Press Releases
NCsoft's Lineage II Expansion Dramatically Speeds Up Character Progression
Gracia Part 2, the newest addition to the popular Lineage® II franchise, has been released. The expansion is free to all Lineage II subscribers and helps players advance their characters and achieve their goals faster than ever before. Read More…
NCsoft Revitalizes the Original Lineage Franchise
SEATTLE, October 23, 2008--NCsoft®, the world's premier publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online (MMO) games, today announced the long-awaited release of both Episode 6, the Lastavard™ - Inevitable Destiny™ and Episode U to its Lineage® service in North America. This massive new update represents a revitalization of NCsoft's flagship MMO in North America. Read More…
NCsoft's Carbine Studios Names Tim Cain Design Director
Fallout producer and designer now becomes design director for unannounced Carbine Studios project. Read More…
Stephen Hawking Sending DNA into Space to Promote the Archon X PRIZE for Genomics
Stephen Hawking, best selling author of "A Brief History of Time" and the children's book "George's Secret Key to the Universe" written along with his daughter Lucy, will be sending his digitized DNA into space as part of Operation Immortality™. Read More…
NCsoft Announces Formation of "NC West"
NCsoft ® Corporation today announced the formation of "NC West™". Read More…
Stephen Colbert goes Intergalactic as he Launches his DNA into Space
Stephen Colbert plans to save humanity when he has his DNA digitized and sent to the International Space Station (ISS) with famed game designer Richard Garriott. Read More…
Silicon Valley Icons to send DNA into space
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 4, 2008--NCsoft's® Operation Immortality™ has added three of Silicon Valley's most celebrated minds to the growing list of notable names who are sending their digitized DNA into space. Kevin Rose, creator of the social-bookmarking website Digg, Robert Scoble, one of the world's most popular tech bloggers and Tim Draper, founder of the venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson, have agreed to send their DNA to orbit along with celebrated game designer Richard Garriott, who is traveling to the International Space Station (ISS) on Oct. 12. Read More…
Screenwriters Sending DNA to Space
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 29, 2008--Yet another group of prominent names has agreed to send their digitized DNA into space aboard the "Immortality Drive." Nine well-known television writers, screenwriters and comedy writers will have their DNA sequenced, digitized and sent into orbit on the Immortality Drive, a time capsule that will contain the digitized DNA of select video game players, space aficionados and celebrities. The drive will be carried to the International Space Station (ISS) by famed game developer Richard Garriott when he travels to space on October 12. Read More…
Texas Music Legend Joe Ely sends his DNA and Nobel Laureate Insights into Space
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 20, 2008--Operation Immortality, the project to create a digital time capsule of the human race, has again joined forces with Planet Make-Over, an entertainment driven social network designed to demonstrably reverse the effects of Global Warming. This alliance aims to unite and mobilize the worldwide gaming community with Planet Make-Over's mission by sending the digitized DNA of Texas Music Legend Joe Ely and Planet Make-Over's Musical Director, Stephen Bruton into space with video gaming luminary Richard Garriott as he travels to the International Space Station (ISS) on October 12, 2008. Read More…
Olympic Gold Medalist Joins the Fight to Save Humanity
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 15, 2008--Operation Immortality™, a project intended to collect and archive the very best of what humanity has accomplished, is creating a digital time capsule of the human race, including messages from people around the world and DNA samples from some of our brightest minds and most accomplished athletes. Scott Johnson, Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics, three-time National Champion and 2006 USA Olympic Hall of Fame inductee, now stands among those who have been asked to participate in Operation Immortality's mission to preserve the most talented and influential people of our time, and has submitted his DNA to be added to the capsule. Read More…
