Editing Lineage II (section)

{{Short description|2003 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Lineage II
| image = Lineage2 Gracia Final Poster.jpg
| developer = [[NCSoft]] <br> E&G Studios
| publisher = NCSoft
| designer = 
| engine = [[Unreal Engine 2]]<ref>https://docs.unrealengine.com/udk/Two/SiteMap.html</ref>
| released = {{vgrelease|KOR|October 1, 2003|NA|April 27, 2004|EU|November 19, 2004<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 19, 2004|title=What's New? [date mislabeled "June 10, 2005"] |website=[[Eurogamer]]|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/whatsnew-191104|access-date=July 23, 2024|first=Tom|last=Bramwell}}</ref>}}
| series = ''[[Lineage (series)|Lineage]]''
| genre = [[Massively multiplayer online role-playing game|Massively multiplayer online role-playing]]
| modes = [[Multiplayer video game|Multiplayer]]
| platforms = [[Windows]]
}}

'''''Lineage II''''' is a [[massively multiplayer online role-playing game]] (MMORPG) for [[Windows]] and the second game in the [[Lineage (series)|''Lineage'']] series. It is a prequel to ''[[Lineage (video game)|Lineage]]'' and is set 150 years before the first game.<ref name="aihoshi">{{cite web|author=Aihoshi, Richard |url=http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/358/358588p1.html |title=Lineage II Interview |access-date=2007-09-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707220343/http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/358/358588p1.html |archive-date=2007-07-07}}</ref> It has become popular since its October 1, 2003 launch in South Korea, reporting 40,027,918 unique users during the month of March 2007. To date, the game has been played by more than 94 million users from all over the world.<ref>{{cite web|date=26 June 2007|title=Lineage II: awesome views, rave reviews!|work=[[MCV (magazine)|MCV]]|url=http://www.mcvuk.com/press-releases/29838/Lineage-II-The-Chaotic-Throne-Interlude|access-date=2011-04-09|archive-date=2012-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001084951/http://www.mcvuk.com/press-releases/read/lineage-ii-trade-awesome-views-rave-reviews|url-status=dead}}</ref>

''Lineage II'' adopted a free-to-play model in '''''Lineage II: Goddess of Destruction''''', with all game content being free except for "purchasable in-game store items and packs" in November 2011.<ref>{{cite web|date=30 November 2011|title=Goddess of Destruction Has Launched!|url=http://www.lineage2.com/en/news/announcements/goddess-of-destruction-has-launched.php|access-date=2 December 2011|archive-date=22 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422222519/http://www.lineage2.com/en/news/announcements/goddess-of-destruction-has-launched.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> A prequel, ''[[Lineage 2: Revolution]]'', was released as a mobile game in 2016.

''Lineage 2M'' was launched for the first time in South Korea in November 2019.<ref>{{cite news |language = english|url = https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-02-12-lineage-2-m-surpasses-usd152m-in-three-months|title = Lineage 2 M surpasses $152m in three months |publisher = gamesindustry |date = 2020-02-12}}</ref>