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MMO specialist NCsoft has launched a series of ‘Starter Packs’ for its major franchises Guild Wars, City of Heroes/City of Villains and Lineage II, priced at 1.99. Each pack gives players 14 days of play time on each title to serve as an introduction to MMORPG gaming. Players who wish …
Read More »NCsoft and Vivox get chatting
Voice tech to be rolled across online giant's titles
Read More »NCsoft Europe is not interested in making ‘copycat’ MMOs
Creative director of new Brighton-based MMO studio says following the WoW template doesn't add value for consumers
Read More »NCSoft licenses Gamebryo
Emergent's tech to help online giant prototype new concepts
Read More »Unreal Engine 3 snapped up by NCsoft
NCsoft plans to build two new online titles using Epic’s Unreal Engine 3. The two firms have announced a licensing deal for the engine which discloses that NCsoft will gain access to all the latest updates to UE3 which make it "the best possible offering for cross-platform game development for …
Read More »NCsoft profits up
Lineage and Tabula Rasa were the key drivers in NCsoft’s full-year financials, which saw an overall sales drop of three per cent, but an operating profit, pre-tax profit and net profit of 14 per cent, 24 per cent and 18 per cent respectively. Fourth quarter consolidated net sales stand at …
Read More »ACTIVISION BLIZZARD: EA to swoop for NCsoft?
After the emergence of Activision Blizzard this week, industry rumour-mongering has gathered pace over which rival publishers could make the next move. Analyst and Gameshadow boss Nicholas Lovell believes that EA must act fast to move into the MMO space – and a move for NCsoft would be the best …
Read More »NCsoft looks to expand non-games business
Next-Gen reports that leading global MMO firm NCsoft is looking to expand the internet technology side of its business on the back of a recent dip in the firm’s share price. NCsoft owns some of the most popular names in the MMO business, and has backed the recent expansion of …
Read More »NCsoft Europe prepares to double in size by 2009
EVER-EXPANDING MMO publisher NCsoft has revealed that it is giving its European European development capabilities a huge boost – doubling in size in the next 18 months alone. The target was revealed as NCsoft’s chief executive officer Geoff Heath told MCV that its first PS3 project should be hitting retail …
Read More »NCsoft acquires City of Heroes IP
MCV sister site Develop reports that more City of Heroes games are due from NCsoft, but the MMO firm will no longer be just the publisher of the games – it has opened a new development studio in North California to work on the games. The move comes following the …
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