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NCSOFT Corporation
엔씨소프트

Type	Public company
Traded as	KRX:
Industry	Computer and video games Interactive entertainment
Founded	March 11, 1997
Headquarters	Pangyo, Seongnam, South Korea Subsidiary companies Seattle, Washington, USA Osaka, Japan New Taipei, Taiwan Shanghai, China Brighton, England Austin, Texas, USA Orange County, California, USA Bangkok, Thailand San Mateo, California, USA
Key people	T.J. Kim, CEO
Products	Aion Blade & Soul Guild Wars Guild Wars 2 Lineage Lineage II WildStar
Revenue	US$ 686.6 million (2012)
Operating income	US$ 137.0 million (2012)
Net income	US$ 142.0 million (2012)
Total assets	US$ 1.2 billion (2012)
Total equity	US$ 922.9 million (2012)
Number of employees	3100 (including 16 global subsidiareis, as of Dec 31, 2015)
Website	http://www.ncsoft.com/

Pangyo, Seongnam, South Korea

Subsidiary companies

NCSOFT is a South Korean video game developer. The company has produced Lineage, City of Heroes, WildStar, Guild Wars, Aion, Blade & Soul, and Master X Master.

NCSOFT was founded in March 1997 by T.J. Kim. In September 1998, NCSOFT launched its first game Lineage. In April 2001 the company created a US subsidiary under the name NC Interactive (based in Austin, Texas, and would later become NCSOFT West) after acquiring Destination Games, headed by Richard Garriott and Robert Garriott. In 2004, NCSOFT launched two MMORPGs, Lineage II and City of Heroes.

The company formed NCSOFT Europe in July 2004 as a wholly owned subsidiary with its main office in Brighton, England. They brought City of Heroes to several European countries on February 4, 2005, and have since established European service for WildStar and Blade & Soul as well.

On April 26, 2005, the company launched Guild Wars, a MMORPG with no subscription model. Expansions followed: Guild Wars Factions, Guild Wars Nightfall and Guild Wars Eye of the North. On April 24, 2009, NCSOFT announced that Guild Wars had sold more than six million units. On August 28, 2012, NCSOFT launched Guild Wars 2.