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NCsoft to push evolution of Korean-style MMOs through Aion
Massively — ... for instance Jared Rea's recent article, "Beautiful 21st Century" -- a piece about one company's attempt to overcome the stigma attached to most older Korean MMOs that make it to the western market: beautiful but grindy. Perhaps the most notable Korean title currently played in the west is NCsoft's Lineage II which, despite being a beautiful game, has drawn some flack from gamers about its steep grind (although this is becoming less of a problem). NCsoft is working to change this perception of their forthcoming Korean-developed titles, ...

Guild Wars - Pedigree
Funcom...riddle me this.. — After reading an article from MMOQuests about her impressions of Guild Wars graphics, I thought maybe a quick history lesson would be in order... It may surprise some people... Guild Wars is developed by ArenaNet for NCSoft. Arenanet was founded by Jeff Strain, Pat Wyatt and Mike O'Brien Jeff Strain was team lead and lead programmer of Blizzard's massively multiplayer role-playing game, World of Warcraft. He was also a senior programmer on both Warcraft III and StarCraft, and a programmer on Diablo. ...

MMORPGs Getting Sued
The MMO Experience — While you may expect good cheer, fun, laughs, and presents on Christmas Eve not everyone is so blessed. NCSoft got something worse than coal, they got sued. According to ...

NCsoft Announces 2008 Fiscal Year Results
WarCry Network : Latest News — ... (US$ 71.7 million) for fiscal 2009. NCsoft's CFO Jaeho Lee said, "We anticipate full scale growth in 2009 based on the successful launch of Aion in Korea and the upcoming launch of the product in territories worldwide." NCsoft will be adjusting its direction this year ahead with the recent closing of Tabula Rasa, consolidation of its western devision, and the big stakes on Aion's success in the western market, which will be a major deciding factor for NC West and its future prospects. Source

NCsoft Releases 2008 Fiscal Year Results
WarCry Network : Latest News — ... NCsoft's CFO Jaeho Lee said, "We anticipate full scale growth in 2009 based on the successful launch of Aion in Korea and the upcoming launch of the product in territories worldwide." NCsoft will be adjusting its approach towards the western market this year, especially after the recent closing of Tabula Rasa and consolidation of its western devision. NC West will have high stakes on Aion's success in North America, which could be a major deciding factor for its future prospects. Source

3 upcoming first-person MMOs to watch
reroller: a warhammer online and mmorpg blog — ... working like a dog until we leave, trying to get a bunch of last-minute major additions to the site in place in time for the show. Whew. Gonna be fun, though. Either way, today I figured I’d talk about three intriguing looking MMOs that are coming up soon-ish (i.e. sometime this year) that you may not have heard of. I already discussed Champions Online in my last post, and most of you are already aware of SW:TOR (which is still a long way off) and NCsoft’s Lineage/Tabula Rasa follow-up, Aion. I hadn’t heard about the ...

NCsoft aims to bridge the East-West divide with Aion
Massively — ... to games as much as to anything else. There have been no small amount of Asian import MMOs that have been localized poorly for the western market, and this has certainly left a bad taste in gamers' mouths. Localization is a major challenge for any developer, and there's a rather wide chasm between what makes a game popular in an Asian market like Korea and what players embrace in the west. The westward-bound MMO that many people are focusing on right now is Aion, from NCsoft. The westernization of Aion is the subject of another solid ...

NCsoft responds to City of Heroes speculation
Massively — ... , and the future of the entire branch of the company. Ryan James, director of corporate communications for NCsoft, took the time to issue a direct response to us regarding that post. We also got an opportunity to ask him a few questions regarding NCsoft's current and future direction, which helps provide some context and some behind-the-scenes information to offset the speculative nature of the aforementioned post. ...