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Betawatch: ArcheAge Chronicles talks monetization as World of Warcraft Forever continues to test
I’m going to be honest, any interest I may have had in ArcheAge Chronicles was taken out behind the chemical shed and isn’t coming back after the whole gender-locking thing, which means that I don’t really know how fans are going to feel about its early access monetization. My guess is either...
ArchAge Chronicles summarizes its gameplay and confirms its early access monetization in new video
It would appear that ArcheAge Chronicles is extremely keen to identify itself through the medium of video uploads. Ahead of the MMORPG’s PvP-focused demo next week, developer XLGames has put out a new video digest with executive producer Yongjin Ham that summarizes its gameplay and also offers some...
Anticipated Open-World MMORPG Will Be Playable in October
ArcheAge Chronicles has announced a limited-time playable demo on Steam that will allow players to test a gameplay mechanic for the first time. While ArcheAge Chronicles is also set to come to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, the upcoming demo will be exclusive to PC users on Steam.
ArcheAge Chronicles opens a PvP-centric demo on October 19
Those of you who are eagerly anticipating ArcheAge Chronicles in part because it will let you grab your friends, your foes, your neighbors, and random strangers before beating the stuffing out of them have something to look forward to. The developers have announced that a demo is being opened up as...
ArcheAge Chronicles limited-time demo for PC launches October 19
XLGAMES will release a limited-time demo for open-world action MMORPG ArcheAge Chronicles for PC via …
ArcheAge Chronicles previews the design of the Berserker
Now that ArcheAge Chronicles is moving along its road to release, it’s ready to start offering a preview of its (gender-locked) classes, and the newest one is the Berserker. Would you like to know if his love for you is like a truck? You will have to guess, since trucks don’t exist in this setting....
ArcheAge Chronicles responds to issues during the network test and confirms gender locking will remain
The executive producer of ArcheAge Chronicles has taken to Steam to pen a letter about having a direct relationship with XLGames’ Western players, and that means talking about how the game’s recent network test went. The infrastructure test went smoothly, with the average player logging about an...
XL Games sells off most of the ArcheAge property to Kakao Games-owned entity
Earlier we had wondered aloud how ArcheAge Chronicles and ArcheAge S: Strait of Freedom could happen at the same time. Well, as it turns out, there appears to be a business-related reason for that: XL Games has sold most of the IP to Kakao Games in a deal totaling 39.2B KRW, or nearly $30M....
ArcheAge Chronicles takes you on a whirlwind tour of its fantasy world
As it barrels through beta testing and heads toward Steam early access later this year, ArcheAge Chronicles has quite the job on its hands to convince MMO players — and fans of this bumpy franchise — to give this sequel a shot. That’s presumably the thinking behind a new three-minute video that...
Betawatch: ArcheAge Chronicles plans a network test for next weekend
It has been a tumultuous ride for fans of ArcheAge Chronicles as the game has gone through a whole lot of changes, but there is a network test coming up on September 12th. And what will that network test include? Testing the network, obviously. I mean, there will be more of the game playable as...
Kakao Q2 2026: ArcheAge Chronicles hits early access this year as Kakao centers MMOs and older gamers
When Kakao announced ArcheAge S: Strait of Freedom last week, we were all a bit stunned at the revelation, but apparently we just needed to wait for the investor call, which… actually makes the weirdness swirling around the franchise an even deeper shade of weird. According to co-CEO Lee Si-woo,...
ArcheAge S Revealed as a True Sequel to the 2013 MMO Fans Loved, After Chronicles Left Them Cold
Today, South Korean duo XL Games (developer) and Kakao Games (publisher) announced a partnership on a new MMORPG titled ArcheAge S: Strait of Freedom, which is targeting a 2027 launch on PC. To clarify, this is a different game from ArcheAge Chronicles, which itself was originally titled ArcheAge...
ArcheAge Chronicles previews the Ranger, Warrior, and player housing in new dev blogs
If ArcheAge Chronicles has slipped away from the front of your mind, forgive yourself: That game has been delayed so many times that you might be better off if you don’t pine away for it. But in case you’re still curious about how it’s going, XL Games has been dropping more goodies on Twitter, for...
ArcheAge Chronicles shares player activity from its June focus group test
We continue to wait on the arrival of ArcheAge Chronicles, aka the rebranded ArcheAge 2 that XLGAMES has been working on for about six years now and that has been repeatedly delayed over the course of that time frame. The MMORPG held a focus group test last month, and by the studio’s account, it...
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