XL Games, the Korean MMO developer founded by Lineage creator Jake Song, has announced an official partnership with Take-Two Interactive to work on a new MMORPG. The actual work will be done with one of Take-Two’s development studio, 2K Games. XL Games’ maiden online title, ArcheAge, is due to enter Closed Beta 3 in a few days in Korea. The announcement means that the new title will be distributed in North America as well, with Jake Song proclaiming a few weeks back he will never try to develop a casual title again. Which of 2K Games’ titles will be made into an online game? Civilization? Duke Nukem? Hmn.. The publishing rights for ArcheAge remains unclear for the English market.
