On Tuesday, it was reported that ex-NCsoft employees were found guilty of leaking Lineage 3 information and coding to a rival and were sentenced to jail time. It was reported generally by media outlets as a win for NCsoft and implied by some that Bluehole Studio, the makers of TERA, were guilty because of the verdict.

On april 18 Bluehole Studio’s fought back stating they are “NOT guilty“, calling NCsoft a “corporate bully“.

NCsoft is a billion-plus dollar corporation, so they can afford to have a team of high-priced lawyers spin out reasonable-sounding documents. These baseless accusations have led to unfounded rumors, which is disappointing and unfair. But that doesn’t mean the rumors are true.

It is no surprise that the latest spin on the story has it that “TERA is guilty.” That is wr

Hi Guys,

Probably all of you heard the title 'Lineage 2'. Well, Lineage 2 is without doubt one of the most successful MMO on the market, it still have quite huge fanbase - or it had before Private Servers take most of the players...
Lineage 2 has been released in Korea 2003 and US 2004, from the start it was pay-to-play (P2P).
According to an announcement from the company, the game will be adopting a hybrid business model in the near future to allow players to enjoy the game for "free", in a similar vein to the recent City of Heroes conversion.

Well, specific details regarding the new model has not yet be announced, but players will most likely be able to enjoy the game's several years of content.
During the G-Star 2010, NCsoft announced new upcoming expansion (this year) for

Previously, Warhammer Online was complained by Korean players due to its ugly characters and was modified in accordance with eastern aesthetics. Another game Mirror’s Edge also fell into such an embarrassing

 

YOU HEARD ME RIGHT!

*Excuse the caps in this article, I am VERY excited about this deal.

From now through June 19th, some very popular MMOs will be on Steam with quite a bit lopped off the price.

 

Everquest 2, with all expansion packs, is $39.99. But after this great deal, it is $9.99!

Eve Online: Aprocrypha (AKA my current MMO addiction) is 50% off, dropping the price from $14.99 to $7.49. Even though I already own it, I may just buy a copy to be able to gift to someone.

Lineage II, with the full Gracia expansion, is $19.99 usually, but is down to $15.99. Not TOO much off, but is still a good deal in this economy. And the original Lineage is down to $7.99.

City of Heroes: Architect Edition is the same price as Lineage II, which is still a good deal.

Guild Wars Trilogy is 20% off, dropping the price from $49.99 to $39.99. And for a good game with no subscription fees, already a must for me.

 

Those are the main deals. There are two other games on sale, including the original EverQuest,  Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, and Pirates of the Burning Sea. But they don't interest me that much. I will be definitely picking up EverQuest II and Lineage II, because t

A private server is simply a game server hosted my someone not affiliated with the game's company. Most of the time, the private server will have custom content (items, weapons, armor, even custom dungeons and continents!). Private servers are run by emulators, such as Ascent and Mangoes.There are 5 main types of private servers: Normal Rate (Blizzlike for WoW) which has 1X rates for everything, Medium Rate which has around 10-50X Rates for Exp, Drop, Quest, and Rep, High Rate which has 100-300x Rates, Funservers, which have from 300-999x rates, sometimes in the thousands, and Instant 70 ( or 85 in Lineage2) which basically once you make a char you are automatically max level.

Another thing PS's do sometimes, is have custom level caps. In the case of WoW, there are quite a lot of servers with the level cap being 255, 254, 150, 90, or 80. Lineage 2 servers don't tend to have custom level caps. These are the most common level caps. Most servers will have custom quests to allow you gain custom gear which are usually many times better than non-custom items.

You will also want to decide whether you want to join a PvP server or a casual server. PvP servers are completely revolved arou

Robert Garriott --- President of NCsoft® North America

As 2007 comes to a close, I think its well worth discussing what a great year it has been for the company, and using that success as a platform for 2008 and beyond. We’ve had many exciting things happen this year, with much of it providing building blocks for even better years ahead of us.

First of course is the release of Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa in November, which is a big event in the history of this company and the fruit of much labor by many current and former employees worldwide...

Also in November we had even more exciting news. We absolutely love City of Heroes and we really wanted greatly to re-invest in the franchise; the question was how to do it in the best way possible...

In August we released Eye of the North, an expansion pack for the extremely popular Guild Wars franchise. Eye of the North was a bit different from our previous Guild Wars releases in that it wasn’t a standalone product; you had to own one of the three Guild Wars titles (Prophecies, Factions, or Nightfall) in order to play,

The future is looking great for NCsoft North America. I’ve mentioned quite a few plans we have for 2008, and in addition we

As the Fall season begins, it’s a good time to look at the changes thathave been going on for Lineage II, as well as what is in store for thecoming months. First off, I look around and see a couple of differentface

As the Fall season begins, it’s a good time to look at the changes that have been going on for Lineage II, as well as what is in store for the coming months. First off, I look around and see a couple of different faces on the team. Omega and I have stepped up to new roles, but bring years of experience on the project to the table. Alyra and Twinmoon are two new additions to the team that have quickly become accustomed to their community and marketing roles, respectively. It’s always a good feeling knowing that Spam is at his post leading the customer support team and helping to make the overall product better.

One of our current goals is to interact more with the player base and get some really good feedback on the game and services of Lineage II. I think Alyra has done an excellent job so far in talking with everyone on the message boards and forwarding key points to me and the rest of the team. Another goal of ours is to try to be more open and provide timely information to our players. We’ve been using the monthly newsletter to give everyone a sneak peak at what’s going on in the upcoming month. We are also trying to participate in an increased number of interviews and developer

Calling all budding comic artists, writers, and creative minds! We’repleased to announce the very first Lineage II Comic Contest!Here’s your opportunity to show us your very best Lineage IIcomic for a chance at fame