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Don’t forget, the Nostalgia Contest entry period closes on July 14th! It only takes a few minutes to write a short essay about your early days in Lineage II and send it in with a screenshot of your character. Everyone wins a pariticipation prize of a free vintage Lineage II t-shirt and three classic posters! Read the full details and check out the rest of the prizes here. Send in your entry today, it’s … Read More »
Filed under: Fantasy, Video, Lineage 2, Patches, News items NCsoft’s Aion and City of Heroes may get more press here in the States, but the workhorse of the Korean MMORPG maker’s worldwide stable continues to be Lineage II. The long-running fantasy title is gearing up for yet another substantial update, with the much-anticipated Freya patch scheduled to hit the public test server on July 29th. Lineage II’s updates have always been rather meaty (and … Read More »
Filed under: Fantasy, Screenshots, Lineage 2, One Shots While it may not be a game that many people have played over here in the states, NCsoft‘s long-running fantasy MMO, Lineage 2, continues to enchant players in its home market. What you may not know is that it also boasts some beautiful character art! Indeed, when you look at this attractive orcish lass, you can see where cousin Aion got its good looks. Nonetheless, today’s … Read More »
Filed under: Fantasy, Video, Lineage 2, Patches, News items The Lineage II Freya patch has been in the works for a while, and NCsoft let us know last week that it’s nearing completion. The company promised more information soon, and it arrived today along with access to the Play Test Server. The official release date for the Freya patch was given today — Freya will be available to everyone on August 24th. The full … Read More »
All servers will be down for maintenance Tuesday, July 13th at 8am PDT / 10am CDT / 11am EDT / 3pm UTC/GMT. Estimated downtime is approximately 2 hours…. Lineage II : The Chaotic Throne
Surprise, everyone! The Gift of Vitality event is back for one more week! We heard that players are still craving vitality, so we’ve bought this event to you a second time. Log in from July 13 to July 20, 2010 to take advantage of this double dose of Vitality Buffs and Newbie Buffs for everyone! Lineage II : The Chaotic Throne
All servers will be down for maintenance Tuesday, July 20th at 8am PDT / 10am CDT / 11am EDT / 3pm UTC/GMT. Estimated downtime is approximately 2 hours…. Lineage II : The Chaotic Throne
That’s right, everyone! The era of Freya is almost upon us! On July 29, 2010, the Freya PTS client will be live and players can begin exploring this most exciting of game updates. On the same day, the interactive Freya Preview Site and the Patch Notes will be also be available. Prepare yourselves for an exciting PTS experience with GM activities by reading the Freya PTS Fun schedule! Discuss these upcoming PTS events with … Read More »
The NCsoft.com website will be down for extended maintenance Thursday, July 22nd at 4am PDT / 6am CDT / 7am EDT / 12pm UTC/GMT. Estimated downtime is approximately 12 hours. Access to your NCsoft Master Account will be unavailable during this time. We do not expect there to be any issues for players logging into the forums. Lineage II : The Chaotic Throne
Before the official press release, Massively has eagerly sought out some details about the upcoming Freya update for Lineage II. Lineage II : The Chaotic Throne
Filed under: Fantasy, Lineage 2, Events, in-game Released in South Korea in 2003 and North America a year later, Lineage II came out as an old-school hardcore grind just as MMOs like City of Heroes, World of Warcraft and Guild Wars arrived on the scene and signaled a decisive shift toward more user-friendly, casual-accessible gameplay. Even so, Lineage II charged ahead to capture an impressive amount of players — a reported 610,000 gamers were … Read More »
Filed under: Fantasy, Lineage 2, Classes, Leveling, News items Lineage II is getting a bit long in the tooth these days, but the game still has a dedicated playerbase and still looks excellent. It’s also feature-heavy in the way that only long-running games can be, complete with the fan-loved feature of sub-classes. Having an “extra” class on top of a character’s main class is almost universally liked in every game that features it. Of … Read More »
Filed under: Fantasy, Aion, Lineage, Lineage 2, News items NCsoft has released information on the latest fiscal quarter, and the numbers presumably made some happy faces at NCsoft according to a report at Gamasutra. Just a few short months after the September launch of Aion for North America and Europe, NCsoft reports record profits in its fiscal fourth quarter. Sales were up 99% year-on-year, thanks in large part to the hugely hyped Aion, which … Read More »
Filed under: Fantasy, Lineage 2, MMO industry, News items Has it been a while since you stepped into Aden? Or perhaps you were never formally introduced to the world of Lineage II but always wanted to give it a shot? Well thanks to NCsoft‘s newest trial program, you now have a chance. Lineage II‘s new 14-day free trial program is welcoming both new users and returning players back to experience the newest free expansion … Read More »
Filed under: Lineage 2, Making money, News items, Legal, Virtual worlds The odd thing about us gamers is that we seem to think of the various doodads in our games as being real — even more to the point, as being ours. We think and act as if we’re owed some compensation if we’re deprived of them. Which is silly, really — after all, that Monster Signa isn’t a real staff, that Deputy Chain … Read More »
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