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Geoff Heath has been named an Officer of the British Empire in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. The former Climax chairman, Activision Europe founder and NCsoft man – who came to games in the 1980s after a career in the music business – was given the honour ‘for services to …

Industry veteran granted Order of the British Empire in Queen's Birthday Honours List

MMO publisher NCsoft has banished the memories of a financially challenging 2008 with an impressive start to 2009 – net income for the quarter ending March 31st was up 315 per cent year-on-year, reaching $27m. Operating income jumped 128 per cent at $34.3m, whilst sales hit $107.7 per cent – …

Six months on from his seemingly amicable departure from Korean MMO firm NCsoft, it is now being claimed that space-traveller Richard Garriott is to sue his former employer for $24m. Kotaku reports that documents from the Texas Western District Court show that Garriott is accusing the firm of fraud. In …

Acclaimed MMO developer and Ultima Online creator accuses former employer of fraud

Korean publisher NCsoft has announced that its popular MMO PC series Guild Wars has passed the six million unit sales mark just days ahead of its fourth birthday on April 28th. Unlike most traditional MMOs, Guild Wars if free-to-play, so whilst gamers have to pay for each expansion they do …

Digital PC kingpin adds key NCSoft franchises to its platform

Chinese publisher uses a unique pay-to-play system that becomes a hit with 1 million players

MMO specialist rebrands City of Heroes team

Korean MMO specialist NCsoft has recorded a fall in both operating profit and net profit for its 2008 fiscal year, though its results for the final quarter of the year were all positive, leading to a strong outlook for 2009. Fiscal 2008 operating profit fell 15 per cent year-on-year to …