Development and Release

4 ArcheAge Chronicles pages in Development and Release.

• ArcheAge SeriesThe ArcheAge series began with XL Games' sandbox MMORPG ArcheAge (Korea, January 2013), whose Western servers closed on Jun 27, 2024 and Korean service on Mar 6, 2025. It continues with ArcheAge War (2023), ArcheAge Chronicles (formerly ArcheAge 2, Early Access planned for later in 2026), ArcheAge S: Strait of Freedom (planned for 2027) and the China-only ArcheAge Returns.
• Development HistoryArcheAge Chronicles is made by XL Games in South Korea. It began as ArcheAge 2 (made official in 2020, first shown at G-Star on Nov 17, 2022), was renamed ArcheAge Chronicles at Sony's State of Play on Sep 24, 2024, missed every release window from 2024 on, and has been self-published by XL Games since 2026. Early Access on Steam is planned for later in 2026, with no date announced as of Oct 20, 2026.
• TrailersThe main ArcheAge Chronicles trailer is the State of Play Trailer of Sep 24, 2024, which revealed the game under its new name; the newest is the Official Demo Trailer of Oct 19, 2026, for the free Steam Next Fest demo. XL Games' YouTube channel holds nine official videos, and Kakao Games released the first ArcheAge 2 teaser on Nov 18, 2022. There is no launch trailer yet, as of Oct 20, 2026.
• XL GamesXL Games is the South Korean studio Jake Song founded in 2006, maker of ArcheAge, ArcheAge War and ArcheAge Chronicles. It is majority-owned by Kakao Games, and since 2026 it publishes ArcheAge Chronicles itself.

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