NCSOFT Corp., a number one South Korean sport developer and writer, is gearing up for a serious world growth subsequent yr with a number of new releases after narrowing its third-quarter losses on greater PC sport gross sales and royalty earnings from abroad.
The corporate stated on Tuesday that its foray into world markets will collect full momentum in 2026, led by Aion 2.
Aion 2 is ready to launch in Korea and Taiwan at midnight on Nov. 19, with pre-downloads and character customization out there from Nov. 16.
“Pre-registrations have already exceeded expectations,” NCSOFT co-Chief Government Park Byung-moo stated on the identical day, including that focus group testing in North America and Europe in September and October obtained “constructive suggestions similar to Korea and Taiwan.”
Chief Monetary Officer Hong Received-jun additionally stated 2026 will mark NCSOFT’s “full-scale world offensive,” with three extra titles resembling Restrict Zero Breakers, Time Takers and Cinder Metropolis scheduled for worldwide rollout.
On the G-Star 2025 sport present opening in Busan on Nov. 13, NCSOFT will unveil new titles throughout a 300-booth exhibition area as a essential sponsor.
GLOBAL AMBITION WILL GAIN TRACTION
As a part of its growth, NCSOFT plans to relaunch Lineage W in Southeast Asia within the first half of 2026 and lengthen the title’s service to North America and Russia, Hong stated.
Its flagship massively multiplayer on-line role-playing video games (MMORPGs) – Lineage M and Lineage 2M – are getting ready for launch in China, whereas the corporate is co-developing Aion Cell with Shengqu Video games, slated for native launch in 2026, he added.
Park additionally unveiled that NCSOFT may also showcase a next-generation MMO title at this yr’s G-Star.
Whereas the corporate hasn’t revealed particulars, trade sources speculate it might be a collaboration with Sony Interactive Leisure based mostly on the Horizon Zero Daybreak franchise.
M&A AND INVESTMENT PLANS
Alongside its new titles, NCSOFT is broadening its portfolio via acquisitions and publishing partnerships.
Park stated the corporate plans to spend money on and publish a subculture-style (anime-inspired) sport set for launch in late 2026 or early 2027, together with one other MMORPG venture.
The corporate has additionally determined to accumulate a expertise platform developer and two cellular informal sport studios, together with one in Korea and one abroad, to ramp up its content material pipeline, the corporate CEO stated.
“We’re additionally in severe talks with a number of main corporations about potential acquisitions and publishing offers,” Park added.
NCSOFT has launched its personal in-app fee system for cellular video games to bypass app marketplaces.
The function will probably be utilized to Lineage M and Lineage 2M this week and to Lineage W later this month.
Q3 EARNINGS FARE BETTER
For the quarter ended September 2025, NCSOFT reported an working lack of 7.5 billion gained ($5.1 million), narrowing from a 14.3 billion gained loss a yr earlier.
Consolidated income fell 10% year-over-year to 360 billion gained, as cellular sport gross sales declined 10% from the earlier quarter to 197.2 billion gained, accounting for 55% of whole income.
PC sport income, nonetheless, rose 9% to 87.7 billion gained, reflecting regular demand for on-line titles.
Main contributors included Lineage M (105.3 billion gained), Lineage 2M (47.2 billion gained), Lineage W (43.4 billion gained), Lineage (25.2 billion gained), Lineage 2 (21.6 billion gained) and Guild Wars 2 (18.4 billion gained).
The corporate additionally noticed greater royalty earnings from abroad, which helped slim quarterly losses.
NCSOFT posted a web revenue of 347.4 billion gained, reversing earlier losses, aided by a one-off achieve from the sale of its former Seoul headquarters constructing.
The corporate expects new IPs, abroad launches and PC development to offset weaker cellular efficiency subsequent yr because it seeks a broader worldwide footprint and a extra diversified income base.
Jennifer Nicholson-Breen edited this article.
