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NCSoft was founded in March 1997 by Kim Taek Jin. In September 1998, NCSoft launched its first game Lineage.In April 2001 the company created a US subsidiary under the name NC Interactive (based in Austin, Texas, and would later become NCSoft West) after acquiring Destination Games, headed by Richard Garriott and Robert Garriott. [5]
Pages in category "NCSoft games" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aion (video game)
Lineage (Korean: 리니지) is a medieval fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game franchise by the South Korean video game developer NCSoft. It has become highly popular in South Korea with subscriptions counting into the millions, but is also available in Chinese, Japanese, Russian, and English-language versions. It is also one ...
Guild Wars 2 is a free-to-play, [2] massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by ArenaNet and published by NCSoft.Set in the fantasy world of Tyria, the core game follows the re-emergence of Destiny's Edge, a disbanded guild dedicated to fighting Elder Dragons, colossal Lovecraftian-esque entities that have seized control of Tyria in the time since the original Guild Wars (2005 ...
In April 2009, NCSoft announced that 6 million units of games in the Guild Wars series had been sold. [10] The sequel and fourth major entry into the series, Guild Wars 2 , was announced in March 2007 and released on August 28, 2012.
The company was acquired by NCSoft in December 2002. [3] [4] On September 10, 2008, NCSoft announced the formation of NCSoft West, headquartered in Seattle, Washington. [5] ArenaNet founders Jeff Strain and Patrick Wyatt left ArenaNet to take roles at NCSoft West in 2008, and ultimately left NCSoft in 2009. [6] [7]
It is estimated that the game earned 16 billion won every day during the first four days of its release, breaking record of highest first-day revenue a game from the company ever had. The game remained at the number one spot on Google Play in South Korea for a full month after its release, with estimated sales of more than 200 billion won (166 ...
Given the success of NCsoft's previous games, Lineage and Lineage II, Aion had been a highly anticipated game in South Korea ever since its announcement. China: The game was released in China on April 16, 2009 and operated by Shanda Interactive Entertainment. Japan: NCsoft released the game on July 17, 2009 in Japan under NCsoft Japan.