Press Releases
City of Heroes Goes Rogue with New Expansion Pack
SEATTLE, Washington - May 12, 2009 - NCsoft®, the world's premier publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs), and Paragon Studios™, the developer of City of Heroes®, today announced the development of City of Heroes Going Rogue™, the first major expansion for the City of Heroes franchise since the launch of City of Villains® in 2005. As the name implies, Going Rogue will blur the line between heroes and villains in the first and longest-running super-powered comic book MMO game. Read More…
NCsoft Reports Earnings Results for Q1 2009
Seoul, South Korea -- May 11, 2009 -- NCsoft® Corporation (KSE: 036570.KS) today reported earnings results for 2009 Q1. On a consolidated basis, sales came to KRW 133.4 billion ($USD 107.7 million/€EUR 79.2 million), operating profit KRW 42.5 billion ($USD 34.3 million/€EUR 25.2 million), and net profit KRW 33.5 billion ($USD 27.0 million/€EUR 19.9 million). Sales, operating profit, and net profit showed sharp escalations with an increase of 34%, 221% and 422% respectively quarter over quarter (QoQ). Read More…
Lineage II Celebrates Five-Year Anniversary with Largest Content Expansion to Date
SEATTLE, Washington - April 29, 2009 - NCsoft®, the world's premier publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs), commemorates five years of Lineage® II service in the West with the launch of Gracia™ Final, the latest free expansion to the legendary Lineage II franchise. Gracia Final, the third part of the Gracia expansion series, brings Lineage II fans a whole new continent and refined player-versus-player (PvP) combat. Other highlights of the Gracia Final expansion include more clan features, territory wars, new items, and new skill effects. Read More…
Guild Wars Surpasses Six Million Units Sold
SEATTLE, Washington - April 24, 2009 - NCsoft®, the world's premier publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs), and ArenaNet®, a wholly owned subsidiary of NCsoft and the acclaimed developer of Guild Wars®, today announced that on the cusp of its fourth anniversary, the Guild Wars franchise has exceeded six million units sold. Guild Wars is the award-winning and genre-defining series that is one of the most popular and successful online role-playing games in the industry. Read More…
NCsoft Offers Award-Winning Product Lineup on Steam
SEATTLE, Washington - April 22, 2009 - NCsoft ®, the world's premier publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs), and Valve Corporation, a developer of leading-edge technologies software, today announced that NCsoft's award-winning catalog of MMO franchises is now available via Steam, a leading platform for the distribution and management of PC games with over 20 million users worldwide. Read More…
NCsoft's City of Heroes Innovators Reborn as Paragon Studios
SEATTLE, Washington - April 14, 2009 - NCsoft®, the world's premier publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) today is proud to announce the official unveiling of Paragon Studios™. Based in Mountain View, CA, Paragon Studios, formerly known as NCsoft NorCal, will continue its ongoing commitment to further develop and innovate the critically acclaimed City of Heroes® franchise and other MMO games. As the studios' inaugural release, Paragon Studios and NCsoft today also announced City of Heroes: Architect Edition, its first "hybrid" retail pack for both PC and Macintosh that includes all content updates, including the recently released Issue 14: Architect. The Architect Edition, available in North America, will allow users - for the first time ever in MMO history - to fully customize and share missions, characters, and story arcs, giving players an unparalleled level of flexibility to craft and share unique experiences. Read More…
NCsoft and City of Heroes Give Power to the Players
SEATTLE, April 9, 2009--NCsoft®, the world's premier publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) today announced the launch of the highly anticipated Mission Architect system in its comic-book inspired MMO, City of Heroes®. Free to current PC and Macintosh subscribers, the release of Issue 14: Architect marks the first time in MMO history that players have been given the power to create and share their own custom missions and story arcs, thus generating an unprecedented and virtually limitless amount of user-generated content for the City of Heroes community. Read More…
NCsoft Opens City of Heroes World to Mac Gamers
SEATTLE, January 8, 2009--NCsoft®, the world's premier publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs), today announced the commercial launch of City of Heroes® for the Apple® Macintosh® across all NCsoft West consumer territories. Now the PC players and Mac players can live their comic-book dreams together, in the shared fictional world of Paragon City™ and the Rogue Isles™. Read More…
NCsoft Launches COH Issue 13: Power and Responsibility
SEATTLE, Dec. 3, 2008--NCsoft®, the world's premier publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) today announced the next free update to its highly successful comic-book inspired MMO, City of Heroes®. The release of Issue 13: Power and Responsibility introduces several innovative features to the MMO genre. Macintosh players won't be left out as open beta testing for the new Mac version of City of Heroes is just around the corner. Read More…
Aion: The Tower of Eternity Breaking Beta Test Records in Korea
Aion®: The Tower of Eternity™ is already showing signs of reaching hit status in only a matter of days since open beta testing kicked off earlier this week. Read More…
