{
  "id": 6800645,
  "title": "OpenAI employee takes down ChatGPT-coded RuneScape clone following Jagex cease-and-desist",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/openai-employee-takes-down-chatgpt-coded-runescape-clone-following",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-11T21:07:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PC Gamer",
    "slug": "pc-gamer",
    "url": "https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/openai-employee-takes-down-chatgpt-coded-runescape-clone-following-jagex-cease-and-desist/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "OpenAI employee Rohan Varma took down Elderwood, an AI-coded RuneScape clone, following negative feedback from the RuneScape community and a cease-and-desist request from developer Jagex. Screenshots of Elderwood show extremely similar graphics and user interface to Old School RuneScape (OSRS), including identical place names like Lumbridge. Varma, a developer on OpenAI's Codex project, uploaded his first post about Elderwood on September 6 and reported a surge in users after it gained attention on the OSRS subreddit. Jagex asked Varma to take down the website on September 9, and at that point, Elderwood was discontinued and replaced with a farewell message from Varma.",
  "summary": "Black Lodge Nintendo fan game life cycle.",
  "key_points": [
    "OpenAI employee Rohan Varma created Elderwood, an AI-generated RuneScape clone.",
    "Jagex sent cease-and-desist request on September 9, prompting Varma to shut down Elderwood.",
    "Varma discontinued Elderwood after gaining OSRS subreddit attention on September 6."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}