As another quarter ends, it is time for the various listed companies to report their financials, including those in the gaming industry. NCsoft is the latest to do so for the 2nd quarter of 2018, and once again the PC…
Aion – NCsoft is now hiring for new next-generation MMORPG
According to recent job postings by NCsoft, the Korean gaming giant is looking to fill an animator position to work on a new project based on the Aion IP. The game is described as a “next-generation console and PC MMORPG”…
Lineage II: Revolution – New playable race arrives in Korean server this week
After being teased for several weeks and confirmed recently, Netmarble is adding the fearsome and brutal Orcish race into the Korean server of its popular mobile MMORPG Lineage II: Revolution tomorrow as part of the 3.0 update. Players who choose…
Blade & Soul – Possible battle royale map discovered in Korean server files
Blade & Soul received its 3rd and last part of its massive summer update today, which included the new Warrior class added earlier this month. A China gamer who is playing on the Korean server discovered a curious looking map…
Blade & Soul – New class confirmed for English server later this year
[Source] Following the new Tusan class arriving in the Korean server next month, NCsoft today announced that the new unnamed class will be arriving in the English server later this year. Wielding a greatsword, this class is a tanker fueled…
Blade & Soul – NCsoft announces job extension system in new Vision trailer
After the recent announcement of upgrading Blade & Soul from Unreal Engine 3 to Unreal Engine 4, NCsoft is back again with another developer “Vision” video. This time, NCsoft is back with a follow-up, talking about the job extension feature…
Lineage M – New version of mobile MMORPG in development for overseas markets
Lineage M is NCsoft’s top earning product since it launched in South Korea and Taiwan, and the mobile MMORPG today celebrated its first anniversary. In an extravagant media event, NCsoft lauded the game’s achievements, and announced that a new “global…
Blade & Soul II – NCsoft delays mobile MMORPG to 2019
During the quarterly financial call earlier today, NCsoft confirmed that Blade & Soul II will be delayed into 2019, with Lineage 2M possible launching first in the same year. First teased in November last year, Blade & Soul II was…
Blade & Soul – NCsoft previews upgrade to Unreal Engine 4 for Asian fantasy MMORPG
NCsoft recently release a “Vision Preview” trailer, highlighting what the development team is preparing for the hit Asian fantasy MMORPG, Blade & Soul. There is currently no actual timeline set, and we suppose it is still in the early days,…
Chrono Brigade – The worst and laziest mobile RPG we have tried in 2018
Although a giant in the online games industry, NCsoft hasn’t even made a dent in the mobile gaming market, lagging far behind competitors such as Nexon and Netmarble. As such, a studio (Lionship Studio) was formed in NCsoft Japan back…
Chrono Brigade – New game trailer previews turn-based combat system
Back in 2016, NCsoft Japan opened an internal studio, Lionship Studio, to develop games for the local market. Fast forward to late 2017, Lionship Studio announced its first mobile game, Chrono Brigade. Just recently, Chrono Brigade’s 2nd game trailer was…
NCsoft – Korean gaming giant posts record-breaking financial results for 2017
It is the time of the year where major companies post their financial results for the 4th quarter of 2017 and the whole of 2017, and NCsoft is no exception. Results have shown that sales, profits, and income has all…
NCsoft – Former Blade & Soul producer under investigation for insider trading
The former head honcho of Blade & Soul, Bae Jae Hyun, is currently under investigation by the Financial Services Commission, South Korea’s top financial regulator, under suspicion of insider trading. This illegal action reportedly took place last year, when Bae…
Aion – Korean server switching to Free-to-Play model in January
According to news outlets in South Korea, the Korean server of Aion will finally convert to a from the monthly subscription business model to Free-to-Play model with cash item shop. This change, which takes place around the time of Aion’s…