NCSoft To Issue Refunds for ‘City Of Heroes’
With the closure of ‘City Of Heroes’ approaching, NCSoft will begin to issue refunds for the MMO starting September 26th
Nexon Acquires Minority Share in NCsoft
According to a report by Massively, Nexon, the Korean publisher of Maplestory, Combat Arms, and Dungeon Fighter Online, has acquired a minority stake in NCsoft, the publisher of Aion, Guild Wars, and multiple other MMORPGs. More details are included after the jump.
Nexon has acquired a stake of 14.8…
Lineage II Player Sues Developer Over His Addiction
Craig Smallwood is suing NCSoft of Korea for alledgedly giving him a severe addiction problem with their title, Lineage II. According to the suit, Smallwood alleges that he was “unable to function independently in usual daily activities such as getting up, getting dressed, bathing or communicating with family and friends…
Lord British Wins $28m Lawsuit
Patience is a virtue Richard Garriott (aka Lord British) knows very well. Allegedly terminated for NCSoft in late 2008, the Ultima-creator sued the company for $47 million on fraud and breach of contract charges. His claim comes mainly for the company truncating his time to sell off his stock…
New Screenshots for Guild Wars 2
Publisher NCSoft has released a set of new screenshots for the upcoming sequel to 2005′s fee-less MMORPG Guild Wars. The screenshots feature the Ranger class and some of the pets that will be available to this class. In addition, some screenshots also show the healing and death effects…
NCSoft Exploring Console-MMO Options
Speaking with Gamasutra, a PR-officer of the Korean MMO-developer NCSoft revealed that while no games are currently in production, the company is actively exploring options of bringing a MMO to consoles. He also stated that the company sees potential in multi-platform MMOs, but since no games are…
NCSoft Expects Guild Wars 2 in 2011
After the company published impressive yearly results earlier this week, NCSoft has stated in an interview with Gamespot that they are expecting the highly anticipated free-to-play MMO Guild Wars 2 to enter beta stage somewhere in 2010. They also stated that they expect a full commercial release in…
NCSoft Results Grow Explosively Following Aion Launch
South-Korean MMO publisher / developer NCSoft has announced that yearly profits increased with over 836% to roughly $41 million. The massive increase in profits is largely due to the popularity of their recently released MMORPG Aion, that moved slightly less than a million copies in the United States and Europe…
