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Tauti update detailed for Lineage II

Posted: 18.07.2012 by JonahFalcon

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NCSoft has revealed details regarding the upcoming "Tauti" update to their MMO Lineage II. The update will include changes to castle sieges, hunting zones like the Fortress Guillotine high level area.

Lineage II free-to-play is now Live

Posted: 01.12.2011 by JamieSI

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NCsoft are happy to announce that the Lineage II: Goddess of Destruction update is now live, which means the MMO is now officially free-to-play.

Lineage II will be going free-to-play

Posted: 02.11.2011 by JonahFalcon

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NCsoft has announced that one of the largest MMOs in the world, Lineage II, will be going free-to-play. The conversion will be timed with the release of its upcoming update, Goddess of Destruction. The update is the largest in the MMO's history, which NCsoft claims features more than 400 hours of new content.

NCsoft 'worried' MMO mass market "equals conservative design"

Posted: 05.08.2011 by Technet2k

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More is better, yes? Well, no, NCsoft's Jeremy Gaffney of Carbine Studios 'worries' that a MMO mass market will actually scare studios into conformity.

He said the "great thing" about early day MMOs like Asheron's Call and Ultima Online was that they "experimented" and "weren't afraid" of their differences.

NCSoft "focus is really triple-A MMO"

Posted: 01.03.2011 by Technet2k

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Publisher NCSoft looked into the casual and free-to-play MMO scene but they decided it wasn't for them, and they 'completely refocused' on big projects.

Titles like "Aion, Lineage II, Guild Wars" are what NCSoft are keen on. Fewer releases but "with higher quality" is their strategy, "targeting" promising MMOs.