Our latest coverage of NCsoft.
Last year, NCSoft and Netmarble joined forces to keep NCSoft from being taken over by Nexon. At the time, the companies had already been working together on Lineage 2: Revolution, Netmarble's upcoming mobile Lineage 2 spin-off. According to MMOCulture, NCSoft recently filed a lawsuit against Netmarble for infringing on that exact IP with their recently-released open world mobile MMORPG Aden. The [...]
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NCSoft recently held a media event, during which it announced several mobile titles and revealed new details about Lineage: Red Knights. Thanks to MMOCulture, we have the information unveiled at said media event. Lineage: Red Knights (KR) - Gameplay introduction trailerWatch this video on YouTube Lineage: Red Knights will be launching in South Korea on December 8th. A Closed Beta [...]
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Lineage Red Knights is a mobile MMORPG where players gather an army of units and control one central hero in battle. Recruit enemies from the Lineage games such as the Death Knight, and crush bosses for loot on a battlefield that mixes PvE and PvP. [singlepic id=61537 w=428 h=240 float=center] Publisher: NCSoft Type: Mobile MMORPG Release Date: Q4 2016 (Korea) [...]
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It seems that NCSOFT is looking to bolster its mobile portfolio. MMOCulture is reporting that the company has established a new mobile game development studio in Japan called Lionship Studio. It is headed up by Yojiro Ogawa, who is known for working on titles like Sonic Adventure and Phantasy Star Online at SEGA. The news follows last year's news that a mobile game development studio [...]
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A Financial Look at NCSoftWatch this video on YouTube A Financial Look at NCSoft by Omer A short financial dive into NCSoft - one of the largest Korean MMO developers and publishers and one of the largest game companies in the world. We briefly look at NCSoft's market cap (size), stock, revenues, profits, growth, and games. Unlike Nexon, NCSoft relies on primarily the [...]
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NCSoft's Q1 financials are here and they are looking fairly good. Net income for Q1 is up 86% year-over-year and 57% quarter-over-quarter. Sales are up 28% year-over-year and 2% quarter-over-quarter. Part of this success can be attributed to the launch of Blade and Soul in the West. Sales in the US and Europe have increased by 136% year-over-year. Additionally, Blade [...]
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NCSoft, the Korean MMORPG juggernaut, released Q4 2015 earnings today and they reported $196.7M in revenue, the highest in over a year, largely thanks to Guild Wars 2 (the Heart of Thorns expansion launched in Q4). Every single other major NCSoft franchise showed quarter over quarter revenue growth too as pictured below: The biggest contributor to top line growth this [...]
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NCSoft West announced today that they would be opening a new mobile division called Iron Tiger Studios in San Mateo, California. The studio will be developing "original mobile titles" in addition to "titles inspired by NCSoft's existing game portfolio." It will consist of three game development teams and a separate publishing group, all self-contained within the company. They are currently [...]
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Nexon finally gave up on their attempts to take over NCSoft, ending a saga of corporate drama that began back in 2012. Nexon announced today that they would sell their entire ~15% stake in NCSoft on the open market in South Korea and no longer peruse a deal. Back in 2012, Nexon purchased about 15% of NCSoft's outstanding shares, with [...]
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This week we're going to take a look at the importance of legacy titles for MMO developers. At first glance it may seem like MMORPG companies like NCSoft and Nexon are diversified companies with vast portfolios of games. This is largely true, but most gamers don't realize that despite having numerous titles, most companies get the bulk of their profits from a single [...]
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