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Lineage for Mac Enters Open Free Open Beta
Austin, TX, February 4, 2002 - NCsoft Corporation, the world's largest independent online game company, today announced that Lineage for the Mac is now available for beta play. Gamers wishing to participate in the beta can download the full version of the game from
http://www.lineage-us.com/macdownload/. All Mac users who wish to participate will be accepted into the beta. For those who do not prefer to download the game, a free game CD may be requested from the Web site and NCSoft will ship the disc via U.S. mail. Anticipation for the Macintosh version of Lineage has intensified in the last month. The game received a Best of Show award at last month's Macworld Conference and Expo in San Francisco, one of only two games to capture the honor. The beta will allow players to enter into the actual Lineage world, not a separate "test server," and all beta participants will be provided with free game access for the duration of the beta period. This will allow beta players to experience all of the elements of the most popular online game in the world. The game currently boasts more than four-million active subscriptions and 330,000 concurrent users worldwide.Mac users and PC users will be able to play alongside each other in the Lineage Mac beta. The game raises the concepts of community, social interaction, and combat to new levels with the introduction of Blood Pledges-strong alliances with friends and allies in the game world. Once a Pledge is formed, the players can develop a strategy for overtaking a castle. But winning the battle only means the game of politics and negotiation is just beginning. Keeping your castle is sometimes harder than capturing it. Lineage players can choose from four different character archetypes-a heroic knight, clever wizard, nimble elf, or royal prince/princess. Creating a character is quick and easy. New players can immediately jump into the game and learn the ropes in a Lineage new player area where they may quickly level up and learn the basics in preparation for the adventures and perils that lie ahead. And unlike other subscription-based games, Lineage offers FREE regular updates that expand the game world to exotic new lands filled with fierce creatures.
Subscribed customers will receive future CDs free as part of the service. The
www.lineage-us.com Web site has helpful information about playing Lineage and also includes online manuals, account management tools, news, game support areas and community message boards.After the beta periods ends Lineage for Mac will come with a 30-day free trial. After the trial period, players are charged US$15 per month. Players can save money by purchasing four months at a rate of US$11.25 per month. An Internet connection is required to play Lineage.
About NCsoft
Headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, NCsoft is the world's largest independent online game company. Established in 1997 as a systems integration company, NCsoft has leaped to become Korea's and the world's leading online game software company. In Korea, its blockbuster hit game Lineage commands a 47% market share and attracts the greatest number of concurrent users in the world. NCsoft is a public company and is traded on the KOSDAQ Korean stock exchange.###
NCsoft is a trademark of NCsoft Corp and Lineage is a trademark of NC Interactive. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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