NCSoft takes on League of Legends with action MOBA Master X Master
Riot Games’ League of Legends seems pretty invulnerable at this point in the $19.8 billion multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) market. But that’s not...
Blade & Soul: Table Arena makes the Clash Royale formula work in VR
The Oculus Rift is getting a new (and yet familiar) competitive experience. Blade & Soul: Table Arena is a spin-off of the massively multiplayer...
Introducing the GamesBeat 2016 developer contest
We’re happy to announce the GamesBeat 2016 developer contest. We’re going to pick five developers who will demo their games at our annual GamesBeat conference,...
Blade & Soul launches with 1M players in first week — MMOs are still a $11B yearly market
That didn’t take long. NCSoft’s Blade & Soul launched six days ago, and already, the publisher says 1 million people have played this massively multiplayer online role-playing game from South Korea.
NCSoft is releasing its Blade & Soul massively multiplayer game in the West in 2016
One of China’s most popular games is making the journey to the West. Blade & Soul, a massively multiplayer fantasy game from NCSoft, will...
South Korean gaming giant NCSoft expands into key Western PC and mobile markets
The online publisher of Lineage is ready to dive into mobile games.
WildStar publisher NCSoft slashes jobs at it Western studios
The company confirmed the layoffs, and it explained that they were necessary so that it could pursue a “new strategy.” This restructuring affected all of the publisher’s Western operations except for Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet. WildStar developer Carbine was hardest hit, according to a Polygon report.
China helps Guild Wars 2's sales almost double in just 2 months
China is quickly turning into one of the most important markets for PC games.
Wargaming’s Austin office doubling in size to focus on analytics
Analytics experts are in high demand at Wargaming. This shows the need for a new skill in the free-to-play games market.
Rumble’s Greg Richardson on building games that last forever (interview)
With cash from Nexon, the CEO of Rumble Entertainment says he has time to get game quality just right.