Can you have another new MMORPG in the ArcheAge franchise if the other one you’re working on hasn’t even been released yet? If you’re Kakao and XL Games, the answer is definitely yes, as the Korean companies have announced ArcheAge S: Strait of Freedom, a new PC-first MMORPG that plans to release sometime later this year.
“ArcheAge S: Strait of Freedom aims to build on what fans know and love about ArcheAge, while modernizing the classic series for today’s MMORPG player. At the forefront of this vision is project director Kim Kyung-tae, who served as lead game designer and producer on the original ArcheAge, which launched in Korea in 2013, and in Europe and North America in 2014.”
Specifics about this new-new ArcheAge MMO aren’t available yet beyond the fact that it aims to “faithfully [preserve] the identity of the original ArcheAge while delivering a new experience that meets the expectations of players around the world.” More information is promised at some time later, but for now, it looks like there’s another ArcheAge-shaped iron in the fire.
