Throne and Liberty

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Throne and Liberty is an upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and to be published in South Korea by NCSoft. It is to be published in North America, South America, Europe, and Japan by Amazon Games.

Throne and Liberty
Developer(s)NCSoft Team TL
Publisher(s)
SeriesLineage
Novcrea Universe
EngineUnreal Engine 4[2]
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series X/S
Release
  • KR: December 7, 2023
  • WW: September 17, 2024
Genre(s)MMORPG
Mode(s)Multiplayer

The game was originally part of the Lineage series and a sequel to the first Lineage, but was repurposed and restructured well into development. The game was first announced as Lineage Eternal in November 2011 but suffered numerous delays in its release schedule. The first South Korea closed beta took place in 2016. NCSoft renamed the game Project TL in 2017 and Throne and Liberty in 2022.

Development

The game has suffered from numerous delays during development.[3] NCSoft officially announced Lineage Eternal as the sequel to the first Lineage, released in 1998 in November 2011.[4] The first gameplay videos debuted at the G-Star 2011 gaming convention in South Korea on November 9.[5] In August 2013, NCSoft was preparing to roll out the beta schedule of Lineage Eternal by the end of that year.[6] The developers planned to initiate beta testing in Korea towards the end of year of 2015,[3] but during a conference call in November they confirmed that closed beta testing would be delayed until 2016.[7] A closed beta in Korea was scheduled for November 2016.[8]

In a March 2017, NCSoft announced it had changed over the development team's leadership for Lineage Eternal, citing the results of the closed beta.[9][10] In August, it was reported that the game was delayed when NCSoft moved the from a proprietary game engine that was used in Guild Wars to Unreal Engine 4.[11] In November 2017, it was noted that the game was now called Project TL.[12]

By February 2022, Project TL was expected to launch in the second half of the year.[13] The game was officially rebranded as Throne and Liberty the following month.[14]

In February 2023, it was announced that Amazon would publish Throne and Liberty in the Americas, Europe, and Japan. The game will release on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S with full cross-platform support. An open beta is scheduled for July 2024.[15] On June 18, 2024, Amazon announced that Throne and Liberty will release on September 17.[16]

References

https://tl.plaync.com Official Homepage

  1. ^ "Project TL Official Site". NCSOFT. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
  2. ^ "Lineage Eternal Engine Will Be Upgraded to Unreal Engine 4". 2P.com. Archived from the original on August 13, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
  3. ^ a b Priestman, Chris (August 6, 2015). "NCSoft Has Started Beta Testing Lineage Eternal: Twilight Resistance At Last". Siliconera. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  4. ^ Schuster, Shawn (November 8, 2011). "G-Star 2011: NCsoft announces Lineage Eternal". Engadget. AOL. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  5. ^ "Lineage Eternal G-star 2011 Official Video". YouTube. NCSOFT. November 9, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2015.[dead YouTube link]
  6. ^ Olivetti, Justin (August 15, 2013). "NCsoft looking ahead to Lineage Eternal beta, WildStar launch". Engadget. AOL. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  7. ^ "Lineage Eternal - NCsoft delays Closed Beta phase until next year". MMO Culture. November 4, 2015.
  8. ^ Olivetti, Justin (November 10, 2016). "Lineage Eternal schedules Korean closed beta for November 30". Massively Overpowered. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  9. ^ Royce, Bree (May 11, 2017). "NCsoft Q1 2017: Tumbles for Lineage, Guild Wars 2, plus new leadership for Lineage Eternal". Massively Overpowered. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  10. ^ "Lineage Eternal Development Team Got a Big Change". 2P.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
  11. ^ Royce, Bree (August 8, 2017). "Lineage Eternal delayed again, Guild Wars 2 mobile game teased". Massively Overpowered. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  12. ^ Royce, Bree (November 7, 2017). "NCsoft has rebooted Lineage Eternal as Project TL in Unreal 4". Massively Overpowered. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  13. ^ Marasigan, Marc (February 15, 2022). "NCSoft Announces Five New Games Including Project TL And A Brand New Game". MMOs.com. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  14. ^ Marasigan, Marc (March 18, 2022). "NCSoft Rebrands Project TL As A New IP Called Throne And Liberty". MMOs.com. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  15. ^ "Amazon Games and NCSOFT announce agreement to publish 'THRONE AND LIBERTY' in the West and Japan". Amazon Games. February 22, 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  16. ^ Holt, Kris (June 19, 2024). "Amazon's Throne and Liberty MMO is coming to the west in September". Engadget. Retrieved June 20, 2024.

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