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NCsoft Corporation Established in 1997, NCsoft Corporation has quickly become the world¡¯s leading online game developer and publisher with offices in Korea, Taiwan, China, Japan, Thailand, Great Britain and the United States.

In 1998, NCsoft launched its flagship product, Lineage. Today Lineage has simultaneous connections in the hundreds of thousands in its top territories. Lineage II, launched in 2004, continues the game series? massively popular status with nearly 2 million active accounts and simultaneous connections in excess of 110,000 in Korea alone. Together, Lineage and Lineage II have reached more than 50 million customers worldwide.

The company expanded to North America in 2001, when Richard and Robert Garriott, legendary founders of Origin Systems, joined forces with NCsoft to create and publish innovative new online gaming products. NCsoft has since established offices in Texas, California and Washington state, and created relationships with third party developers across the United States with some of the best and brightest online game development talent in the world. Achieving success in each market it enters, NCsoft has continued to grow, opening offices in Europe in late 2004.


Highlighting NCsoft¡¯s activities in North America is the launch of two premiere titles in April 2004, Lineage II and City of Heroes¨Con the same day! NCsoft is the only company so far to ever launch two large-scale massively multiplayer titles in one day¡­and with no major technological issues or server downtime. In April 2005 the company launched its fourth online title in North America and Europe, the highly anticipated Guild Wars. And on Halloween 2005, NCsoft launched City of Villains. In early 1006, NCsoft added to its successful and wide ranging catalogue when in early 2006 it launched City of Hero in Asia and the worldwide releases of Auto Assault, and Guild Wars Factions, the popular second installment of the Guild Wars franchise.

NCsoft is well positioned for continued success in all of its markets with the right infrastructure and excellent products. Lineage II, City of Heroes, City of Villains and Guild Wars have gained critical acclaim throughout the gaming industry both in the press and at retail. Upcoming titles include Tabula Rasa and Aion which are anticipated to push the massively multiplayer online gaming industry forward by providing extensive, high-quality content that the gaming public has come to expect from NCsoft. The company anticipates opening additional global markets for NCsoft¡¯s online games in coming years, as well as products in new genres and on new entertainment platforms.


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