ArcheAge Chronicles luminary Jake Song leaves XLGames, the company he based, to ‘recharge’

Jake Song, a reputation that many MMORPG followers are accustomed to for his involvement with the ArcheAge and Lineage collection and his founding of XLGames, has determined to depart the company after 22 years.

According to reporting from Korean outlet Bizwatch (and run by way of Google Translate), Song left the company someday in January so as to “take some time to recharge.” Readers might do not forget that Song stepped down as CEO of XLGames in 2023 however remained a director for the company as he centered his efforts on creating ArcheAge Chronicles. Fair or not, significantly vocal avid gamers additionally lay the failures of the authentic ArcheAge, which led to its subsequent shutdown final summer time, at Song’s toes.

This information naturally brings up the query of what precisely occurred to immediate Song to depart at such a precipitous second – and what is going to occur to the multi-delayed “online action RPG” with out him. Reporting additionally confirmed that common producer Ham Yong-jin will proceed to work on the sport with no obvious change to its early 2026 release or its first closed beta take a look at coming in the second half of this 12 months.