Posts tagged lineage-2

Kim Jong-il has hackers farming MMOs for in-game coin (and, we assume, Aviators)

by Jessica Conditt (Aug 7th 2011 6:00PM)

It all makes sense now -- North Korea's infamously deluded dictator, Kim Jong-il, wants to be king of the castle in NCsoft's MMO Lineage, completely explaining his fetishes for extravagance and naked discos. Kim has hired a team of hackers to farm Asian MMOs for in-game coin, which they sell ...

NCsoft profits decline, limited marketing blamed

by Griffin McElroy (May 18th 2011 12:00AM)

MMORPG publisher NCSoft has reported a year-over-year decline in both revenue and profit during the first quarter of 2011. The company's revenues fell 7 percent from the same period a year ago to 155.4 billion Korean Won (about $143 million), despite increased sales from Lineage 2. Profits showed ...

NCsoft 2009 financials get high on Aion

by Richard Mitchell (Feb 11th 2010 6:00AM)

Generally speaking, when a company can post a year-over-year growth in the double digits, it's doing pretty well. We write up a lot of financial news here at the 'Stiq, and it's not often that we can report that a company managed a 623 percent increase in its income. And yet, here we are, as ...