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NCsoft 2008 profits down and Guild Wars 2 TBA in 2010-2011
After hearing recent news of NCsoft's lay-offs/restructuring at their European studio, it may not come as a surprise that their latest financial report for Q4 2008 is showing a 22% net income loss compared to Q4 2007 even though sales were up 11%. This loss was attributed to higher marketing ...
Guild Wars 2: 2010-2011
killtenrats.com — NCSoft released their quarterly earnings report for the last quarter of 2008 today. The company’s sales and... profits seem to be on the upswing, but the bad news is that according to the product lineup, we will not be getting Guild Wars 2 until ... (more) Guild Wars 2: 2010-2011
Official details on the NCsoft Europe layoffs
massively.com — As the news and confirmations are trickling in from this morning's layoffs at NCsoft Europe, we're happy... to report that we were contacted by NCsoft regarding complete information and an official word on the situation. Apparently, according to the ... (more) Official details on the NCsoft Europe layoffs
Guild Wars 2: Ummmm….
commonsensegamer.com — …yeah. There seems to be a bit of confusion regarding the recent “delay” for Guild Wars 2….the... fact that there isn’t one: There have been some published rumors over the past few days about Guild Wars 2 delays, and ... (more) Guild Wars 2: Ummmm….
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Guild Wars 2 - Ripples from Friday
Kill Ten Rats — ... The first thing I found really interesting was the disregard for Aion.  The report gave us a fairly tight window for a U.S. release of the MMO.  Massively left Aion out of the subject line but mentioned Guild Wars 2 in the subject line and used the Guild Wars 2 logo in the post.  ...

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