NCSoft (CEO Kim Taek-jin) began global service of its new multi-platform MMORPG (Multiple Access Role-Playing Game) ‘Lineage W’ on the 4th. It was simultaneously released in a total of 12 countries, including not only Korea but also Taiwan, Japan, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East.
It will be released in North America, Europe, and South America in the future. Users can download Lineage W from NCSoft’s cross-play service ‘PURPLE’, Google Play, and Apple App Store. You can choose your gender from among four classes: monarch, knight, fairy, and wizard.
Lineage W is a new work that inherits the legitimacy of the PC MMORPG Lineage, and is characterized by being serviced as a global one-build. This is the game that NCSoft CEO Kim Taek-jin emphasized as ‘the last Lineage.’ NCSoft has been criticized by users for excessive charging for major games such as Lineage M, Lineage 2M, and Blade & Soul 2.
Accordingly, Lineage W emphasized that it would not apply certain business models that require fixed costs, such as ‘Einhasad’s Blessing’. In addition, the plan is to make transformation and magic doll systems, which were only available with cash, available within the game. NCSoft plans to expand the launch countries to North America and Europe in the future, and is also preparing for cross-play through console devices. .
NCSoft also released a new advertising video to coincide with the launch of Lineage W. Actor Kit Harington appears as a monarch who strengthens his resolve with his clan members through a speech filled with solemn determination ahead of the decisive battle.
Source: Pangyo Techno Valley Official Newsroom
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