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Lineage II releases new individual updates and a snowman hunt event for all three versions
Yep, there's another news update for Lineage II that effectively condenses four stories into one, as Live, Aden, and Classic have all received their...
NCsoft Q3 2024: NCsoft teases Aion 2 for 2025, says Throne & Liberty sales ‘surpassed internal projections’
It's been one hell of a quarter for NCsoft - and we mean that for every interpretation of the phrase.
As readers might recall, in...
Lineage II kicks off Halloween Festival events across all three versions of the MMO
The great thing about Lineage II having three different versions on our side of the globe (presumably) is that means there's three times the...
Lineage II kicks off autumn events across all three of its versions
The season of falling leaves and cooling weather (ideally anyway) is being marked across all versions of Lineage II, with new seasonal fun to...
NCsoft Q2 2024: NCsoft says it’s not shifting focus away from MMORPGs
In the chaos of August financial releases and Gamescom, we overlooked NCsoft's Q2 2024 financial release, so we're tackling it now. Unfortunately, it's not...
Perfect Ten: MMOs where you travel back in time for some reason
We're all time travelers! We travel to the future at the rate of one second per second. Every single machine you will ever operate...
Lineage II debuts a commemorative anniversary trailer as NCsoft works to address server crashes
A milestone like 20 years of operation is the perfect reason to celebrate in big style, and that's just what Lineage II is looking...
Lineage II outlines its 20th anniversary plans for all of its versions
Can you believe that it has been 20 years since Lineage II originally released? Because you only sort of should believe it. The game...
The MOP Up: Aion, Lineage 2, and Blade and Soul get ready for a new launcher
Blade and Soul, Lineage II, and Aion are all preparing to migrate everyone from the old launcher to the new PLAYNC platform. NCsoft posted...
NCsoft Q4 2023: Guild Wars 2 is a bright spot for NCsoft as Throne & Liberty stumbles
NCsoft's Q4 2023 financials weren't the perk-up that investors surely wanted to see: The Korean gaming giant reported a 31% drop in revenues in...
NCsoft updates EULAs for Lineage II, Aion, and Blade & Soul as part of move to Purple
At the top of February we reported on NCsoft's decision to migrate many of its MMOs to its bespoke Purple platform, specifically affecting Blade...
Perfect Ten: The MMO franchises that can’t count past two
Back in the day, there was a running joke about how Capcom had shown with Street Fighter that the company could not count higher...
NCsoft announces plans to move Aion, Lineage II, and Blade & Soul to its Purple platform
Readers might remember that back in 2019, NCsoft launched its own games platform known as Purple, which lets players enjoy the studio's mobile games...
Vague Patch Notes: The myth of the ‘first’ MMORPG
One of the things I like to joke about every so often is various myths about the history of MMOs, and a lot of...
Lineage II’s Wish Hunt event offers buff-granting goodies for killing monsters under the full moon
While Lineage II's latest event isn't called a Halloween event specifically, it certainly does have that grim kind of vibe: The Wish Hunt even...
Vague Patch Notes: I don’t know what the deal is with Throne & Liberty
Let me just state this outright: What in the absolute heck is supposed to be going on with Throne & Liberty at this point?...
Battle Bards Episode 227: NCsounds
Syl and Syp return to the vast library of NCsoft’s MMO soundtracks, with games like Aion, Lineage, and Blade & Soul to keep our...
Lineage II brings back the Red Libra Merchants and their unique wares until September 12
When is a merchant not just a merchant? When it looks like a cat bunny, of course. Also, it's when the merchant sells things...
NCsoft Q2 2023: Throne & Liberty delayed as revenues, mobile games, and MMOs decline
While we've already covered the major delay to Throne & Liberty revealed during NCsoft's investor call this week, there was more to the financial...
Lineage II posts patch notes for the August 1 Death Knight Reborn and Spellcaster Unleashed updates
The beginning of August will not only herald the end to this hell season in our hemisphere of the world; it will also bring...
