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NCSoft has published their first quarter finances, and as always there is good news and bad news. Quarterly sales were up, although profits were down nearly 20% due to increased labor cost, royalty expenses, and other factors. Korea grew due with sound in-game item sales, while Japan dropped. Aion and Lineage performed strongly. Lineage 2 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘NCSoft’
Korean Supreme Court Finds Bluehole Innocent, Three Employees Guilty
April 16th, 2012 
Omali Back when the internet was powered by Steam and everything cost a nickel NCSoft sued Bluehole Studios, a company made up of ex-Lineage III developers. There has been a bit of confusion with convictions being upheld while others were later appealed and overturned, and I hadn’t noticed that the case has made its way to [...]
NCSoft Reactivating Aion Accounts
April 4th, 2012 Omali Aion free to play technically doesn’t launch until next week, but NCSoft has something all players can get into, past, present, and prospective. Starting today, inactive accounts that are in good standing will be reactivated and able to log on. When Aion Truly Free goes live, a new server Kahrun will be launched. While you [...]
City of Heroes Dropping Localization In France/Germany
March 31st, 2012 Omali Community Manager Andy Belford over at Paragon Studios would like to thank you all for the tremendous support of the European communities ever since City of Heroes went live, and subsequently free. That is, except for the French and German communities who have not “seen rapid growth” in the past. As a result, Paragon Studios [...]
Guild Wars 2: Genius Method of Catching NDA Violators.
March 24th, 2012 Omali How do you stop someone from stealing your art and claiming it as their own? You watermark it, just enough so that it doesn’t get in the way of the actual image. How does a developer stop people from violating the non-disclosure agreement and posting screenshots of, say, Guild Wars 2 anonymously? Equal levels of [...]
Guild Wars 2: Legit Real Money Trading, “Convenience Items” In Cash Shop
March 20th, 2012 Omali In Guild Wars 2 we have three currencies: gold, karma, and gems. Gold is the common in-game currency. Karma, which players earn in-game but cannot trade, is used for unique rewards. And gems are the currency that’s bought and used to purchase microtransactions. Mike O’Brien has gone on Arenanet’s blog to post about Guild Wars 2′s upcoming [...]
Guild Wars Dropping .05% Of Players, Old Windows OS
March 18th, 2012 Omali As a college student living off of what I can, I am sympathetic to the plight of people who cannot afford to buy a new computer. Unfortunately, the time comes in any game’s life where those who for one reason or another are unable to upgrade, are left behind, and generally developers ensure that this [...]
Yea, Well, The Old Republic Will Fail When…
March 9th, 2012 Omali You may not be aware of it, but here at MMO Fallout I have a very lax policy of commenting. I don’t require you register, or for that matter even fill out your username or email address (a good portion of the comments here are entirely anonymous). There are well over five hundred comments spanning [...]
You Have 48 Hours To Sign Up For Guild Wars 2
February 22nd, 2012 Omali This is one of those time sensitive posts I’ve mentioned in the past. While this will not be news to a majority of my viewers (of course this announcement comes on my longest University day), NCSoft has opened up a sign up for Guild Wars 2, but at a catch: The window will only be [...]
Aion: Truly Free Coming To North America
February 21st, 2012 Omali Last year, NCSoft announced the upcoming free to play transition of Aion…in Europe. In a rather unsurprising move, the developer announced today that North America will be following. Players will have access to all of the content in Aion free of charge, without restrictions on zones, housing, mounts, quests, etc. In addition, NCSoft promises robust [...]
