Runescape : U.S. Firm Buys Majority Stake in Jagex

A U.S. venture capital corporation has purchased a majority stock option in Jagex Studios, developers of RuneScape. The purchase moves the financial base of control from the U.K. to the United States. According to Gamasutra, Jagex will pay off its pending expenses with the capital raised through the sale. By so doing, the development of its new Transformers project will be accelerated.