December 24, 2007PlayNC account timezone changes
On New Year's Day, January 1, 2008, we'll be changing the time zone used for all customer account work from Eastern time (EST) to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC, basically the same as GMT). This shouldn't make much of a difference to most customers, though some may notice (depending on what time during the day their billing takes place) that the listed billing date may move up by a day (however, technically speaking, you're actually not gaining any extra time).
December 20, 2007NCsoft Announces Promotions in North American and Global Bus...
Austin, Texas, December 20, 2007—NCsoft®, the world’s largest developer and publisher of online computer games, today announced two promotions within its global family. Robert Garriott is leaving his post as president of NCsoft’s North American business and moving into a role of global business development and planning. He’ll remain in Austin while working closely with NCsoft’s CEO Taek Jin Kim in his new position.
December 20, 2007Dev Corner: Robert Garriott’s NCsoft North America Yea...
Robert Garriott, President of NCsoft® North America, reviews the year 2007 for the company, and looks to 2008 and beyond.
December 18, 2007Help the Child's Play Charity
NCsoft® is looking to make the holidays brighter for some very special kids this year by offering up some very cool stuff for grabs, including a chance to get an NPC in Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa® named after you, or even a Lord Recluse statue! All of the proceeds for these auctions will go to Child's Play, a Seattle based charity that holds an annual toy drive and raises money for Children's hospitals. Check out all of our auctions, available here.
December 13, 2007NCsoft Reveals The Kamael, the Largest Lineage II Expansion
AUSTIN, Texas, December 13, 2007–NCsoft® today announced the release of Kamael, the newest and largest addition to the Lineage® II franchise. At more than 1 Gigabyte, Kamael is the largest expansion ever for the massively multiplayer online PC game and adds an entirely new playable race, new lands, ongoing fortress battles, instanced dungeons and new account services to the game, which has continued to increase in depth and story.
December 11, 2007NCsoft Launches Chunk 2, adding advertising, new content to ...
AUSTIN, Texas, December 11, 2007–NCsoft® today announced the release of Chunk 2, the second content update for its successful free-to-download and play game, Dungeon Runners™.
December 10, 2007MMORPG's 2007 Reader's Choice Awards
MMORPG is now accepting votes in eight different categories for the 2007 Reader's Choice Awards. Many NCsoft® products are nominated, including Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa® in "Best New Game", "Best Sci-Fi / Other Game" and "Best Overall Game" categories; Aion™ in the "Most Anticipated Game" category; Guild Wars® for "Best Expansion" and Dungeon Runners™ for "Best Free / Micropayments Game" and "Best Overall Game" categories. Please vote for your favorite games, or click here to see all of the NCsoft nominations.
December 4, 2007Exteel goes Live
Exteel™ is now live and out of the testing phase. We'd like to thank everyone who participated in the various stages of the closed and open beta tests. This launch of Exteel features a lot more items and various bug fixes as well as the introduction of our new micropayment transaction system called NCcoin.
November 29, 2007NCsoft Expands City of Heroes with Issue 11
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 29, 2007—NCsoft® Corp, the world’s leading developer and publisher of online computer games, today announced the release of City of Heroes® “Issue: 11: A Stitch in Time,” a free expansion for current subscribers, which provides players new content including the ability for heroes and villains to travel back in time to participate in world-altering missions as well as a weapon customization tool, two new power sets and enhancements to the inventions system.
November 16, 2007Exteel Open Beta Begins
The Open Beta phase of testing for Exteel™ has started. Now anyone can get into the giant robot combat action—just create an account and play by clicking here. After you do that, you can download & install the client on our FTP site here.
November 15, 2007Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa: And the Critics Say..
Reviews for Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa® keep coming in and they are glowing! Here's a little of what's just been released today. Be sure to stop by these sites and check out the full reviews!
November 14, 2007A new Referral Program for Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa
The AFS is looking for new recruits, and now YOU can aid in the war effort, and get a FREE Month Credit* to play Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa®! If you are a current subscriber and refer a friend, and they purchase a standard account and pay for one month of subscription to Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa, you will be automatically credited with one month of free game time!
November 13, 2007Exteel Open Beta set for November 15
Update: The Open Beta phase of the Exteel™ test is now set for November 15. Please check back then if you want to get in on the Mechanaught action! Closed Beta participants will now be able to get access a day early (on November 14).
November 7, 2007NCsoft Announces 2007 Third Quarter Financial Results
Seoul, South Korea, November 6, 2007–NCsoft® Corporation (KSE: 036570.KS) today reported third quarter 2007 sales of KRW 80.0 billion (US$88.3 million), operating income of KRW 9.7 billion (US$10.7 million), and net income of KRW 10.1 billion (US$11.2 million) all on a consolidated basis. Compared to the previous quarter, sales rose 5%. Operating income and net income were down by 8% and 5%, respectively, when compared to the previous quarter.
November 6, 2007NCsoft Announces New Studio in North California; Takes Full ...
NCsoft® Corp, the world’s leading developer and publisher of online computer games, today announced the formation of a new development studio in Mountain View, California. The announcement comes as the company begins a renewed push to further develop the City of Heroes® property, which is now 100 percent owned by NCsoft. Previous to today, ownership of the intellectual property (IP) was split between NCsoft and Cryptic Studios, the original developer of the project.