Jagex CEO Mark Gerhard has confirmed to GameIndustry.biz that MechScape, the successor to RuneScape, has been cancelled because "it didn't do all of those things that we wanted it to." Gerhard said the decision cost the company tens of millions of pounds, but he emphasized that the company simply wasn't proud of the game. "It's crucial to me we don't just ship a title because we've built it," he said.

Gerhard also stated that many aspects of MechScape, including the engine, will be used in a secret Jagex project. Simon Seefeldt, the company's head of business development, said this week that Jagex's next game is scheduled to launch in 2010.