NCsoft is bringing back one of the most popular in-game events that City of Heroes and City of Villains has ever seen: The Double XP Weekend. For an entire weekend (Feb. 8 to Feb. 10), Hero and Villain characters will receive double the XP, Prestige, Influence, and Infamy when they take on adventures and battle crime or cause mayhem.

NCsoft announced that Robert Garriott, who recently finished Tabula Rasa, is leaving his post as president of NCsoft’s North American business and moving into a role of global business development and planning, and will be replaced by Chris Chung, currently the vice president for worldwide product development.

NCsoft announced that it has fully acquired the City of Heroes/Villains intellectual property that was still partly owned by Cryptic Studios, and has formed a new studio to further develop the franchise.

NCsoft announced that it has acquired California-based developer Carbine Studios. Founded by a several former Blizzard employees, Carbine is currently working on an unannounced project that promises to break new ground in massively multiplayer gaming.

NCsoft Europe announced that it is planning to expand its Brighton base and create over 100 new high skilled jobs following a major investment from the South East England Development Agency.

NCSoft has released screens and trailers for the following upcoming titles:

• 'Tabula Rasa' - 10 New Screens
• 'Guild Wars: Eye of the North' - 11 New Screens
• 'Aion: The Tower of Eternity' - GC 07 Trailer

NCSoft has released screens and trailers for the following upcoming titles:

• 'Aion: Tower of Eternity' - Screens & Trailer
• 'City of Heroes/Villains - Issue 10: Invasion' - Screens
• 'Tabula Rasa' - Screens & Trailer
• 'Guild Wars: Eye of the North' - Screens & Trailer

NCsoft today announced an exclusive game development deal with Sony that provides for NCsoft to create several online games for Sony's PlayStation platforms, including PS3 and PSP, accessible through PlayStation Network.

NCsoft revealed its line up for the E3 Media & Business Summit July 11-13 in Santa Monica where the company will provide a preview of several of its upcoming titles, including Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa, Aion, Guild Wars: Eye of the North and Dungeon Runners.

NCsoft and Cryptic Studios are bringing back one of the most popular in-game events that City of Heroes and City of Villains has ever seen: The Double XP Weekend. From June 15 to June 17, all City of Heroes and City of Villains players will get double the usual XP, Influence and Infamy when they take on adventures and battle crime or cause mayhem.

NCsoft reported Q1 2007 sales of US$91.2M (up 9%), net income of US$15.2M (up 107%), and while sales dropped 6%, operating income rose more than 10%. More interestingly, NCSoft plans to released Aion in Korea within the year and Dungeon Runners this summer, while Tabula Rasa and Guild Wars: Eye of the North are both expected late 2007.

According to the Seoul Metropolitan Police, seven ex-NCsoft employees, who left the developer in February, are suspects in leaking code from the yet-unannounced third installment in the Lineage franchise. The group allowed an undisclosed Japanese company review the software while interviewing with them, and speculation is that they may have sold and copied the game code during the demonstration.

NCsoft announced the North American and European release of its Lineage II MMORPG expansion Interlude, the next step in the evolution of Lineage II, forming a bridge between The Chaotic Chronicle and the game's next chapter, The Chaotic Throne. The Interlude expansion is free to all current Lineage II subscribers.

NCsoft announced the "Good Versus Evil Edition," bundling City of Heroes and City of Villains into one feature packed box, as well as a referral program where current players can receive one month of play-time credit by bringing friends into either game.

NCsoft launched the fourth free content expansion for Auto Assault which includes the installation of an auction house, the introduction of new vehicle chassis and a new tournament schedule as well as several quality of life system improvements.

NCsoft reported earning results for 2006, revealing that sales came to $361 million, with an operating profit of $46.1 million. Compared to the previous year, sales maintained a similar level while operating income and pre-tax profit decreased 44% and 41%, respectively. The company saw its net profit drop 43% year to year, mainly due to investment.

NCsoft and Cryptic Studios are bringing back one of the most popular in-game events that City of Heroes and City of Villains has ever seen: The Double XP Weekend. From Jan. 26 to Jan. 28, all City of Heroes and City of Villains players will get double the usual XP when they take on adventures and battle crime or cause mayhem.

NCsoft today announced the release of a free update to Auto Assault in both North America and Europe. Both current and new players stand to benefit with many new missions, cooler loot, enhanced tournament play and system-level changes designed to make post apocalyptic destruction even more fun.

NCsoft reported Q2 2006 sales of US $88.6M – a 10% increase over Q1, thanks to Guild Wars Factions – and net loss of US $207,000. Sales for Q2 increased 7% from the same period last year, while operating and pre-tax income declined 90% and 79%, respectively, mainly due to sluggish sales of Auto Assault.

NCsoft acknowledged today that its Austin offices are undergoing an immediate restructuring including the difficult task of reducing members of its workforce, in particular GMs and QA staff.

NCsoft announced that it has signed a strategic partnership agreement with SNK Playmore, in which each company will exchange IP rights to produce new games for their respective markets, giving NCsoft sole worldwide publishing rights to future PC online game titles developed by SNKP. NCsoft will also be able to use SNKP’s IP rights in its game titles, while enabling SNK to adopt NCsoft’s IP rights in producing and marketing products on game consoles and pachinko slots.

Check out the following new screens from NCSoft's E3 2006 lineup:

• Tabula Rasa
• Soccer Fury
• Guild Wars: Factions
• Exteel
• Dungeon Runners
• Aion

NCsoft celebrates its fifth year at E3 with demonstrations of its most diverse offering of MMO game titles and multiplayer products at this year’s show. From the creative minds at NCsoft's Seoul development studios, Aion promises to amaze with its stunning visuals and gameplay that offers unprecedented freedom of movement to player characters.

NCsoft announced the opening of NCsoft China, a result of NCsoft’s acquisition of a 51 percent equity stake in NC Sina, a joint venture formed by NCsoft and Sina.com in 2003. NCsoft China will strengthen the company’s content development and publishing power in the ever-growing Chinese game market.

NCsoft announced today its latest partnership with a new company in Austin. Spacetime Studios, composed of a core team with previous roles on successful franchises such as Privateer, Wing Commander and Star Wars Galaxies, will publish its next, yet unannounced, game under the NCsoft brand.