NCSoft shows steady growth as Tabula Rasa takes over $5 million
NCSoft’s just reported full year 2007 results, showing sales of $355.1 million and an operating profit of $53.3 million. Although the company saw its sales drop 3 percent year over year, operating...
View ArticleNCsoft profits down; Guild Wars 2 pushed into 2010-2011
NCsoft’s reported Q4 financials, showing a 22 percent loss despite an 11 percent sales rise. The news comes nipping at the heels of lay-offs and restructuring reports on Wednesday. Fans wanting Guild...
View ArticleMMO sale on Steam gives you 20-75% off
Steam’s weekend sale enters the realm of MMOs with titles ranging from 20-75 percent off. Here’s the list: Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures – $9.99 City of Heroes Architect Edition – $15.99 EVE...
View ArticleNCsoft reports Q2 income profit increase of 451%
NCsoft has reported a sales and income increase for Q2 fiscal year 2010, with net income at $27.1 million which is up 451 percent compared to the previous quarter. Sales increased 70 percent to $110.5...
View ArticleNCsoft goes Hallowe’en bonkers in its MMOs
NCsoft’s announced a ton of in-game Hallowe’en events for its MMOs, bringing seasonal quests, costumes and contests across across Aion, City of Heroes, Guild Wars, Lineage, Lineage II and Exteel. It’s...
View ArticleAssassin’s Creed II Lineage part one live
Ubi’s put up the first part of its Assassin’s Creed II Lineage series: all 14 minutes of it. This was teased last week. It’s basically game-world background. Very nice it is too. The game’s out on...
View ArticleNCsoft: Aion sells over 970K copies across NA and Europe
NCSoft has revealed during its financial report for Q3 of its fiscal year that Aion has sold more than 500,000 units in North America and 470,000 in Europe. The Korean publisher’s financials are up...
View ArticleNCsoft reports fiscal year 2010 results, Lineage reaches greatest annual...
NCsoft has released its financial results for its fiscal year 2010, and it finds the company reporting record breaking consolidated sales operating profit. Sales for the firm came in at KRW 649.7...
View ArticleNCSoft celebrates Lineage, City of Heroes and Guild Wars anniversaries
NCSoft’s sent out word that Lineage, City of Heroes and Guild Wars are all celebrating their anniversaries today, with festivals, competitions, updates and new expansions. For Lineage II, with the...
View ArticleNorth American Lineage servers permanently closing June 29
NCsoft has announced over on the Lineage site that the North American game servers will be closing for good on June 29. According to the post, the ‘franchise is “no longer profitable,” and unused time...
View ArticleNCsoft: “Huge” 2011 reveals, “major gamescom presence”
While NCsoft showed slips in both profit and revenue for the first quarter today, the company has told VG247 it plans to “steal headlines” at gamescom in August and has massive plans for 2011. “Great...
View ArticleNCSoft Q1: Guild Wars 2 sales flatten but profits up
As new purchases of Guild Wars 2 tail off, publisher NCSoft has noted a dramatic drop in sales revenue – but is still very much back in the black after a few chancy years. In its Q1 FY2013 report,...
View ArticleLineage has made $1.8 billion since its launch in 1998
Lineage has made $1.8 billion in the 15 years since launch in 1998, NCsoft has announced. The medieval fantasy MMORPG has become more popular in South Korea over the year, and has millions of...
View ArticleLeague of Legends: $624 million revenue generated in 2013
League of Legends developer Riot Games has revealed that its MOBA generated $624 million in revenue through 2013. However, it wasn’t 2013′s biggest F2P money-maker. Can you guess what was? It’s no...
View ArticleNCSoft Q4 and FY2013 show QoQ up, YoY down but incomes up over all
MMORPG publisher NCSoft managed to turn a profit this year despite a dry third quarter, thanks to a year-end jump in the fourth. Overall, NCSoft managed a profitable year, with an increase in total...
View ArticleElder Scrolls Online subs stand at 772,374 according to SuperData report
In SuperData’s latest digital games report, the firm takes a look at the subscription-based MMO market and unsurprisingly, World of Warcraft remains the top revenue earner despite the sector’s loss of...
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