Official Site: Lineage II
Studio: NCsoft
Launch Date: April 27, 2004 (US)
Genre: Fantasy Themepark
Business Model: F2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
See Also: Lineage, Lineage Eternal
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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...
Lineage II announces updates that focus on Wizards, Summoners, and Death Knights on August 1
Whether you're a spellcaster or a spooky knight, your ship is pulling in to port on August 1st, when Lineage II releases patches across...
The MOP Up: Netmarble and Take-Two finances are powered by MMOs
We have a couple more earnings reports to, er, report to you today. Netmarble's Q1 2023 financials reported $472.4M in revenue, with MMORPGs making...
NCsoft West restructures as NC America, with shared CM for Lineage II, Aion, and Blade & Soul
Back in February, we reported on a wave of layoffs that struck NCsoft West, which saw 20% of its workforce handed their walking papers...
Casually Classic: Eight legacy MMOs to satisfy that old school craving
It was just five years ago in 2018 that MassivelyOP formally recognized an interesting and heartening trend in the MMO space: the rise of...
Massively Overthinking: The MMO characters we want to love but don’t
A few weeks ago, MOP reader Neurotic pinged the MOP Podcast with a question about characters we want to love but just don't. He...
NCsoft Q4 2022: Guild Wars 2 had a great 2022, Throne & Liberty is still launching by summer
There's good news and bad news in the Q4 2022 and FY 2022 financial report, and the bad news might help explain why NCsoft...
Lineage II launches several events across all three versions of the ARPG
The three flavors of Lineage II - that is to say the original game, Aden, and Classic - are all awash with events starting...
Korean MMO Project TS scored a global publisher – but it’s a blockchain purveyor
As we recently demonstrated in our lengthy list of in-development MMOs, there's a whole lot coming down the pike. Now we can add another...
Battle Bards Episode 218: Peace and quiet
If anyone’s ever told you to “take a chill pill,” then the Battle Bards have your full dosage in today’s episode. Exploring peaceful and...
Aion and Lineage II offer holiday promos, Blade & Soul suspends cheaters
It's the NCsoft News Bundle of Random Stuff! We've got news tidbits coming out of several MMORPGs under the publisher/developer's umbrella, so we're collecting...
Lineage II’s various versions hand out Halloween heaps of celebratory candy and consumables
Let's be honest about something: The real spirit of Halloween is going up to someone's house in a flamboyant costume, asking for stuff you...
Lineage II shares the patch notes for updates arriving to all three variants of the MMO this week
Last week we reported on a set of patches arriving to all three variants of Lineage II on October 19th - standard, Aden, and...
Lineage II gets new hero’s tome, Aden gets the Crusader, Classic gets more Crusader stuff October 19
Three patches, three editions of Lineage II, one date: Wednesday, October 19th. That's when players can expect new content for standard, Aden, and Classic.
The...
Lineage II Aden kicks off its sixth L2 Pass for players
It's not exactly news that Lineage II Aden (which is the solo-focused version of Lineage II, by way of reminder) has battle passes. The...
