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The rise in digital distribution won’t bring an end to PC games retail – it will just change its function, according to NCsoft. The MMO publisher – whose titles include City of Heroes, Aion, Lineage and the upcoming Guild Wars 2 – claims bricks-and-mortar stores will always serve a purpose …

MMO publisher NCsoft’s sales rose to 647.9bn South Korean Won (or 360.6m) last year. The consolidated sales increased by two per cent year-on-year, while operating profit rose by four per cent to 242.9bn Won (145.7m). NCsoft broke its own records with Lineage reaching its greatest annual sales ever, generating 181.2bn …

Cat Channon has joined MMO publisher NCsoft. She takes up the role of director of PR and will be based in NCsoft’s Brighton office, where she will lead the European PR team. Channon’s most recent position was publisher for kids’ video games publication Megaton, before which she held various PR …

James Gwertzman talks about PopCapâ??s wild card in their plan to capture the Korean market

Swedish 3D tools provider supplying tech to Korean MMORPG titles

Casual gaming giant PopCap will expand its business into Asia after striking a new partnership with local publisher NCsoft. The two groups will unite to launch PopCap World; an online game portal hat will initially boast 13 PopCap games – each one adopting the free-to-play model. PopCap World will debut …

Casual founder unites with online giant in new Asian business plan

Gamescom opened its doors on Tuesday 17th August to select members of the press but yesterday the event kicked off proper. Festivities began with a special Gamescom press conference, followed by more announcements from Konami, Ubisoft and more. But if you don’t have time to sift through our collection of …

En Masse Entertainment to renovate eastern games for western tastes

A group of NCSoft employees have merged to head up a new MMO specialist outfit. Based in Washington, En Masse Entertainment is a new publisher with an aim to transform eastern games to better suit western audiences. En Masse is comprised of talent from the likes of Blizzard Entertainment, Microsoft, …