Editing Lineage (video game) (section)

{{short description|1998 massively-multiplayer online role-playing video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Lineage
| image = Lineage cover.jpg
| developer = [[NCSoft]]
| publisher = NCSoft
| designer = Jake Song
| composer = [[Joey Newman]]
| series = ''[[Lineage (series)|Lineage]]''
| engine = 
| released = {{ubl|'''Windows'''|September 3, 1998|'''Mac OS X'''|April 11, 2002<ref>{{Cite web |last=Deniz |first=Tuncer |date=April 11, 2002 |title=''Lineage'' for Mac Goes Live |url=https://www.insidemacgames.com/historical/news/story.php%3FArticleID=5205.html |access-date=July 1, 2024 |website=[[Inside Mac Games]] |archive-date=July 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240701170744/https://www.insidemacgames.com/historical/news/story.php%3FArticleID=5205.html |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
| genre = [[Massively multiplayer online role-playing]]
| modes = [[Multiplayer video game|Multiplayer]]
| platforms = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Mac OS X]]
}}
'''''Lineage''''' ({{langx|ko|리니지}}), also known as '''''Lineage: The Blood Pledge''''' in Western markets,<ref>{{cite web |title=Lineage: The Blood Pledge |url=https://www.mobygames.com/game/23243/lineage-the-blood-pledge/ |website=MobyGames |access-date=15 June 2024 |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615015636/https://www.mobygames.com/game/23243/lineage-the-blood-pledge/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  is a [[medieval fantasy]], [[MMORPG|massively multiplayer online role-playing game]] ([[MMORPG]]) released in Korea and the United States in 1998 by the [[South Korea]]n [[computer game developer]] [[NCSoft]], based on a Korean comic book series of the same name. It is the first game in the [[Lineage (series)|''Lineage'']] series. It is most popular in Korea and is available in [[Chinese language|Chinese]], [[Japanese language|Japanese]], and [[English language|English]]. The game was designed by Jake Song, who had previously designed ''[[Nexus: The Kingdom of the Winds]]'', another [[MMORPG]].

''Lineage'' features 2D isometric-overhead graphics similar to those of ''[[Ultima Online]]'' and ''[[Diablo II]]''. ''[[Lineage II|Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicle]]'', a "prequel" set 150 years before the time of ''Lineage'', was released in 2003. By 2006, the ''Lineage'' franchise had attracted 43 million players.<ref name="forbesbestselling">{{cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/2006/08/02/bestselling-video-games-cx_de_0802mario.html | title=The Best-Selling Videogame Franchises | accessdate=21 March 2009 | date=2006-08-02 | author=David M. Ewalt | work=[[Forbes]] | archive-date=2012-12-09 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209034141/http://www.forbes.com/2006/08/02/bestselling-video-games-cx_de_0802mario.html | url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Lineage W]]'' and ''[[Throne and Liberty]]'' are sequels set after ''Lineage'' and will be the last two games in the ''Lineage'' series.

The North American servers were shut down on June 29, 2011 by NCSoft.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/lineage-servers-shutting-down-in-the-west/1100-6313217/ |title=Lineage servers shutting down in the West |website=[[GameSpot]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |date=May 11, 2011 |accessdate=June 6, 2018 |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308103237/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/lineage-servers-shutting-down-in-the-west/1100-6313217/ |url-status=live }}</ref>