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NCSoft to release games through Steam

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NCSoft to release games through Steam

NCSoft has made a name for itself in the MMORPG genre. The company has published some of the most addictive MMORPGs in recent memory, including Guild Wars, City of Heroes and Lineage. In a bid to make its games more readily accessible, NCSoft has joined a growing number of publishers who are now using Valve’s Steam digital distribution platform. NCSoft said that it will make available a number of NCsoft games and expansions. Specifically, the following games and expansions will be added: Linage, Lineage 2: The Chaotic Throne, Guild Wars Game of The Year Edition, City of Heroes Architect Edition, Guild Wars Nightfall, Guild Wars Faction, and Guild Wars Trilogy. Read more »

NCSoft Consolidates Studios Into NC West

by J. Angelo Racoma
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NCSoft Consolidates Studios Into NC West

NCSoft, the creator of popular MMORPGs like the Lineage series and Guild Wars has consolidated its studios outside of native South Korea, and has formed into a Seattle-based subsidiary NC West. The existing subsidiaries, such as NC Interactiev, NC Europe, ArenaNet, and NC Austin, will be under the NC West banner. There are however unconfirmed reports that we’re looking at layoffs for these companies, with the studio in Brighton, UK, said to be losing as many as 50, possibly up to 70, employees. No official word on this yet though. The step to consolidate its forces is a natural one for NCsoft, with Richard Garriott’s hyped MMO “Tabula Rasa” not Read more »