These delays, along with financial issues encountered by the company leaving many employees unpaid, led KUF2 to seemingly disappear from the public eye. However, working with Xbox Live proved more difficult than imagined, and later the Korean developers were forced to change platforms over to the PS4, which at the time was still a relatively fresh console, as well as PC. Hoping to ride the wave of Circle of Doom‘s success, Blueside announced its plans to release KUF2 in 2008, the first real RTS experience in the franchise since 2005. Over the course of the next six years, the KUF franchise bounced back and forth between RTS and RPG elements through its sequels The Crusaders, Heroes, and ultimate the critically acclaimed Circle of Doom, all of which were developed exclusively for Xbox. The new title builds upon a sturdy yet seemingly indecisive foundation which began with the launch of Kingdom Under Fire: A War of Heroes back in 2001, an RTS game designed for PC. The more hardcore MMO players out there will know that the road to launching KUF2 has been a long and rocky one, to say the least.