Our latest coverage of NCsoft.
NCSoft was forced to reveal that Guild Wars 3 is already in the works after being called out by its investors during a shareholder meeting this week to address the company’s dropping stock value. The first concern that shareholders brought forth during the meeting was the underwhelming performance of Throne and Liberty in South Korea and the company’s decision to [...]
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It looks like things are starting to pick up for NCSoft as the South Korean video game publisher finally sees a 15% increase in revenue after a three-quarter drop, according to its Q4 2023 financial report. It’s still far below the company’s Q4 2022 and annual revenues are still down by 31% compared to 2022 but it’s a start. To [...]
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Sony Interactive Entertainment and NCSoft have entered into a strategic partnership to explore “global collaboration opportunities” across various fields of business. There aren’t any solid plans at the moment, but there’s speculation that Sony might be diving headfirst into the mobile gaming market. The partnership agreement might also have something to do with Microsoft’s recently completed acquisition of Activision Blizzard [...]
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NCSoft’s revenues are still in a downward trend for three consecutive quarters. According to the South Korean publisher’s latest financial report, revenues are down 4% quarter-over-quarter for Q3 2023 and 30% year-over-year and its not because its PC MMORPG’s aren’t pulling their weight. The revenue drop is largely attributed to the poor performance of its mobile titles. Lineage W, in [...]
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Over the past few months, it seems like everybody is suing somebody else in the video game world for copyright infringement or some trademark violation or other. The latest one comes from NCSoft who filed a copyright infringement and unfair competition complaint against Kakao Games and XL Games for allegedly plagiarizing Lineage 2M features for use in its upcoming ArcheAge [...]
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NCSoft is making significant advancements in its backend tech and the studio is showing it off in a new trailer for its upcoming adventure game, Project M. The game itself is an exclusively single-player title but it’s worth covering due to the graphical and AI tech that the South Korean developer employed to bring it to life. The
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Amazon Games announced today that they'll be bringing NCSoft's newest MMORPG 'Throne and Liberty' to North America, South america, Europe and Japan. Throne and Liberty is billed as an action MMORPG with a rich story. No word on a release date just yet, but it'll likely launch this year as the Korean version of the game is set to launch [...]
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The last few months have been rough for the video game industry and the tech industry in general with thousands of employees being laid off as company’s try to cut costs. NCSoft West is the latest company to add to that growing number as the western branch of the South Korean developer and publisher lays off 20% of its workforce. [...]
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NCSoft has released its Q4 2021 financial report hot on the heels of yesterday’s new game announcements. The company’s revenues are up by 51% compared to Q3 2021 and 35% compared to Q4 2020 with total sales amounting to ₩757.2 billion, or roughly $632.6 million. A big chunk of the total sales was generated by mobile games which saw an [...]
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It’s going to be a busy year for NCSoft as the South Korean video game publisher and developer announces five new additions to its portfolio. These include Project TL, the Lineage Eternal reboot first announced in 2017, and a new Blade and Soul game called Blade and Soul S. The announcement also includes several unannounced games including Project E, a [...]
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