Open-world action MMORPG ArcheAge II announced for console, PC - Gematsu

Publisher Kakao Games and developer XLGAMES person announced open-world action MMORPG ArcheAge II for console and PC. Specific consoles and a merchandise day were not announced.

The announcement trailer was published alongside an interrogation video featuring enforcement shaper Jake Song.

Get the trailer and interrogation video below. A transcript of the interrogation instantly follows.

Announce Trailer / Executive Producer Interview

Jake Song, Executive Producer: “ArcheAge II is simply a seamless open-world enactment MMORPG and a sequel to the globally acclaimed ArcheAge. The crippled is being developed arsenic a multiplatform crippled that you tin bask connected some PC and console.”

What are immoderate important features you are focusing connected successful ArcheAge II?

Song: “Our superior absorption is connected action-packed combat arsenic good arsenic accumulation for an immersive storyline. We are targeting AAA-tier visuals with Unreal Engine 5 and mean to connection a non-linear progression-based seamless open-world experience.”

Are determination immoderate chances successful the lore oregon the story?

Song: “ArcheAge II shares the aforesaid lore arsenic ArcheAge I, however, the storyline progression is not the same. While ArcheAge I is centered astir a communicative storyline, ArcheAge II volition absorption much connected idiosyncratic adventures and idiosyncratic stories. It has a simila rtimeline to ArcheAge I. It volition represent a play erstwhile Auroria was archetypal discovered and radical are starting to settee there. The storyline volition impact discovering and solving mysteries of an past civilization that person been forgotten for thousands of years, leaving it to blend with the earthy environment.”

Do you person immoderate crippled contented you would similar to introduce?

Song: “ArcheAge I‘s commercialized runs were enjoyed by galore players, but the strategy did person immoderate flaws. In ArcheAge II, we mean to heighten the commercialized strategy truthful that the players are capable to bash commercialized runs alone, successful teams, oregon successful raids.

“Another fashionable diagnostic of ArcheAge I was the lodging feature. We program connected improving it by adding much customizations, allowing players to unrecorded successful towns with their friends, and adjacent creating their ain towns with their guild members.

“We would similar to explicit our gratitude to countless users from each astir the satellite who person supported ArcheAge. The improvement squad is moving truly hard to conscionable you again with ArcheAge II. We admit each the support. Thank you.”