Codemasters Announce North American Release of Arch Lord
On the 20th of February, Codemasters announced that they secured a distribution deal for a North American release of Arch Lord, a highly anticipated release which has been enduring its BETA testing in Korea. The game is being developed by one of Korea’s largest MMO developers and publishers, NHN Games. What makes this game stand out from the rest is that it will give gamers the opportunity to actually rise to become the game world’s supreme ruler. According to the dev, “Every month, one player will take control of the world and with it the opportunity to wreak havoc on their cowering enemies as the player gains control of supreme global Archlord powers.” The concept sounds pretty great and we are anxious to see how they intend to solve some obvious problems with a game that offers this type of world control.
On the 20th of February, Codemasters announced that they secured a distribution deal for a North American release of Arch Lord, a highly anticipated release which has been enduring its BETA testing in Korea. The game is being developed by one of Korea’s largest MMO developers and publishers, NHN Games. What makes this game stand out from the rest is that it will give gamers the opportunity to actually rise to become the game world’s supreme ruler. According to the dev, “Every month, one player will take control of the world and with it the opportunity to wreak havoc on their cowering enemies as the player gains control of supreme global Archlord powers.” The concept sounds pretty great and we are anxious to see how they intend to solve some obvious problems with a game that offers this type of world control.
Jung Hwan Kim, Senior Manager of Overseas Business Team at NHN Games commented: “We are overjoyed to be working with the online gaming division at Codemasters to bring ArchLord to Western gamers. Codemasters has a proven pedigree in PC publishing and massive ambitions in the MMO sector with a great team that we were keen to work with on such an important next-generation MMO title as ArchLord.”
The gameÂ’s world, Kantra, is fantastically realised with stunning visuals, created using Renderware, and the game features incredibly atmospheric in-game audio recorded by the world famous London Symphony Orchestra. ArchLord will also introduce one of the most advanced and complex PVP combat systems ever in any MMO, which utilises sprawling free battle areas and special guild battlefields that enables players to battle in fearsome guild versus guild battles.
With an ever-evolving storyline of conquest and betrayal, ArchLord presents an epic adventure in which players band together as they quest for the ancient relics of the Archons. Each relic bestows incredible power on those who possess it and when relics are combined they deliver ultimate mastery over the fundamental forces of creation for there can only be one Archlord!
“We are extremely pleased to add ArchLord to our ever growing and exciting MMO portfolio,” said Ed Relf, Head of Marketing for Codemasters Online Gaming. “ArchLord is a fresh take on the MMO genre, bringing incredible key new features and mixing them with already popular elements that appeal to both a new wave of players and established MMO gamers.”
ArchLord will launch in Q3 2006 and will be published and operated in North America and Europe by Codemasters Online Gaming, the companyÂ’s recently formed online entertainment division. Prepare for total domination with more information available on the gameÂ’s official website launching soon at www.archlordgame.com”
[codemasters.com]