From Runescape.com

Telstra, one of our service providers, is currently experiencing technical difficulties. As a result, you will not be able to access the RuneScape game and a number of our website features. We apologise for any inconvenience caused, and we are assured our service provider is working hard to rectify this fault.

Mod Austin, Runescape Forums, 13-Jun-2008 16:50:21 Runescape.com
We have been experiencing some technical difficulties which would have resulted in some of you losing connection from the game and our forums.

This issue has now been resolved! Please accept our apologies.

Your account may be showing as logged in still. Don't panic, this is just a side-effect of the server being down; you will be able to log in again as normal soon. During this time your character will not be in the game so you have no fear of dying or losing items from this server problem.

In the event of a server crash your account will be returned to play with the most recent version of that servers 'saved game' file. As such any trades, training, questing, or items gained that happened before the crash will be undone as your file returns to the most recent backup. It is not possible for us to return anything undone from this crash but as these saves happen every 15 minutes we are sure you will not have lost too much of your time and effort.

Thank you and apologies for the disruption and any inconvenience caused.

As of this time, Runescape.com appears to be working properly and all worlds are online as expected.

Update:

We've released a review on this update.

Over the past year, we've been keeping a rather large secret. We have been working on a complete graphical rework of RuneScape, which is looking truly spectacular. There's no need to take our word for it: look at the images below and see for yourself.

As you know, we currently offer 'High Detail' and 'Low Detail' modes. We plan on adding a new and optional detail mode, bringing you accelerated higher quality graphics. This will be in addition to the existing detail modes, as they will remain unchanged.

As if the improvements below weren't enough, an optional fullscreen version of RuneScape is due at the same time. This will let you play at a resolution of your choice, and it also supports widescreen monitors. We think you'll agree, the future of RuneScape is looking very good indeed....

Before:



After:


Click here for full image.
Expect more to be revealed in a Development Diary, later this month.