[3] On March 2, 2012, Jagex had stated that all development on Stellar Dawn had been "paused" so that 2012 could be their biggest year to date with the release of Transformers Universe and improvements on RuneScape.

In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, then CEO Geoff Iddison stated that Jagex have "got a very, very big investment into another MMO" and that it was expected to be released "early next year, Q1 2009" - when asked if he was referring to MechScape, he replied "I can't say too much more, I'm afraid.

"[8] On 29 October 2009, Jagex CEO Mark Gerhard announced that MechScape had been cancelled prior to its release, describing the decision as costing "tens of millions of pounds."

As of 11 August 2015, Jagex Employee 'Mod Mat K' had stated on Reddit that "The official line is that it has been put on hold indefinitely.

[11] In an exclusive interview for a blog in 2009, developer Andrew Gower describes MechScape, saying "It’s very much a game of exploration and discovery and has beautiful art direction and back-story which I’m not going to give away."