Lineage Eternal Closed Beta May Happen In Novemeber

Calendaring isn't easy, but NCSoft is trying to schedule Lineage Eternal's Closed Beta test for this November, according to Steparu. It will probably only occur in South Korea, but a global release will follow. NCSoft stated that the game would see a "simultaneous worldwide global release" back in 2014.

The direct sequel to the original Lineage is an ARPG, drawing inspiration from the first game in the series, and will be available on both mobile devices and PC. It will feature an open world and procedural dungeons, along with raid bosses to be defeated in parties of 20 or more players. Of course, details are tentative, and won't be known for sure until Lineage Eternal finally enters its testing phase.

Lineage Eternal is no stranger to delays. It was first announced in 2011 at G-Star and then met several scheduling issues. It was most recently pushed back from releasing Q1 2016 to Q3 2016 in May.

I'm most interested to learn whether or not it can compete with Lineage 1—which continues to be a dominant force of revenue for NCSoft? That's a good question.