Official Site: Lineage
Studio: NCsoft
Launch Date: September 3, 1998 (US)
Sunset Date: June 29, 2011 (US; still in operation in Korea)
Genre: Isometric PvP Sandbox
Business Model: F2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
See Also: Lineage II, Lineage Eternal
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Lineage II’s various versions hand out Halloween heaps of celebratory candy and consumables
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Lineage II shares the patch notes for updates arriving to all three variants of the MMO this week
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The...
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Lineage II Aden kicks off its sixth L2 Pass for players
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Four Winds: What made Lost Ark so successful where Elyon failed?
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Battle Bards Episode 215: Lineage W
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NCsoft Q2 2022: Throne and Liberty delayed to 2023, Aion 2 in dev, Guild Wars 2 booming
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Rumor: NCsoft may publish Throne and Liberty globally through Amazon Games
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NCsoft Q1 2022: Revenues rise thanks to Lineage W and Guild Wars 2, Throne and Liberty arriving this year
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Lineage II’s latest event asks players to buy digital cookies and trade them for lockboxes
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