NCsoft Monthly IR Newsletter - June 2008

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1 [Vol. 31] NCsoft Monthly IR Newsletter - June NCsoft News 1) The third round of closed beta testing for Aion will begin on July 1st (June 17 th ) NCsoft announced that the third round of closed beta testing for Aion will begin on July 1 st. This test will last for 3 weeks. Beta testers will be able to play Aion s core features including Realm vs. Realm (RvR) in the Abyss, a designated zone where the two factions, Elyos and Asmodians, constantly battle. Abyss is a disputed area where the two factions strategically fight each other for various fortresses and artifacts. Each of these captureable areas garners various bonuses and special resources to the controlling side. Players can venture into Abyss through a specific quest when their characters hit level 25. From that instance the players will be able to utilize aerial combat, fight in fortress wars, and enjoy diverse RvR features. In addition to the Abyss, testers will be provided with various enhanced content such as abundant item crafting, new quests, improved user interface, and higher level character advancement. [ ] MMORPG (, (AION) (16) 3 (Closed Beta Test, CBT) () 20() 3. 3 (abyss) RvR..,,,, UI. (, ). 25, 1/6

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3 IR Newsletter [Vol. 31] 2) Guild Wars named in Top 50 games list (June 4 th ) Over at 411mania.com, the staff has been working on each of their own lists compiling the top 50 games of all time. In this most current edition, The Checkpoint's John Curry gives us his own list. To our delight, Guild Wars is listed, although almost right smack dab in the middle. To be fair though, it is the only MMO listed among a mountain of single-player and console games. In fact, the honor for Guild Wars seems more prestigious once you see just how "of all time" this list actually gets. Oregon Trail ftw! 1. Maniac Mansion 2. Halo Fatal Frame Series 5. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 24. Guild Wars Series I put this game above World of Warcraft for one reason. I don't have to pay to play online. Simple as that. The characters are great and the graphics are phenomenal if you have a computer that can handle it. 3/6

4 IR Newsletter [Vol. 31] Time.htm [ ] 411mania.com Top MMO. 3) Q&A With Exteel Producer Jae Hwan Kim (June 11 th ) by John Funk WarCry: Exteel has been live for nearly six months now. Are you happy with its success? Yes, I don't have a lot of complaints about it. What really excites us is that it's been nearly six months and our player base keeps on growing. As a matter of fact, we just broke our own maximum concurrency record over the past weekend. WarCry: How has the Western audience taken to micropayments? How much does the average user spend on Exteel in a month? I dare say it's going very well. We haven't had any issues so far and we hope to keep things that way. Unfortunately we can't disclose the spending habits of our players. WarCry: Which of the battle modes is the most popular? Do you plan on focusing more time on battle modes the players seem to enjoy, or working on the ones they don't like to make them more fun? We recently added Capture the Flag mode and it's currently the most popular mode. Last Stand is also very popular since it's the only PvE mode in Exteel. You need team cooperation and strategy to achieve all of the objectives in Last Stand, and it's the only mode that qualifies a player to be considered for a weekly ingame credit bonus. We are currently working on new battle modes like Clan mode, which will be introduced to players before the end of July WarCry: Have players who have spent less on the game remained viable in PvP? We've spent a lot of time and effort on balancing out our weapons and Mechanaughts so that a player who makes purchases with their hard-earned in-game credits can be just as competitive as those who purchase 4/6

5 IR Newsletter [Vol. 31] items with NCcoin. Some credit-based weapons may be powerful in a couple of categories, while NCcoin weapons are can be stronger in others. WarCry: Have you encountered many balance issues, given how many different combinations players can make? We made some balancing changes in bringing Exteel to the western market. We're continuing to make some additional changes, based in part by feedback we've gotten from our great community, especially on our forums. We think we're almost there! WarCry: Has a secondary market for NCcoin developed? There's no way to trade items or even NCcoin, so we're not worried about a secondary market at all for Exteel. WarCry: The game itself has a very Gundam, Eastern feel. Have you encountered resistance from a Western audience over its presentation? I think the Western market is pretty familiar with anime and giant robots so this wasn't really an issue in bringing Exteel to North America. WarCry: What do you hope to see in the next six months? The next year? We hope to have a lot more people try out Exteel of course. We can't give specifics, but we're aiming to have much more content in the game this year, and we hope our players look forward to them as much as we do. I'd like to thank Warcry and its readers for taking such an interest in us! [ ] (Warcry): Exteel 6,?,. 6,.. (Warcry): micropayments()? Exteel?.,.. 5/6

6 IR Newsletter [Vol. 31] (Warcry):?? Capture the Flag. Exteel PvE Last Stand. Last Stand. Clan (Warcry): PvP? NC., NC. (Warcry):?,?,,. (Warcry): NCcoin? NCcoin. (Warcry):,.? Exteel. (Warcry): 6?? Exteel.,,. Warcry Warcry. For questions or comments, please contact NCsoft IR team; Brian Min, Head of IR HwaKyung Hong Bobae Chang 6/6