Talk about springing back. Strong sales in Lineage, Guild Wars 2, Blade & Soul, as well as mobile games, NCSoft has recorded historical high quarterly revenues for the fourth quarter of 2012. In the latest report, NCSoft marked a 56% increase in quarterly sales, a 208% increase in quarterly operating profit, 110% increase in pre-tax … Continue reading “NCSoft Q4 2012 Records Historical High Quarterly Revenue”
Gold farming in Aion is a pretty major problem. Similar to NCSoft’s other big name title, Lineage II, Aion players have become accustomed over the years to logging in and going through the ritual of reporting and blocking the new set of bots spamming the multiple chat groups and sending them whispers of cheap gold, … Continue reading “NCSoft Latest Anti-RMT Shot: Bans All Chinese IPs”
The folks at Arenanet and Team Bloodlust must be breaking open the champagne today, as NCSoft’s financial statements for the third quarter of 2012 reveal that Guild Wars 2 and Blade & Soul aren’t just bringing home the bacon, they are weaving it and frying it to perfection. Guild Wars 2 launched strong in the … Continue reading “NCSoft 3rd Quarter Finances: Significant Growth From New Products”
As announced earlier this year, NCSoft has rolled out account migration for players of Aion and Lineage II, beginning today. The move will bring both games under one account, consolidating how the player handles their login, NCoin, and security. As mentioned in the release: NC Accounts allow players to manage their Aion and L2 game … Continue reading “NCSoft Opens Account Migration”
Line of Defense doesn’t release for a good while yet (first quarter of 2013), but that doesn’t mean you can’t brush up on the game’s lore before. Similar to Alganon, 3000AD has teamed up with DC Comics to create the first of three comic books for Line of Defense. With names like Brian Ching (Dark … Continue reading “Line of Defense Digital Comic Now Available”
Welcome to your night cap. If you pay attention to MMO news, odds are you already know that City of Heroes will be shutting down this November 30th. That is, of course, assuming NCSoft completely dismisses the overwhelming support given by the community and Paragon Studios to keep the game running. But for all intent … Continue reading “Night Cap: Save City of Heroes, Save NCSoft”
It’s Friday and that means it is time to look at the news posts we missed. World of Warcraft opens all races, regardless of expansion pack. The Secret World 50% off at Amazon this weekend. Archeage Next Closed Beta Features All New Functions. Electronic Arts For Sale, Rumored. Vanguard Free To Play Officially Launches Shadowrun … Continue reading “Week In Review: Week of August 12th”
NCSoft has released its finances for the second quarter of 2012, and considering that the major MMO news sites suddenly care enough to report on it, I can only assume that there is some drama to be had. Compared to last quarter, revenues are up thanks to solid Lineage sales and royalties, however NCSoft is … Continue reading “NCSoft Q2 2012: Profits Down, Revenue Up”
Welcome to Tuesday Top Five, where we compile the top five items into the categories where they fit best. It’s like putting together a puzzle with your family, without the risk of someone being chivved. For today’s list, I wanted to go over my top five MMOs that we won’t be playing for a long … Continue reading “Tuesday Top Five: Most Anticipated MMOs Still A Long Way Out”
If your NCSoft account was created after July 12, 2012, you can ignore this article. Managing your NCSoft account is about to become slightly easier. In a few months, NCSoft will require all Aion and Lineage II players to migrate their NCSoft Master Accounts over to the new NC Account system. The benefit of this … Continue reading “NCSoft Master Accounts To Be Merged In The Future”
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