A few days back, NCsoft held a shareholder meeting, and founder Kim Taek-jin’s term as CEO was extended for another three years. Nexon, NCsoft’s largest shareholder, had Executive Director Kim Jung-wook, and Chief Financial Officer Han Kyung-taek in attendance. This is the first time…
Master X Master – Tencent Games teasing NCsoft MOBA for China
Master X Master, if you did not know, is an upcoming MOBA in-development at NCsoft. The game will features several characters from NCsoft games, such as Blade & Soul, Aion, and Lineage, including several brand new characters as well. China’s…
Blade & Soul – Free costumes to celebrate 1000 days landmark
Blade & Soul recently celebrated its 1000 day anniversary in South Korea, and developer NCsoft is giving out free costumes to celebrate. All players who log in from 25 March to 1 April will be given a permanent costume, “Promise…
Lineage – Tencent Games opening first Pay-to-Play server in its history
On 26 March, Tencent Games will open its first ever Pay-to-Play game server under its wings. The Lineage “Reminiscence” server will not be Free-to-Play, but instead requires players to purchase a Growth Fruit from the item mall (web and in-game)…
Blade & Soul Mobile – Official card images for upcoming mobile game
While the Korean version of Blade & Soul Mobile, was first announced by NCsoft at G-Star 2014 back in November, it seems the China players will be getting the game first. Blade & Soul China’s publisher, Tencent Games, is currently…
Project HON – NCsoft staff caught for embezzling development funds
According to various reports in South Korea, three employees from the development team of NCsoft’s Project HON were removed after being caught embezzling development funds. The scheme started with the hiring of a third party company they have intimate personal connections…
Blade & Soul – NCsoft games converting to Free-to-Play in Japan
Starting from two days back, Blade & Soul Japan has officially gone Free-to-Play in Japan. Other games, such as Lineage 2 and Aion, will go Free-to-Play from April. For Blade & Soul, there will be a new VIP membership system, though…
Blade & Soul – Intel teams up with NCsoft for new cross-promotion
This promotion actually started a couple of weeks back, but somehow I have forgotten to post about it. Basically, Intel and NCsoft has teamed up to promote both their products, the Intel 730 series Solid State Drive (SSD) and action…
NCsoft – Game developer invests in drone maker and finance technology
Recently, it was announced that NCsoft has started diversifying away from its core gaming business. First, it has invested 1.6 billion Korean Won (around 1.35 million USD) in BYROBOT, in a deal struck late last year. BYROBOT has specialized in toy drone production…
NCsoft – Developer teams up with Netmarble to prevent Nexon takeover
NCsoft, facing a possible hostile takeover by Nexon, bought a 9.8% stake in the unlisted Netmarble, worth 380.3 billion Korean Won (USD 345 million) and becomes the fourth largest shareholder. The deal also involves a 700 billion Korean Won (USD…
Blade & Soul – Taiwan server gets exclusive Lunar New Year costumes
With the Chinese Lunar New Year arriving in just a couple of days, NCsoft Taiwan has released a pair of new costumes for Blade & Soul. According to the official news, these two costumes are exclusive to the Taiwan server,…
Lineage Eternal – NCsoft aiming to beta test the game later this year
Along with NCsoft’s financial reports earlier today, some new information for Lineage Eternal was discussed during the investors’ calls as well. The developer is aiming to have the game tested “globally” later this year, with a possible launch for 2016…
NCsoft – Korean developer announces record revenue for the year of 2014
NCsoft, currently embroiled in a massive “civil war” with its biggest shareholder, Nexon, today announced its financial report for the fourth quarter of 2014 and for the whole year of 2014 as well. Total sales for 2014 increased slightly by…
Nexon vs NCsoft – NCsoft to keep formal response to Nexon private
As the war between Nexon and NCsoft continues, the latter has sent a formal response to Nexon earlier today. This arrives after Nexon’s rather strong-worded public document released last week, which “proposed” NCsoft to make changes to the company structure and…