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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Massively OP Podcast Episode 350: The start of Endwalker
Justin and Bree discuss FFXIV Endwalker, WoW 9.2, the Dune MMO, New World, Wizard101, Lineage2M, and ArcheAge, with adventures in LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, Hearthstone, and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on the looter shooter fad and MMO quest logging systems.
NCsoft’s cross-platform mobile and PC MMO Lineage2M is live in the west today
How many Lineages is too many Lineages? Some day we'll probably find out, but it is not this day. This day, NCsoft has launched...
Lineage Eternal reboot Project TL eyes a simultaneous global release in the second half of 2022
We're going to not harp on the fact that we're talking about another Lineage title and stick to the facts here: During NCSoft's third...
NCsoft Q3 2021: Guild Wars 2 just had its best quarter in years
NCsoft's Q3 2021 financials are a story of good news, bad news. Let's do the bad news first: The Korean gaming giant reported a...
Lineage 2M is launching on December 2 in North America and Europe
Those of you who were lamenting that there might be some small portion of your gaming day spent not playing some version of Lineage II will...
Lineage W hires actor Kit Harington to promote the mobile MMO’s launch
Using real-world actors and celebrities to promote an MMO is definitely nothing new, since it can bring a lot of attention or even a...
Lineage 2M kicks off its beta worldwide through November 7
Wait, didn't we already have this? Isn't there already a version of Lineage II playable on mobile devices? I can't keep up with this...
NCsoft and World Makers talk up various Halloween events for Aion, Lineage II, and Deceit
NCSoft and World Makers would like to invite players into the Halloween haunts that are spooking about several of their games. If you're among...
Lineage II shares patch notes for Battle Chronicle update and new events for Aden and Classic
As we've noted many times before, there are a whole lot of different versions of Lineage II out there, and this news story is...
Lineage II is adding a new talisman, new zones, and the Sigel Death Knight class October 20
On Wednesday, October 20th, players of human male characters in Lineage II are going to have a spooky new class to play. It's presumed...
Lineage W announces November 4 launch and answers player questions in a video showcase
This past August we reported on Lineage W, another version of the long-running Lineage franchise that was first announced for mobile but later announced...
NCsoft is finally launching Lineage2M in the west this winter
Lineage2M is finally launching on our shores, and we don't even have long to wait: NCsoft announced this morning that it will launch the...
The MOP Up: Ashes of Creation won’t date Alpha 2 testing – at least, not yet
Ashes of Creation has yet another chunky batch of question-absent answers to the community that it posted on the forums. Intrepid said that it...
Lineage II Aden adds castle sieges with its latest update
Castles! Everyone likes castles when they own the castles in question, and if not then everyone hates castles and wants to be in charge...
Lineage II Aden raises the drawbridge for castle sieges this week
It's time for Lineage II Aden players to batten down the hatches, heat up the boiling oil, and prepare the diseased cattle for catapulting,...
Ultima Online is 24 years old today, celebrating with its 111th update as New Legacy dev continues
Well well well, look what we have here: Somebody's turning 24. It's Ultima Online, broadly considered the grandfather of the genre and the coiner...
Lineage II Aden brings the Orc Fortress and World Olympiad with today’s patch
We hope you're ready to fight Flag Guardian Greg in Lineage II Aden. Yes, that's his name. He's Flag Guardian Greg, and he guards the...
Battle Bards Episode 200: Battle Bards Bicentennial!
Can you believe it? The Battle Bards have hit 200 amazing episodes! Join Steff, Syl, and Syp as they take a victory lap around...
NCsoft says Lineage W will launch this year for PC, mobile, PS5, and the Switch
Last week, we covered NCsoft's initial reveal of Lineage W, yet another entry in the long-running Lineage franchise. Lineage W, however, was initially pitched...
Lineage W is yet another mobile version of the MMO series ‘strategically developed for global users’
At this point, the Lineage series is going to undergo so much mitosis that it will finally become a multi-cellular organism that will randomly...
