NCsoft Announces Publishing Deal with
NetDevil
Colorado-Based Game Development Studio to
Create Car Combat Online Game under NCsoft Label
AUSTIN, Texas, September 26, 2002-NCsoft(tm)
Corporation, the world’s largest online game company, announced plans today to
publish an upcoming massively-multiplayer (MMP) game currently under development
by NetDevil® studios. Wreckage (working title) will introduce an entirely new
style of play for the MMP genre-post apocalyptic car combat in a future-Earth
setting. Players will have the ability to arm and upgrade their own vehicles,
group with friends and take on other players in a full-fledged auto war.
Wreckage is scheduled for a 2004-2005 launch date.
The publishing deal is the latest in a series
of announcements made this year by NCsoft and continues to establish the company
as the worldwide publishing leader of online-only computer games. Previously
announced were deals to publish City of Heroes(tm) from Cryptic Studios(tm) and
Trade Wars(tm) (working title) from Realm Interactive(tm). Last month NCsoft
launched service in Korea for Sony Online Entertainment’s highly successful
EverQuest®. "Our company’s goal is not only to launch quality products worldwide
but to leverage our position to bridge cultural barriers and bring gamers
together in a global community," said Taek Jin Kim, president and CEO of NCsoft
Corp. "NetDevil’s new game will bring a new level of excitement, action and
community that we’ve not seen before in this space."
"We’re extremely pleased to be partnering
with NCsoft to publish our next online game," said Scott Brown, president of
NetDevil. "There were several companies for us to choose from, but NCsoft
clearly offered the best combination of experience and publishing to a worldwide
market." "The NetDevil team is developing a unique concept for MMP games," said
Robert Garriott, CEO of NCsoft’s North American subsidiary located in Austin,
Texas. "An auto combat-styled game opens up an entirely new setting and style of
play for online gamers. We’re pleased to add it to our growing MMP game lineup."
About NCsoft
Headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, NCsoft
Corp. is the world’s leading developer and publisher of online games.
Established in 1997, NCsoft quickly turned its flagship product, Lineage(tm),
into a blockbuster hit. The game currently commands a 42% market share and
attracts the greatest number of concurrent users in the world. NCsoft has
offices located in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Taipei and operates its North American
business out of Austin, Texas. NCsoft is a public company and its stock is
traded on the KOSDAQ Korean stock exchange. In fiscal 2001, NCsoft posted
revenues of 124,735,958,000 Korean won (approximately US$95 million). More
information about NCsoft can be found at
www.ncsoft.net.
About NetDevil
NetDevil was founded in 1997 under the
inspiration of Jumpgate(tm), the world’s first massively multiplayer space
simulator universe. NetDevil is an independent game development company
dedicated to the construction of massively multiplayer universes. NetDevil is
committed to creating immersive, interactive virtual worlds in unique settings
outside the typical fantasy genre. For more information, please visit
http://www.netdevil.com.
NCsoft is a trademark of NCsoft Corp
and Lineage is a trademark of NC Interactive. NetDevil and Jumpgate are either
registered trademarks or trademarks of NetDevil, Ltd. Cryptic Studios and City
of Heroes are trademarks of Cryptic Studios, Inc. Realm Interactive and Trade
Wars are trademarks of Realm. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
