NCSoft Announces Recruitment for New Lineage W-Based Title... "Aiming for Global Launch"

NCSoft is understood to have started developing a new game based on the 'Lineage W' intellectual property (IP).

According to industry sources on the 21st, NCSoft posted a recruitment announcement for a new project based on Lineage W earlier this month.

The announcement described the project as "a multiplatform RPG (role-playing game) using Unreal Engine 5 with the goal of a global launch based on the Lineage W IP."

Given the announcement's mention of "developing social content and various fun elements beyond combat" and the requirement for "mobile game development experience," it is presumed to be an online game supporting mobile platforms. According to the industry, the new project development team is reportedly organized under Lee Seong-gu, Chief Business Officer (CBO) at NCSoft, who oversees the 'Lineage' IP.

Lineage W is a mobile massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) based on the 'Lineage' IP, released by NCSoft in November 2021. It recorded sales exceeding 1.3 trillion KRW over one year from Q4 2021 to Q4 2022. However, since last year, sales have sharply declined due to user attrition, and from Q1 of the same year, sales were overtaken by 'Lineage M,' which was released in 2017.

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