Published 26 Jan, 2021 Jagex, UK-based developer of massively multiplayer game RuneScape, have been bought by private equity firm The Carlyle Group. The sale was reported late last week by The Telegraph, and the Carlyle Group confirmed the deal yesterday, stating that they intended to speed up the studio's content creation and launch new games, according to GI.biz. Now the sale is being disputed in a lawsuit by another private equity firm, Plutos Sama Holdings. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings This gets messy quick. Jagex was bought last year by US asset management firm Macarthur Fortune Holding, from Chinese mining company Shanghai Hongtou Network Technology, for around $530 million (roughly £390 million). Macarthur have now sold Jagex to The Carlyle Group for an undisclosed sum expected to be higher than last year's sale.