How NC America hopes to disrupt the MMO market with new game Blade & Soul Heroes
MMORPG Blade & Soul remains one of Korea-based publisher and developer NCSoft’s most enduring franchises. Now, via its American subsidiary, NC America, the company...
Emptyvessel expands Defect game with $11M raised to date
Independent games studio Emptyvessel announced it has raised $11 million to date, including its earlier seed round and latest Series A round. The game’s debut trailer...
NCSoft makes strategic equity investment in FPS studio Emptyvessel
South Korean publisher and developer NCSoft completed a strategic equity investment in the Austin, Texas-based development studio, Emptyvessel. Founded by veteran developers from Activision,...
Jeonghee “JJ” Jin aims to build the Americas at NCSoft as she did at Pearl Abyss
Jeonghee “JJ” Jin spent a lot of time growing the business of Pearl Abyss in the Americas, as she headed Pearl Abyss America for...
NCSoft’s remastered Blade & Soul Neo comes to the PC soon
NC America announced today Blade & Soul NEO, the modern reinterpretation of Blade & Soul’s signature fantasy universe, is coming soon to PC in...
Throne and Liberty F2P MMO gets open beta July 18 to July 23 | interview
NCSoft cut a deal with Amazon Games to publish its Throne and Liberty free-to-play MMORPG in the West. Now the time is drawing near,...
NCSoft’s Songyee Yoon believes in gaming for a better world | The DeanBeat
Songyee Yoon is president of NCSoft, the South Korean maker of online games including Aion, Guild Wars, Guild Wars 2, Blade & Soul, Lineage,...
NCSoft announces Battle Crush’s closed beta test at Nintendo Direct
NCSoft announced the closed beta test for its upcoming title, Battle Crush, at today’s Nintendo Direct. The CBT launches in 25 countries across North...
NCSoft reveals VARCO AI language models
NCSoft announced today it’s launching a group of AI language models under the umbrella name VARCO LLM. It’s comprised of four language models, and...
Amazon Games and NCSoft to publish MMO Throne and Liberty
Amazon Games and NCSoft announced today that they’re partnering to bring the latter’s upcoming MMO, Throne and Liberty, to Western and Japanese audiences. Amazon...