NCsoft Corp

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Name: NCsoft Corp
Nationality: Japan
First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

Guild Wars 2 Last Stand at Southsun update announced

NCsoft announced the next title update for MMORPG Guild Wars 2 today called Last Stand at Southsun. The update is scheduled to be released on May 28th and will be free to download.Last Stand at Southsun adds the following... ... [Published Examiner.com - 5 hours ago]
First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

3MU-GAMING-05-19-2013

By GrabNetworks NCSoft is prepping an expansion pack for GUILD WARS 2! Official Xbox Magazine has revealed some juicy gameplay details about the upcoming CASTLEVANIA: LORDS OF SHADOW 2! FINAL FANTASY VII and VIII are both heading to Steam soon! Since ... [Published Hollywood Industry - May 20 2013]
First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

The top 6 MMOs you should be playing this year

Massively multiplayer online games have long suffered from a nauseating lack of originality, smothered in an endless monotony of grinding away on dire rabbits for experience points and completing a never-ending strings of cookie-cutter, carrot-on-a-stick ... [Published Venturebeat - May 19 2013]
First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Guild Wars 2 Expansion Pack Currently Underway According To NCsoft

Guild Wars 2 was released back in 2012 and it seems that some gamers are already impatient and are wondering when the expansion pack of the popular MMORPG will be released. Well the good news for those who can’t wait [...]Like It , +1 , Tweet It , Pin ... [Published UberGizmo - May 14 2013]
First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Guild Wars 2 Will Get an Expansion, ArenaNet Confirms

The development team at ArenaNet in charge of the MMO Guild Wars 2 confirms that it has plans to create an expansion for the game, although its not yet clear when it might launch or exactly what content it will add.DualShockers cites information offered ... [Published Softpedia - May 13 2013]
First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

'SimCity' continues to dominate the PC weekly chart

SimCity has retained its place at the top of the PC weekly chart. Football Manager 2013 is its closest challenger in second, while The Sims 3: University Life and The Sims 3 chart at three and four. At the tail-end of the chart, World of Warcraft: Mists ... [Published Digital Spy - Apr 22 2013]
First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

The Works Of NCSoft Artist Park Jong Won

Park Jong Won is a Korean concept artist who currently works for NCSoft, the MMO giant behind games like Lineage, Aion and Guild Wars. Read more...         ... [Published Kotaku - Apr 22 2013]
First reported Apr 12 2013 - Updated Apr 12 2013 - 1 reports

More than 30 online games fall victim to Chinese hackers

A Chinese hacking ring, which has been active for four years, has been stealing data from players of more than 30 massively multiplayer online (MMO) role-playing games.That's according to research by security software vendor Kaspersky Lab which reveals ... [Published Computing.co.uk - Apr 12 2013]
First reported Apr 12 2013 - Updated Apr 12 2013 - 1 reports

Lead designer of City of Heroes Said the Financial Future of the Game was not Dire

Matt "Positron" Miller, the lead designer in City of Heroes, said in a postmortem interview with Gamasutra, that the financial future of the game was not as dire as the publisher, NCSoft, made it out to be.He said that they really wanted to offer players ... [Published French Tribune - Apr 12 2013]
First reported Apr 11 2013 - Updated Apr 11 2013 - 1 reports

City of Heroes' Studio Fought to the Bitter End to Save the MMO, Designer Says

Gamasutra's postmortem of City of Heroes and Paragon Studios says the MMO's development staff did everything it could to keep the game running—including trying to buy it from publisher NCSoft—and that plans for one final update were shot down right ... [Published Kotaku - Apr 11 2013]
First reported Feb 19 2013 - Updated Feb 19 2013 - 1 reports

Horse Armour, Horse Armour, Get Your Horse Armour

Chris Anderson works at Turbine (Lord of the Rings Online) as a senior concept artist. Prior to that, he's worked for a range of other MMO studios such as Tencent, Sony Online Entertainment, Mythic and NCSoft. More » ... [Published Kotaku - Feb 19 2013]
First reported Dec 19 2012 - Updated Dec 20 2012 - 4 reports

New York Kicks Another 2,100 Sex Offenders Off Online Gaming

The State of New York is still going after online gamers who happen to be convicted sex offenders, as today the Attorney General’s office announced that they have successfully purged another couple thousand offenders from realm of internet gaming.It’s ... [Published WebProNews - Dec 20 2012]

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...us as a major player in mobile, adding significant revenue to our business," said Seungwoo Choi, President and Chief Executive Officer of Nexon. "Content updates to our major PC games were well-received by players around the world, particularly a tier 1 update for Dungeon&Fighter in China. We also successfully launched FIFA Online 3 in Korea during the quarter, and the game is showing strong performance in terms of both user metrics and revenues."
...The most common promotion way is providing extra gold. The marketing manager of IGXE told us, "We put the Ad image at the main place on the home page so that everyone comes to our site could know our promotion for GW2. We offer free gold for all orders of GW2 which the total amount is above 200 gold, discount link is still working under the promotion. If customers want to get free gold and discount for GW2 gold at the same time, just go to our live chat to ask for a discount link, our customer service representative would love to help every customer."
...vendor Kaspersky Lab which reveals that at least 35 game developers and publishers have been affected by a collective of hackers they've dubbed "Winnti'. The organisation has infiltrated online servers of a number of MMOs, mostly those from South East Asia, but also the US, Germany, Japan, China, Russia, Brazil, Peru, and Belarus-based games have also come under attack over the past four years."

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Guild Wars 2 Last Stand at Southsun update anno... [Published Examiner.com - 5 hours ago]
3MU-GAMING-05-19-2013 [Published Hollywood Industry - May 20 2013]
The top 6 MMOs you should be playing this year [Published Venturebeat - May 19 2013]
Guild Wars 2 Expansion Pack Currently Underway ... [Published UberGizmo - May 14 2013]
Guild Wars 2 Will Get an Expansion, ArenaNet Co... [Published Softpedia - May 13 2013]
Nexon Announces Strong First Quarter 2013 Finan... [Published ITbriefing - May 10 2013]
Nexon Announces Strong First Quarter 2013 Finan... [Published Business Wire - May 10 2013]
Nexon Announces Strong First Quarter 2013 Finan... [Published EquityJungle - v0.1 - May 10 2013]
Four Reasons the EA-Star Wars Deal Can’t Possib... [Published Time - May 07 2013]
Samsung Electronics to Launch into Game Business [Published KOREA IT TIMES - May 06 2013]
IGXE Reports Guild Wars 2 Sales Up 10% [Published SBWire - Apr 23 2013]
'SimCity' continues to dominate the PC weekly c... [Published Digital Spy - Apr 22 2013]
The Works Of NCSoft Artist Park Jong Won [Published Kotaku - Apr 22 2013]
GAMES 13 DATED [Published Web-Release.info - Apr 21 2013]
Guild Wars 2 Gold Is on Sale, IGXE Provides Up ... [Published SBWire - Apr 19 2013]
Mark Jacobs of Camelot Unchained Speaks on the ... [Published SiliconANGLE - Apr 15 2013]
More than 30 online games fall victim to Chines... [Published Computing.co.uk - Apr 12 2013]
Lead designer of City of Heroes Said the Financ... [Published French Tribune - Apr 12 2013]
City of Heroes' Studio Fought to the Bitter End... [Published Kotaku - Apr 11 2013]
NCSOFT Adopts BilltoMobile for High-Conversion ... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Mar 13 2013]
Horse Armour, Horse Armour, Get Your Horse Armour [Published Kotaku - Feb 19 2013]
The DeanBeat: Game acquisitions rise 23 percent... [Published Venturebeat - Jan 25 2013]
Avast elige el In-Product Store de Nexway para ... [Published PR Newswire - Jan 08 2013]
Here’s the scorecard on our 2012 predictions fo... [Published Venturebeat - Dec 28 2012]
NY Removes 2,100 Sex Offenders From Online Gami... [Published Team Cymru Internet Security News - Dec 21 2012]
New York Kicks Another 2,100 Sex Offenders Off ... [Published WebProNews - Dec 20 2012]
New York Kicks Another 2,100 Sex Offenders Off ... [Published WebProNews Feed - Dec 20 2012]
NY Attorney General culls web games of 2,100 se... [Published SlashGear - Dec 19 2012]
New York A.G. removes 2,100 sex offenders from ... [Published CNET News.com - Dec 19 2012]
Another 2,000 Sex Offenders Are Kicked Off Onli... [Published Kotaku - Dec 19 2012]
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The top 6 MMOs you should be playing this year [Published Venturebeat - May 19 2013]
Massively multiplayer online games have long suffered from a nauseating lack of originality, smothered in an endless monotony of grinding away on dire rabbits for experience points and completing a never-ending strings of cookie-cutter, carrot-on-a-stick ...
Nexon Announces Strong First Quarter 2013 Finan... [Published EquityJungle - v0.1 - May 10 2013]
Filed under: Investing Nexon Announces Strong First Quarter 2013 Financial Results TOKYO--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- NEXON Co., Ltd. ("Nexon") (3659.TO), a worldwide leader in free-to-play online games, today announced financial results for its first ...
The Works Of NCSoft Artist Park Jong Won [Published Kotaku - Apr 22 2013]
Park Jong Won is a Korean concept artist who currently works for NCSoft, the MMO giant behind games like Lineage, Aion and Guild Wars. Read more...         ...
Mark Jacobs of Camelot Unchained Speaks on the ... [Published SiliconANGLE - Apr 15 2013]
Massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) are currently in the throws of a highly disruptive market niche change: one that shifts publishers and developers attention from gathering money from users via subscriptions to one that monetizes free games ...
City of Heroes' Studio Fought to the Bitter End... [Published Kotaku - Apr 11 2013]
Gamasutra's postmortem of City of Heroes and Paragon Studios says the MMO's development staff did everything it could to keep the game running—including trying to buy it from publisher NCSoft—and that plans for one final update were shot down right ...
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Nexon Announces Strong First Quarter 2013 Finan... [Published Business Wire - May 10 2013]
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Avast elige el In-Product Store de Nexway para ... [Published PR Newswire - Jan 08 2013]
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