Lineage (video game)
1998 massively-multiplayer online role-playing video game / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lineage (Korean: 리니지) is a medieval fantasy, massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released in Korea and the United States in 1998 by the South Korean computer game developer NCSoft, based on a Korean comic book series of the same name. It is the first game in the Lineage series. It is most popular in Korea and is available in Chinese, Japanese, and English. The game was designed by Jake Song, who had previously designed Nexus: The Kingdom of the Winds, another MMORPG.
Lineage | |
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Developer(s) | NCSoft |
Publisher(s) | NCSoft |
Designer(s) | Jake Song |
Composer(s) | Joey Newman |
Series | Lineage |
Platform(s) | Windows, Mac OS X |
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Genre(s) | MMORPG |
Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Lineage features 2D isometric-overhead graphics similar to those of Ultima Online and Diablo II. Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicle, a "prequel" set 150 years before the time of Lineage, was released in 2003. By 2006, the Lineage franchise had attracted 43 million players.[1] Lineage W and Project TL are a planned sequels to be set after Lineage and will be the last two games in the Lineage series.
The North American servers were shut down on June 29, 2011 by NCSoft.[2]