NCsoft founder explains Nexon investment greenlight

At a recent senior management summit, NCsoft’s founder and CEO Mr Taek Jin Kim (pictured) revealed some reasons why he decided to sell 14.7% of the company’s shares to his biggest competitor, Nexon. He cited cases where game companies are…

[ChinaJoy 2012] Blade & Soul – First beta test on 16th August

1 of the 2 games (the other being Diablo III) most feared by their China publisher’s competitors and sending a wave of chilling air through their spines, Tencent Games announced that Blade & Soul will be entering its very first…

Blade & Soul – Celebrity endorsed costumes go on sale

Till today, I still can’t quite get the song and dance moves out of my head. I am referring to Korean girl group Secret’s song, Shy Boy, which was used to advertise NCsoft’s Blade & Soul a few months ago.…

Blade & Soul – Celebrity-endorsed costumes go on sale

Till today, I still can’t quite get the song and dance moves out of my head. I am referring to Korean girl group Secret’s song, Shy Boy, which was used to advertise NCsoft’s Blade & Soul a few months ago.…

Guild Wars 2 – Server named after veteran gamer

[Source] It is always touching to see the mega gaming corporations doing something for the community, and in this case, ArenaNet named 1 of its servers in the upcoming Final Beta Weekend after a deceased veteran gamer. Roger “Oldroar” Rall…

Guild Wars 2 – Sylvari race preview

[Game website] I just noticed I have been spelling “Sylvari” as “Slyvari” all this time… Sorry, I am more of a Charr/ Asura person (finding excuses). Ok, silly ignorant mistakes aside, Guild Wars 2’s final Beta Weekend is due to…

Blade & Soul – Game goes Free to Play

Ok, before any misunderstanding happens, Blade & Soul will only be free for the first 15 levels starting today. There is no duration stated, hence it is most probably a permanent thing. After the first free major content update on…

Guild Wars 2 – Asura race preview

If you have not read, the final Beta Weekend for Guild Wars 2 (link) will feature the last 2 playable races, Asura and Sylvari. While there is a certain mystery in terms of storyline about them, GameSpot managed to have…

Blade & Soul – The best cosplay so far

Cosplay was always more famous in Japan for the Asia region, but Korean cosplay team, Spiral Cats, has really left me in awe with some of their renditions of game characters. In fact, Miyuko from the team has had me…

Blade & Soul – New PvP videos are awesome

Well, they aren’t exactly the standard player-made PvP videos, but developer NCsoft is the one who actually created them. Rolling out these 2 videos apparently is a brilliant move, since both showcase how PvP is exactly like in Blade &…

Blade & Soul – Commercial P2P date announced

NCsoft’s Blade & Soul will enter its commercial P2P phase on 30th June 2012, which is just a few days from now. This is also just 9 days after the game went into its free for all Open Beta phase…

Blade & Soul – Gracing the big screen

Blade & Soul’s mega-marketing drive seems to have no limits in South Korea. Having conquered the Korean pop scene (link) and local gaming cafes (link), NCsoft has decided to bring the game’s presence to the big screens. In Lotte cinemas,…

Blade & Soul – Open Beta status update

Blade & Soul Korea began its Open Beta service a couple of hours ago, and here is a quick update so far. 1 hour into the game, the highest number of players recorded online at the same time was 150,000.…

NCsoft – Reorganization confirmed

According to Korean gaming website ThisIsGame’s interaction with NCsoft, the company officially announced its retrenchment plans a few days ago to its staff as part of a major restructuring (or reorganization) effort. Although the number is not confirmed, it is…