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Read More »WildStar developer Carbine Studios closes
NCSoft’s Carbine Studios axes nearly half of its workforce
The developer behind MMO Wildstar is confirmed significant job losses at its studio. NCSoft’s Carbine Studios, which was established to develop and run Wildstar, has according to Polygon chopped over 70 jobs, amounting to around 40 per cent of its workforce. Those who remain have also been told that further …
Read More »WildStar’s free-to-play switch dated
NCsoft has confirmed precisely when its MMO WildStar will become a free-to-play title. The game, once touted as a possible World of Warcraft beater, will drop its subscription charges on September 29th. Current subscribers are already able to access the closed beta of the free-to-play version of the game and …
Read More »Wildstar free-to-play revamp enters closed beta
Wildstar’s upcoming free-to-play re-release has entered closed beta, developer Carbine Studios has announced. All current subscribers of the game have access to the test, as well as non-subscribers who have received a closed beta key – which anyone can sign-up for by visiting Wildstar’s official website. Carbine and publisher NCSoft …
Read More »NCSoft’s journey to the West
In its native Korea, NCSoft is one of the top three games publishers alongside rivals, Nexon and SmileGate. The firm has long had a presence in the West, and has been behind MMO titles such as Guild Wars and WildStar. But now the company is looking to accelerate its growth …
Read More »New-look NCSoft West eyes rapid American and European growth
NCSoft is ‘accelerating’ its Western expansion with an aim of becoming one of the biggest games businesses in Europe and the US – just like it is in South Korea. Speaking exclusively to MCV, NCSoft West’s SVP of publishing and business services John Burns said that the firm has finalised …
Read More »MMO WildStar is going free-to-play
One year after its launch NCSoft has announced that sci-fi MMO WildStar will be going free-to-play this autumn. Developer Carbine has said that this decision was taken to open the game up to more users. The switch to free-to-play was hinted at earlier this month. WildStar launched last June and …
Read More »Steam listing hints at Wildstar free-to-play switch
NCsoft’s sci-fi MMO Wildstar could be in the cusp of abandoning subscription charges. A new listing for the game on SteamDB suggests that the game will be free-on-demand” whenever it eventually appears on Valve’s service. That’s the name used by all free-to-play games on Steam. The data is mined from …
Read More »‘There is a future for WildStar’, Carbine insists
NCsoft MMO WildStar is not under threat, developer Carbine Studios has insisted. Many had presumed the worst for the MMO following its muted arrival in June and subsequent cancellation of content, but product director Mike Donatelli has told Eurogamer that its long-term future is secure. "[NCsoft] specialise in MMOs, that’s …
Read More »Wildstar cancels Christmas and Halloween content releases
Developer Carbine has said that its previously announced Christmas and Halloween content releases have been cancelled. Instead, development resource will be focused on improving the existing game and work on the game’s upcoming Drop3 update. [Halloween release] Shade’s Eve was more or less done, but it still needed a lot …
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