It seems common these days Korean developers are renting out their popular game IPs to Chinese studios for a fee and subsequent royalties. ArcheAge is the latest to join the fold with XLGAMES signing a contract with ZLONGAME, allowing the…
ArcheAge – Revelation descends this December with biggest expansion ever
[Game website] Trion Worlds today announced the new expansion for ArcheAge, titled Revelation, will arrive on December 10. Touted as the biggest expansion ever, the new content provides more freedom for players to shape the ever-expanding world of Erenor, with…
ArcheAge – Taiwan server to abolish dual currencies for game fairness
Yesterday, Taiwanese publisher Lager Network Technologies held an event with a selected group of local gamers to share more information about the upcoming launch of ArcheAge. It was announced there will be no dual currencies system to make sure the…
ArcheAge Begins – Unreal Engine 4 mobile game is now ready for signup
[Teaser website] First made public in February 2015, global mobile games publisher Gamevil announced it has partnered with XLGAMES to publish a mobile title based on ArcheAge. Developed using Unreal Engine 4, the teaser website for the game, ArcheAge Begins, is finally…
ArcheAge – Game publisher announced for Greater China region
After launching in South Korea, Japan, North America, Europe, and more recently China, ArcheAge was finally announced for Greater China (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau). The publisher is Lager Network Technologies, perhaps one of the smaller gaming companies in the region. Crafted by…
ArcheAge – Developer unleashes a trove of game trailers for update 3.0
Arriving in the Korean server on 13 July, update 3.0 for ArcheAge is MASSIVE, and even that is an understatement. Announced previously, there will be 2 new races added, Warborn and Dwarves. The special racial skill of the former is transforming into…
ArcheAge – New races and region confirmed in new teaser trailer
Last week, Korean developer XLGAMES teased the return of a major character, Orchidna, as perhaps the main antagonist in the upcoming 3.0 content update for ArcheAge. Today, a new teaser trailer was released, confirming the 2 new playable races – Warborn and Dwarves.…
ArcheAge – 2 new playable races revealed in Update 3.0 teaser trailer
Earlier today, developer XLGAMES revealed the teaser trailer for ArcheAge’s upcoming 3.0 content update. Roughly translated as “Orchidna’s Hatred”, no new information was detailed by XLGAMES in words. Orchidna is one of the main characters in the lore of ArcheAge,…
ArcheAge – Ascension update arrives with new player factions and more
[Play now] ArcheAge is giving players more freedom than ever to build and expand with the latest update, Ascension. Ascension introduces the new Player Nation System, allowing adventurers to create their own player-run factions and guilds, a castle upgrade system giving…
ArcheAge – China server enters Open Beta with new localized dungeon
After being in several different tests over the past year in China, including an extended period of non-wipe phases, ArcheAge has finally entered Open Beta last week. Publisher Tencent Games was adamant the game will only be “officially launched” after…
ArcheAge – Monkey King pet arrives to celebrate Lunar New Year
To celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, developer XLGAMES recently added a new monkey pet into ArchAge for the South Korea server. Though promoted as “The Heavenly Sage”, a godly title for the Chinese Monkey King, apparently it is…
ArcheAge – Update 2.9 aiming to refresh massive PVP feature
On 13 Jan, the Korean server for ArcheAge will receive update 2.9. The core content focuses on strengthening nation wars, including an upgrade system for structures found in player-controlled territory (such as castles). There are also flying beasts which guard each…
XL Engine – ArcheAge dev is working on new cross-platform game engine
[Source] XLGAMES, developer of ArcheAge, recently revealed a new game engine known as XLE (I reckoned it means XL Engine). According to the official description, “XLE is a open-source (MIT license) game engine currently in development.” Several screenshots of ArcheAge rendered…
ArcheAge – Korean server celebrates 1000 days with new game trailer
The maiden product from developer XLGAMES, the Korean server of ArcheAge recently celebrated its 1000th day anniversary. Powered by CryEngine, the trailer highlights the various features and battles which took place in the game. ArcheAge China launched a few weeks…