What about a continuation of the MMORPG TERA? Currently, there are rumors swirling around a mysterious project being developed by the studio Bluehole. What is behind it?
What is Bluehole currently working on? The developer studio behind the MMORPG TERA and the battle royale shooter Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) is currently working on at least two MMORPGs.
- One of them is Project W, which turned out to be A:IR – Ascent: Infinite Realm
- The other is referred to by the project name Project EXA and is said to be the continuation of a well-known game
Is TERA 2 coming?
Why should there be a TERA 2? There have long been speculations that Project EXA is TERA 2. Because the first images released for the game over four years ago show the Elin, who are featured in TERA.
Furthermore, it is said that the MMORPG is supposed to be the continuation of a well-known game.
What argues against TERA 2? Bluehole stated over five years ago, that there will be no sequel to TERA. This was communicated quite clearly.
However, later the company secured the trademark rights for TERA 2 – but for a mobile game.
So, no TERA 2? However, the current hints clearly point towards TERA. The Elin as a race, the game is supposed to be a continuation… All of this speaks for TERA 2.
- However, it could be that Project EXA is only a quasi-sequel. So, a game that is not called TERA 2 but is still set in the world and continues the story. It could rather be a kind of modern spin-off.
- Or Bluehole takes the path of the Final Fantasy series. The individual parts are set in different worlds and are basically unrelated. However, the same races always appear. Maybe a new TERA would go in a similar direction.
- The third possibility is quite simple: Bluehole could have simply decided differently and now wants to make a TERA 2.
What is Project EXA anyway?
What is known about Project EXA? Aside from the fact that apparently Elin will appear, the game is supposed to have a novel combat system. TERA relied on active action combat. A:IR, on the other hand, will offer a kind of hybrid combat of tab-targeting and action. It is likely that Project EXA will orient itself towards the battles of A:IR.
The game has also been in production since at least 2015. However, in the four years, not much has been heard about it. Bluehole is currently focusing on the release of A:IR, which is probably happening in 2020. Perhaps we will learn more about Project EXA then.
It will likely still take some time before this game is released. Whether it will be TERA 2 or something else will be revealed once the MMORPG is officially announced.
What is behind the rumors? Essentially, it is a summary of all the hints that have been around for TERA 2 over the years. The fact is, alongside A:IR, another MMORPG has been in development at Bluehole for at least four years. However, there has been very little information about it, and there is a chance that it could be TERA 2.
