That’s right gaming fans, we’ve got yet another patent infringement lawsuit on our hands. Worlds.com, a company that focuses on creating ‘3D communities’ has filed a lawsuit against NCsoft, the company behind Tabula Rasa, Guild Wars, Lineage and City of Heroes. They’re claiming that the company violated a patent awarded to Worlds.com in February of [...]

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Designed by industry pioneer and space tourist Richard Garriott, Tabula Rasa will shut down on February 28, 2009. This was announced on the game’s website, which noted that the title “hasn’t performed as expected.”
“The development team has worked hard to improve the game since launch, but the game never achieved the player population we hoped [...]

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NCsoft today announced the formation of NC West, a wholly-owned subsidiary focused on western regions including US and Europe. The new companies focus is to become the “world’s premier western publisher of MMOs,” their statement reads.
NC West will be headquartered in Seattle, WA and will unify existing subsidiaries NC Interactive, NC Europe, NC Austin [...]

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Austin-based developers are in for a rough month, as NCSoft has let go of 21 employees from its Austin, Texas development studio. This move comes right after Midway revealed that it has cut a major portion of its workforce at its Austin studio.
The company explained that the layoffs were related to positions focused on [...]

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