old School RuneScape had already attracted criticism, with players on the OSRS subreddit calling for Jagex to take action against the project.\n\nWhile no longer playable, the site says the game’s high scores will remain online as a record of what players achieved before it was shut down.\n\nAs of writing, Jagex hasn’t released any public comment on Elderwood’s closure. OSRS players, on the other hand, have been celebrating the move on the [MMO’s subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/2007scape/comments/1wbzupb/victory_down_with_ai_slop/).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/viral-ai-made-runescape-clone-removed-after-jagex-demands-takedown", "canonical_source": "https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/viral-ai-made-runescape-clone-shut-down-after-jagex-demands-takedown-3408509/", "published_at": "2026-09-12 14:48:25+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-12 15:15:09.374743+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "generative-ai", "ai-agents"], "entities": ["Jagex", "Elderwood Realms", "Rohan Varma", "GPT-6 Astra", "Codex", "RuneScape", "Old School RuneScape"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/viral-ai-made-runescape-clone-removed-after-jagex-demands-takedown", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/viral-ai-made-runescape-clone-removed-after-jagex-demands-takedown.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/viral-ai-made-runescape-clone-removed-after-jagex-demands-takedown.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/viral-ai-made-runescape-clone-removed-after-jagex-demands-takedown.jsonld"}}