The new MMORPG ArcheAge 2 was supposed to enter beta in 2024: The MMORPG is set to focus on PvE and will be released for PC, PS5, and Xbox. However, the potential timeframe for the planned release has now been postponed.
What was known so far:
- The publisher Kakao Games intended to make ArcheAge 2 especially appealing to us players in the West in November 2023. Therefore, they are forgoing the typical Mobile port common in South Korea and instead plan to bring the new online role-playing game to PC, Xbox, and PS5.
- Additionally, the new MMORPG was supposed to offer more content for PvE and story fans than the original ArcheAge. There were talks of dungeons and a campaign mode.
- PvP was supposed to focus on small groups. For this, they wanted to abandon the large-scale PvP of the predecessor.
Grand presentation was planned for gamescom 2024
What was known about the release? Kakao’s plan was actually to start a beta in 2024. They wanted to offer us a grand presentation at gamescom 2024 – another sign of the focus on the West, in addition to the console port and PvE emphasis.
A release was then likely planned for 2025.
Release postponed to “After 2025”
What has changed: In a new investor conference, it seems the plans have shifted. ArcheAge 2 is now only marked as “After 2025”.
Thus, this doesn’t quite align with the schedules for presentation and beta start already in 2024.
Now it sounds more like presentations and beta are planned for 2025, with a release at the earliest in 2026. However, more precise details are still lacking.
ArcheAge was part of the last major MMORPG year in the West
What is the history of ArcheAge? The free-to-play MMORPG ArcheAge was released in Europe in the last major MMORPG year, 2014, along with The Elder Scrolls Online and WildStar.
ArcheAge generated huge hype and filled servers at release: The game began with a “land rush”, the fastest players could secure plots of land and build here.
However, a multitude of problems, hacks, cheats, and an intrusive pay-to-win model abruptly ended ArcheAge’s triumph. In the following years, the game still had its fans, but typically could only draw attention from players outside the core community with “Fresh Start” servers for a while.
Everything about the new MMORPG ArcheAge 2, the great hope for sandbox fans
