

Players of NCSoft's Lineage M mobile game held a protest in April using LED light trucks demanding the company offer refunds. NCSoft has been bashed by game players since earlier this year for charging users extra for better items within the games to beat others - which is referred to as the pay-to-win business model - and using the model in many of its online games. The company will also continue to maintain the level and pricing on revenue-generating pay to win for two existing games, Lineage M and Lineage 2M. Exactly how it will adjust the offending practice wasn’t made clear, in terms of pricing and premium items made available. The game maker said that it will reduce the use of so-called pay to win in its new Lineage W game, which is set for release on Nov. NCSoft has seen the errors of its ways, sort of. More information and clips, including different classes and their stories, are also available.NCSoft held the second showcase, dubbed ″Answer,″ for its upcoming game Lineage W and answered questions from game players. Lineage W’s global online showcase is available on the official website. Players can subscribe ‘Lineage W Newsletter’ on the official website for the latest updates on Lineage W, which begins in mid-October. In-game items are offered for all participants once the game launches. Players can pre-register on the official website, Google Play, and App Store. NCSOFT begins the global pre-registration at 10 AM, August 19 (KST). ▶ Pre-registration is now open globally on the official website, Google Play, and App Store, offering rewards for pre-registration Cross-play on consoles, including PlayStation5 and Nintendo Switch, is also being prepared. Players can enjoy the game on PCs through NCSOFT’s cross-play service ‘PURPLE’. Lineage W also supports a cross-platform play. It also supports ‘AI translation’ enabling real-time communication among players speaking different languages, ‘Voice-to-text’ function converting speech to text. Players from different countries can cooperate and compete in a single battleground (server).

Lineage W introduces a single build for the global market to create a ‘global battle community’.
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▶ A single build for the global market, real-time AI translation, cross-platform play on PC and consoles
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The game features a dark fantasy world presented with full 3D graphics and quarter view various visual aspects transforming imagination to reality a battle system succeeding the originality of Lineage IP with enhanced strike feedback immersive storylines and diverse narratives improved content for pledges and alliances. Sung-Gu Lee, head of Lineage W Group, and Hong-Young Choi, head of Lineage W Development, uncovered Lineage W’s main features and service plans. ▶ Quarter view based on full 3D graphics, battle and pledge system succeeding the originality of Lineage IP, and immersive storylines Lineage W will expand Lineage’s key element ‘battle community’ globally.” The game emphasizes Lineage’s core values: battle, pledge, sacrifice, and honor.

Kim highlighted that “Lineage W is a compilation of the Lineage IP over the last 24 years.

NCSOFT will release the new title across the globe in 2021.Ĭhief Creative Officer Taek-Jin Kim introduced the game as “a project that pursues the ultimate Lineage”. Lineage W was strategically developed for global players with the concept ‘Worldwide’. Lineage W is a new title succeeding the legitimacy of PC MMORPG Lineage. ▶ Taek-Jin Kim, CCO of NCSOFT, said, “Lineage W is a project that pursues the ultimate Lineage” PANGYO-( Korea Newswire) Aug- NCSOFT (KRX:036570), a global premier game developer and publisher, revealed the company’s new mobile MMORPG ‘Lineage W’ through a global online showcase titled ‘The World’.
