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Guild Wars

November 19, 2008Buy one Guild Wars campaign, get a second for 50% off!

For a limited time, buy any Guild Wars campaign via PlayNC.com or the Guild Wars in-game store, and get a second campaign for half-off! This is your chance to catch up on any Guild Wars campaigns you might have missed, and to access to the golem hero M.O.X. (who is only available to players with all three campaigns active on their accounts). Check out the full details and complete your campaign collection today!

November 18, 2008PlayNC Maintenance 11/19

On Wednesday, November 19 at 9:30AM CST (3:30PM GMT) we will be conducting maintenance on the PlayNC Account Management website. Customers will not be able to access their PlayNC account for approximately 2 hours, and will not be able to access the City of Heroes® in-game store or the Guild Wars® in-game store for approximately 1 hour. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Aion

November 14, 2008Aion: The Tower of Eternity Breaking Beta Test Records in Ko...

Aion®: The Tower of Eternity™ is already showing signs of reaching hit status in only a matter of days since open beta testing kicked off earlier this week.

November 13, 2008NCsoft West Names Dirk Metzger Vice President of Marketing

NCsoft® has announced that Dirk Metzger is taking the role of vice president of marketing at NCsoft West and will oversee marketing efforts in North America.

November 11, 2008PlayNC Maintenance 11/12

On Wednesday, November 12 at 9:00AM CST (3:00PM GMT) we will be conducting maintenance on the PlayNC Account Management website. There will be no downtime, but customers may be briefly logged out of their accounts around 9:00AM CST (3:00PM GMT) and again at 12:00PM CST (6:00PM GMT). We apologize for the inconvenience.

Exteel

November 11, 2008Exteel server maintenance 11/12

On Wednesday, November 12 at 10:00AM CST (4:00PM GMT) Exteel® will be conducting an extended server maintenance. Customers will not be able to create Exteel® accounts for approximately 6 hours. All other PlayNC account management functionality will remain unchanged. We apologize for the inconvenience.

November 5, 2008PlayNC Maintenance 11/6

On Thursday, November 6 at 9:30AM CST (3:30PM GMT) we will be conducting maintenance on the PlayNC Account Management website.

November 5, 2008Sales Tax for WA and MN (US only)

PlayNC has opened a business office in Washington (WA) and closed its business presence in Minnesota (MN), with corresponding sales tax implications.

November 5, 2008Guild Wars Game Card Customers

If you have recently purchased a Guild Wars game card, welcome! If you haven't already, please activate your account. Download the Guild Wars game client.

City of Heroes

October 30, 2008NCsoft and TransGaming Announce City of Heroes for the Mac

NCsoft® announces a partnership with TransGaming, Inc. to bring their award-winning City of Heroes® franchise to the Apple® Macintosh®.

Lineage II

October 29, 2008NCsoft's Lineage II Expansion Dramatically Speeds Up Charact...

Gracia Part 2, the newest addition to the popular Lineage® II franchise, has been released. The expansion is free to all Lineage II subscribers and helps players advance their characters and achieve their goals faster than ever before.

Lineage

October 23, 2008NCsoft Revitalizes the Original Lineage Franchise

SEATTLE, October 23, 2008—NCsoft®, the world's premier publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online (MMO) games, today announced the long-awaited release of both Episode 6, the Lastavard™ - Inevitable Destiny™ and Episode U to its Lineage® service in North America. This massive new update represents a revitalization of NCsoft's flagship MMO in North America.

October 23, 2008It's Time for Halloween!

It's only a little more than a week to go until Halloween and NCsoft®'s games will be celebrating the occasion in style this year.

October 7, 2008NCsoft's Carbine Studios Names Tim Cain Design Director

Fallout producer and designer now becomes design director for unannounced Carbine Studios project.

Tabula Rasa

October 1, 2008Watch Richard Garriott's Flight into Space

Interested in watching industry legend (and creator of Tabula Rasa®) Richard Garriott's historic journey into space in the early hours of Sunday, October 12? Now you will have multiple opportunities, both at a space launch party in Austin and across the Internet via a variety of live video streams. Read on for the details!

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