Blade & Soul – Founder’s Packs now available with Closed Beta access

[Game website] NCsoft announced that Founder’s Packs for Blade & Soul are now available for purchase in North America and Europe. Players have the option to choose from three different Blade & Soul Founder’s Packs, all of which offer access…

Blade & Soul – New game content and 9th class teased at Soul Party

Just when I thought this year’s Soul Party is more about the PVP tournament, NCsoft threw a curve ball and teased the 9th class at the beach event. While little is known, the awesome stage performance is apparently teasing a…

Blade & Soul – Exclusive partner system goes live in China server

Rather than pets, Blade & Soul China has labeled the new system as “partner”. Two are based on game bosses, and the penguin represents Tencent’s mascot. Players will have to search for penguin pieces from dungeons, and form three penguins to try…

WildStar – Closed Beta for upcoming Free-to-Play version is now live

[Beta register] NCsoft and Carbine Studios announced that the Closed Beta for WildStar’s Free-to-Play transition is live. Players granted access to the Closed Beta will be able to experience new and improved features available in the biggest content update yet. Anyone…

Blade & Soul Mobile – Game enters Closed Beta first in China this month

Tencent Games, the publisher for Blade & Soul and Blade & Soul Mobile in China, recently announced the mobile game will enter the Closed Beta phase on 17 August. The previous test phases were mostly small scaled ones, and I…

Blade & Soul – NCsoft to organize Soul Party next week in Busan

I can’t be sure if Soul Party is an annual event for Blade & Soul in South Korea (I think it is), but during the first few years, it is where the major game announcements were made. This time, NCsoft…

Lineage 2 Web – Chinese developer obtains IP rights to develop web game

Over at ChinaJoy 2015, an announcement was made by 37wan, a leading web games developer and publisher in China. The company, which also has an English portal, has officially obtained the rights from NCsoft to develop a web game based…

NCsoft – Lineage 1 earnings soars sky high in latest financial report

Even though Lineage 1 is only available in Asia, particularly popular in South Korea, the game has been NCsoft’s main pillar for earnings for many years. In the latest 2nd Quarter 2015 financial report, revenue from Lineage 1 is tops…

Lineage Eternal – Nvidia technology to be used in technical cooperation

Following the agreement with Intel just last week, it was reported in Korea that NCsoft has now agreed to a technical cooperation with Nvidia for Lineage Eternal. The game developer will be utilizing Nvidia GameWorks to provide more realistic visuals and game physics,…

Lineage Eternal – Intel teams up for new tech and global marketing

Last week, Intel and NCsoft signed a contract to work on two of NCsoft’s games, Master X Master and Lineage Eternal. Other than building a new server structure, Intel’s RealSense technology will be utilized, along with improving the UX (user…

Blade & Soul – New wings and pet system arriving in China server

The China server for Blade & Soul, published by Tencent Games, recently saw its biggest update of the year, which included new playable classes added to certain races among many other new features. Not willing to be outdone by competitor’s massive Dragon…

WildStar – China publisher confirmed with beta starting this August

NCsoft recently announced WildStar, the first online game from Carbine Studios, is heading to China. The publisher was revealed as Giant Interactive, and the first beta will begin this August. Localization of the game is near its end, which means…

Blade & Soul – Free-to-Play model confirmed with Premium Membership

Since being announced back in May, gamers have been curious about the business model for Blade & Soul. NCsoft today revealed that Blade & Soul English will be Free-to-Play, with a monthly Premium Membership plan. There will be no power…

Lineage Eternal – Focus Group Test begins today in South Korea

According to NCsoft, a small group of testers has been enrolled into the Focus Group Test (FGT) for Lineage Eternal. It starts today till 26 June, held at Pangyo Ncsoft R&D Center. The group consists of students from Sogang University’s Game Education…