SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean game developer NCSoft has unveiled Lineage Classic, a revival of the early-2000s version of its long-running flagship franchise, and opened advance registrations ahead of its February launch. The company said Friday that the PC-based title will begin free pre-service on Feb. 7 in South Korea and Taiwan, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court on Friday sided with NCsoft Corp., one of the country’s leading online game developers, over allegations that a smaller game company had plagiarized its leading game Lineage M. NCsoft Corp. filed the intellectual property suit against the video game developer Webzen in June 2021, claiming it [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean game makers Nexon and Netmarble posted record-breaking annual sales figure of over 2 trillion won last year, confirming the steady growth of the country’s video game industry. According to sources close to the stock market on Sunday, the sales figures of the two leading South Korean game companies [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The legendary Korean videogame Lineage is finally coming to the mobile realm. The game’s developer, NCSoft, announced Thursday that the game’s mobile version titled Lineage Red Knights is set for launch on November 8 in twelve countries. Lineage is a series of fantasy MMORPG videogames for PC, first released [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Nexon, the nation’s No.1 online game brand and the largest shareholder of NC Soft, publicly announced on January 27 that it will participate in the management of the latter company, a change from its previously held position as a simple shareholder. Nexon became the controlling stakeholder of NC Soft [...]