South Korean developer and publisher Webzen, recently announced that they will be shutting down their free to play fantasy PVP MMO, Archlord 2 this coming November. In the official farewell address, Webzen touched on some of the impressive highlights that Archlord 2 has achieved over the previous years:
“Although Archlord 2 has not been around as long as some other titles, it has had a quite impressive history. Over the course of its life, over 300,000 players have logged on to Archlord 2 for a combined total of over 5 million hours(that’s over 580 years!) of play-time.
Together we’ve released and enjoyed 7 major updates, along with numerous smaller content patches, events and other milestones. You have created more than 400,000 characters, ventured into nearly 1.5 million dungeons and fought on over 2,000 battlegrounds.”
Despite that no specific reasons for the game’s sudden closure were provided, we have been told that Webzen will be adding in a number of buffs during the last month of the game. Additionally, all in-game store items will be reduced to 0 Wcoin so that the remaining community of Archlord 2 will have the opportunity to enjoy the game to its fullest and give the title the proper send off. Several other in-game perks have also been activated which can be viewed at the official page for the Archlord 2 website.
Despite the sad news, Webzen has states that they have turned their attention to a brighter future of new game released including the recently announced ELOA and ASTA- The War of Tears and Winds.