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The Midnight Squad Hits City of Heroes

It's been a busy late 2007 for City of Heroes/City of Villains. On November 6th, NCsoft, the original publishers of the game, bought the intellectual property rights from developers Cryptic and then created a new NCsoft studio, called NorCal, with a clear mandate to further develop the game both in terms of bala...

13 March 2008
04:18 GMT

Tabula Rasa Not a Bust

Starr Long, who is producer of the science fiction MMO Tabula Rasa, has released a statement responding to recent speculation about the game's performance on the NCsoft website. Long said: "the game has not taken off as quickly as we had hoped," although he reassured players that the company will offer new conte...

7 March 2008
03:11 GMT

Guild Wars Reaches 5 Million Sold Copies

With all the scandal around NCsoft, the Korea Times and the question whether Tabula Rasa is a success or a bust, it is fairly easy to overlook news about another NCsoft product. The Guild Wars series, made up of the original game, campaign add-ons Factions and Nightfall plus the recent expansion called Eye of the Nor...

27 February 2008
02:37 GMT

Tabula Rasa Loses Around 100 Million?

Tabula Rasa is still going strong despite the rumors the MMOG is in so much financial trouble that its developer NCsoft has no other option but to shut it down and disband the Austin studio that created the game. NCsoft has hit back and described the news as wildly inaccurate and in no way based upon facts, going so ...

20 February 2008
13:46 GMT

Aion: The Tower of Eternity 8 Character Class Trailers

Aion: The Tower of Eternity is one of those MMORPGs that have something special, that no other game in the genre has. One of those things is the game's two-tiered character class system, which, courtesy of an NCsoft official report today, is disclosed in full. Practically, there are a total of eight character ty...

20 December 2007
13:06 GMT

Chunk 2 Available Now for NCsoft's Dungeon Runners

NCsoft Europe has announced Chunk 2 as available for download, for the company's free MMORPG. As its name implies, Chunk 2 is of course the second content update for Ncsoft's Dungeon Runners, which includes in-game advertising in non-member worlds, more bank space for members, item trading, increased acces...

12 December 2007
03:35 GMT

Q & A with 'Aion' Senior Game Designer

If you're a MMORPG fan then you're surely waiting for Aion: The Tower Of Eternity to be released. Don't worry, NCsoft isn't announcing a launch date, the game is still on for a 2008 release. What we have here is actually a Q & A with the game's Senior Designer, Kyoung Won Choi. The man has re...

6 December 2007
03:06 GMT

Standard and Collector's Edition of Tabula Rasa Launched

It's official, MMORPG fans, Tabula Rasa is out and ready for the taking! NCsoft themselves made the official announcement yesterday, confirming that the PC game plunging you into a fierce intergalactic battle will be available in North America and Europe on November 2nd, 2007 - that's today. You can go for ...

2 November 2007
06:24 GMT

NCsoft Signs Advertising Agreement for Exteel and Dungeon Runners

Double Fusion has entered a partnership with video games publisher NCsoft to provide "in- and around-game advertising" into two of Ncsoft's titles, one of which is the upcoming giant robot action game, Exteel. The second one, currently available exclusively for PC, is Dungeon Runners. The agreement comes as a so...

26 October 2007
08:37 GMT

Former World of Warcraft Designers Aiming to Fix Great MMORPGs

There's a new development house in town, named Carbine Studios and its existence was announced last week. The company's owned by NCSoft and focuses on MMO titles, as the team of developers promises to change the world of MMORPGs forever. You might want to know that Carbine's staff includes ex-WoW desi...

10 October 2007
11:06 GMT

NCsoft Introduces the Razer DeathAdder Mouse - Guild Wars Edition

Generally, when you hear "NCsoft has announced..." you'd expect a new game, an expansion pack and so on, but not a device, aiding you in your quest when playing Guild Wars, now would you? Didn't think so. Well, as it turns out, NCsoft Europe has just revealed to the press that a special Guild Wars edition o...

2 October 2007
09:15 GMT

NCsoft Confirms That Guild Wars: Eye of the North Has Gone Live

NCsoft and ArenaNet have officially launched Guild Wars' expansion, Eye of the North. Players of the subscription-free MMORPG who purchase the expansion can access it through Guild Wars, Guild Wars: Factions, or Guild Wars: Nightfall. But there's another important aspect to be mentioned about Eye of the Nor...

31 August 2007
09:33 GMT

PlayNC Adopts 'Paysafecard!' - No More Credit Cards

Today, the world's leading publisher and developer of online games, NCsoft Europe has announced its embracing paysafecard, a new way for players across Europe to pay for their favourite NCsoft games, without the need of a credit card. The official says that paysafecard will go into effect on this address startin...

2 August 2007
09:00 GMT

Ncsoft Dates 'Guild Wars' First Expansion Pack for Europe

Finally... NCsoft Europe and ArenaNet have announced that the pre-release bonus pack for Guild Wars: Eye of the North is set to hit retailers on July 20th (which is two days from now - Friday) and will include exclusive in-game items and access to the Guild Wars: Eye of the North Sneak Peek Weekend set for later this...

18 July 2007
04:54 GMT

NCsoft's E3 Lineup Disclosed - Guild Wars Expansion!

NCsoft has just revealed its lineup for the E3 Media & Business Summit July 11-13 in Santa Monica, where the company will provide a preview of its most anticipated online titles slated for a release in both 2007 and 2008. Below, you have a few words from Ncsoft's CEO of North America, Robert Garriott and a littl...

4 July 2007
08:36 GMT

Guild Wars' First Expansion Pack Announced and Dated - 'Eye of the North'

If you're a fan of the MMORPG genre, then you must be a fan of Ncsoft's Guild Wars. If so, you should know that the developer, ArenaNet and the game's publisher, NCsoft Europe have revealed that Guild Wars: Eye of the North, the first expansion to the subscription-free MMORPG title, will be released on...

3 July 2007
02:47 GMT

Ncsoft Taps Free MMO Market - Dungeon Runners

NCsoft North America has launched Dungeon Runners, the first in a series of free MMO titles from the developer. Players also have the option to upgrade to a membership level, but this one will cost them some $4.99 per month. However, the paid level features extra storage for items, log-in queue priority and "access t...

30 May 2007
06:42 GMT

Guild Wars - Two-Years-Anniversary Party

Guild Wars Prophecies started it all. During the two years since the campaign was released, the game's developer, ArenaNet and publisher NCsoft, launched two additional stand-alone games: Guild Wars Factions and Guild Wars Nightfall, thus selling 3.5 million copies of the Guild Wars series, making it one of the ...

27 April 2007
05:40 GMT

GDC 07-New Tabula Rasa Trailer

This year's GDC hosted a lot of great events in the world of games, among which Sony's speech regarding their social service-the PlayStation Home, that looks an awful lot like the Second Life sim, Nintendo's Super Paper Mario in-game footage and many others. GDC also hosted the presentation of Ncsoft&#...

8 March 2007
06:45 GMT


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