By Quinton Miles

NCSoft announced today the release of an expansion to [i]Lineage II: The Catholic Chronicle[/i]. The expansion, titled [i]Age of Splendor[/i], will include more than 500 megabytes of new features and will add new zones, areas, mounts, monsters and more.

“The depth of this game is staggering and it should be a treat to our fans who consider themselves the elite player-versus-player gamers,” said Aaron Rigby, NCsoft’s producer for Lineage II in North America. “This is a gigantic expansion of the game which, along with the new zones, castle and gambling, includes 18 new quests, 83 new raid monsters, enhancements to clan halls, new weapons, spells and countless improvements to player quality of life.”

“What we’ve added to Chronicle 2 provides players with a very rich, deep experience that makes for a fun online adventure.”

[i]Chronicle 2: Age of Splendor[/i] is free to all [i]Lineage II suscribers via their automatic download service.