Official Site:Â Lineage
Studio:Â NCsoft
Launch Date: September 3, 1998 (US)
Sunset Date: June 29, 2011 (US; still in operation in Korea)
Genre:Â Isometric PvP Sandbox
Business Model:Â F2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
See Also: Lineage II, Lineage Eternal
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Lineage II: Revolution cancels beta tests, launch window in question
With all of the current, upcoming, and spin-off Lineage titles out there, you might need a flow chart to keep them all straight in...
Smed adds family inheritance to Hero’s Song’s to-do list
If you missed our live Hero’s Song interview with John Smedley on OPTV, you missed a couple of tantalizing tidbits. One involved family ties...
Battle Bards Episode 83: Triumphant Victory!
Triumph and victory — are they the same thing? Sometimes, but not always. On today’s breathtaking episode of Battle Bards, the team tackles triumphant...
Lineage 2 Classic adds sieges, fishing, and achievements
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This large content patch contains many...
The Game Archaeologist: The Island of Kesmai
It was the mid-'80s, and I was just a kid in love with his family's IBM PC. Not having a wealth of capital at...
Massively Overthinking: Prestige systems in MMORPGs
Last week, an interesting question dropped into our team inbox. It was from a game developer -- I don't know for which game --...
Battle Bards Episode 81: Goblins, Orcs, and Ogres!
They may be ugly. They may be smelly. And they may have no table manners whatsoever. What, we're not talking about the Battle Bards!...
The Game Archaeologist: The silent world of Tibia
If I were to tell you that there's a Western MMO out there that's as old as Ultima Online and yet still has a...
Superdata’s July 2016 data show Guild Wars 2 surging, Pokemon Go on top
Superdata's July report on online gaming revenues is in, and there are some predictable bits and some surprises. On the P2P MMO front, the...
Lineage II offers players an item pack as a show of appreciation
Lineage II has had a nice long run across the world, and the team behind the game appreciates the players who have stuck with...
NCsoft Q2 2016: WildStar up, Guild Wars 2 down
NCsoft's second quarter financials are in, and it's pretty good news for MMORPGs on the whole. Operating profit and net income are up quarter-over-quarter and...
Lineage Eternal aims for a beta test in November
When the wait seems... eternal for some upcoming MMOs, it can be helpful to hear that the gears of development and testing are moving, even...
Superdata’s June report shows Overwatch, WoW still on top
Superdata's latest report on the worldwide digital games market is out, and Overwatch owned the month of June on PC, to no one's surprise,...
The MOP Up: Project Gorgon’s pig dance party (August 7, 2016)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Get your first look at Lineage II: Revolution
Looking for a powerhouse MMO to fit into your smartphone or tablet? One such contender deserves your attention, thanks to the legacy from which...
Multiplayer ARPG Heroes of Incredible Tales is out on Android and iOS today
It's not quite an MMO, but Heroes of Incredible Tales does have an MMO pedigree: It's the first-born spawn of Yong-Hyun Park's NAT Games...
Lineage II’s Helios expansion is live with a castle in the sky
NCsoft has pushed live the Helios expansion for Lineage II today -- that's the live game, not the classic-flavor spin-off!
The star of the update...
Overwatch, League of Legends, and World of Warcraft top May Superdata charts
Probably no big surprise here, but according to Superdata Research in May, Blizzard and Riot Games are still kings of the online PC gaming...
The MOP Up: Ingress players show love for Orlando (June 26, 2016)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Check out gameplay footage of Lineage II Blood Alliance
Have you ever found yourself in the middle of a crowded social environment (shopping mall, concert, military assembly, Senatorial filibuster) and found yourself thinking...
