Our latest coverage of ArcheAge 2.
ArcheAge Chronicles is officially the new face of ArcheAge 2, and with the rebranding comes a bold shift in focus for the highly anticipated sequel. Unveiled during Sony’s recent State of Play, developer XLGames surprised fans by announcing that the game would no longer be known as ArcheAge 2, but rather ArcheAge Chronicles, and it will be stepping into the [...]
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Kakao Games has apparently delayed ArcheAge 2 from 2024 to sometime in 2025 or beyond, as revealed in the South Korean publisher’s Q4 2023 investor report. The report’s list of upcoming games has the highly awaited MMORPG’s launch set for “Post 25” along with the global version of Ares: Rise of Guardians and three other unnamed games. The good news [...]
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Downsizing seems to be a recurring theme for the ArcheAge franchise this year. As developer XL Games prepares for the big server merge later this month, it’s also decided to scale down the scope of ArcheAge 2 by scrapping its large-scale factional PvP in favor of smaller solo and group PvE encounters and guild vs. guild PvP battles. According to [...]
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Kakao as a whole has seen significant growth this year but its gaming arm, Kakao Games, failed to pull its own weight. According to the Kakao’s Q2 2023 financial report, Kakao Games saw a 20% decline in revenue this past quarter due to a number of factors including weak revenue from Battlegrounds, stabilization of existing titles, and the “rebound from [...]
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Kakao Games and XL Games have quite a treat for us today as they release the first official teaser trailer for ArcheAge 2, the highly-awaited sequel to the popular sandbox MMORPG. The new trailer gives fans a quick peek at the upcoming Unreal Engine 5 MMORPG’s gorgeous landscapes and surprisingly gory combat encounters. ArcheAge 2 is expected to launch sometime [...]
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The sequel to 2013's ArcheAge is scheduled for a 2024 release according to the latest press release issued jointly by the game's developer and publisher. ArcheAge 2 has been under development since at least 2020 with XLGames studio founder Jake Song again at the helm. The latest update states that over 100 developers are working on the game. The studio [...]
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Since XLGames announced last September that ArcheAge 2 is now in-developmen, we’ve heard very little about the upcoming game. CEO Jake Song reveals a little more information about the ArcheAge sequel during last week’s G-Star event in Busan, South Korea. According to Song, the events of ArcheAge 2 will be set 2,000 years before the events of the original game [...]
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