360 Kingdom Under Fire II not an MMO

By Oli Welsh Published 9 July, 2009

It is confirmed for late 2010, though.

Korean developer Blueside has confirmed that its action strategy sequel, Kingdom Under Fire II, will get an Xbox 360 version in the second half of 2010.

Kingdom Under Fire II was announced back in early 2008 as a blend of MMO and action RTS, due for PC and consoles in 2009.

But the new release from Blueside, in charming and only slightly broken English, suggests that the 360 version won't feature the same massively multiplayer gameplay as its PC brother, mentioning only "conventional" multiplayer. It's not crystal clear, though.

"Kingdom Under Fire II for Xbox 360 will differentiate itself from the PC Online version in that there will be more focus on the single-player aspect as for players to unveil the secrecy of Bersian history as putting themselves on shoes of heroes and reunite the scattered nations in deep and rich storyline," Blueside said, noting the "addition of mind-blowing scale of Castle Siege battle and the conventional action RTS multiplayer mode via Xbox Live".

The game is once again a co-development between Blueside and Phantagram, and premium DLC for boosting and customising characters is promised. There's no publisher as yet, and announcements are promised regarding other console versions later. There's no new date for the PC version, either.

You can read the full press release at TeamXbox and it's also worth checking out GameSpot's interpretation, which is certain that the MMO mode won't make it to 360.

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About Oli Welsh

Oli is Eurogamer's acting deputy editor and reviews editor and likes to take things one word at a time. He is among the best dressed people in South London.

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  • DFawkes #1 3 years ago

    I liked Kingdom Under Fire quite a bit. I still prefer Kessen II, but KUF allows far greater control of your own character. Like Dynasty Warriors, but mixed with an RTS where the other units on your side actually matter quite a bit.

  • miiiguel #2 3 years ago

    It's a very strange game, and I also like it. Though 360's one had nothing of RTS, it is a very weird hack'n'slash. The characters are great, very charismatic is a "classical hero" kinda way.

  • Pastici #3 3 years ago

    I like the 360 one, I dig it out every few weeks for a blast. Never tried the original ones, where they any good?

  • miiiguel #4 3 years ago

    The other ones, although very similiar in the art department, were almost strict RTS's - think Dinasty Warriors Empires but with less action and more strategy. I'm not sure what genre this will be, but I do know I'm really interested.

  • kangarootoo #5 3 years ago

    Medieval knights, giant scopions, and crunching metal guitars join together once again for a slightly odd, yet throughly entertaining outing.

  • hiddenranbir #6 3 years ago

    Woo PC version!

  • kangarootoo #7 3 years ago

    The screens of this look awesome. They really captured the whole "christ that is a lot of fighting going on" battlefield atmosphere in the first one, and it looks like the same atmos will carry through here.