This is disappointing, but I can't say I'm surprised.

For those not familiar, Jagex has been going downhill since about 2010 (basically when the founders sold the game to venture capital). The company changes owners every couple of years as the next round of venture capital takes control promises big changes (for the better) only to squeeze more money out of an increasingly small player base. They then sell the company for a price hike.

Jagex is in the for sale stage right now, so they're presumably tying to avoid scrutiny for what they hope will be probably a billion dollar sale.

There's a new game by the founders, Brighter Shores. It improves a lot of things over RuneScape in principle, but it still needs a ton of work to make it more broadly appealing (effectively it's still just a bit beyond an -- extremely stable --tech demo; no bosses or minigames yet).