The first chapter of Lineage II: The Chaotic Throne, Interlude, is currently scheduled to hit the Public Test Server in March and planned for launch in April. This game update will add a challenging new area, new items, new skills, and much more! Visit the official web site for more news and information about Interlude in the coming weeks.

The winners of the Lineage II tournament winners are posted over at the official website. Check it out for yourself.

If you've been waiting for just the right time to confess your love to your in-game sweetheart, then seek no more! You can send your love letter to Lineage Radio DJ Mustang Sally (by February 4), and it will be read on the Lineage Radio (hopefully). It may work out better than you expected. Check the link for the full details.

For those of you who always wanted to give the classic MMO Lineage II a shot but never wanted to buy the whole game, you are in luck! NCSoft is now offering a free trial of Lineage II in conjunction with FilePlanet. If you are interested in taking advantage of this offer, and we suggest you do if you have the slightest interest, check the link. Free trials and Lineage II do not often collide in the same sentence.

European Lineage II players can now obtain the rare head accessory known as Sayha's White Mask. This stunning white mask adorned with a golden band is now available with the purchase of the Chronicle 5 box.

Massively multiplayer game publisher NCsoft has revealed that the FBI has shut down the operations of L2Extreme - a group responsible for running unauthorised servers for the popular online title Lineage II.

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Congratulations to Isidia of the Kain server, the winner of the Lineage II Remix Contest, and the Runners Up, Skullbreaker of Lionna and Neyden. Tune in to Lineage Radio tonight at 6:00 PM CST to listen to their spin on the music of Chronicle 5: Oath of Blood!

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Purchase the Lineage II Epic Collection at a store near you to obtain a rare head accessory known as Sayha’s White Mask! This white mask adorned with a golden line is only available in The Epic Collection. The Epic Collection also includes the full game, game time, movies, wallpapers, and more.

NCSoft has posted word that large alliances will be forcibly disbanded after yesterday's maintenance.

Alliances that contain more than three clans will be forcibly re-formed during the maintenance period on Tuesday, October 24. The clan that created the alliance and the first two clans that joined will remain in the alliance, and the other clans will be removed.

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The Uprising alliance of the Bartz server defeated Frintezza and his formidable minion, Scarlet von Halisha, on Saturday, October 7. The clans Enmity, Livinlegends, and Reborn became the first in North America/Europe to defeat the son of Baium.