From October 3 the same year, Webzen maintained ArchLord globally, offering the seventh expansion, called Heaven & Hell.
ArchLord is set on the continent of Chantra and features four playable races: Orcs, Humans, Moon Elves and the new DragonScion.
Following the dramatic sinking of their land, key pioneers in Human society initially established a foothold in the Western part of the continent known as Chantra.
As time went on, the women took it upon themselves to replace the male roles in their society, and thus learned to master the fine arts of hunting and craftsmanship.
This forced the Moon Elves to step from their shadowy world and start exploring for additional breeding options; this is how they came to be known by the Orcs and Humans.
Due to failure to reach an agreement with NHN, Codemasters was unable to renew their license for ArchLord, no longer able to provide the game to European and North American customers.
As of September 2009, all credit purchases have been disabled, CM accounts transferred to the new provider and the game servers shut down on October 2.
The reviewer's only positive comment was that ArchLord offered familiar role-playing gameplay of "kill, loot, buy stuff", overall awarding a "terrible" rating of 2.7 out of 10.
[4] Eurogamer awarded 4 out of 10, criticizing the lack of visual distinction between the power levels of monsters, with trial and error required to progress; a lack of other players, with those present not offering any legible dialogue; atrocious controls that caused the reviewer's character to get stuck on scenery; interesting-sounding features (castle sieges, for example) being restricted to higher levels; and a user interface that's "like using Windows 95 with a migraine".
The game was officially used in the film Ben X and plays an important role in it, showing the main character's internal perception of the world.