Its new PC and console MMORPG, Throne and Liberty (TL) will launch globally in the first half of this year after domestic testing on Feb. NCSoft plans to release games across various genres based on new intellectual properties (IP) this year to diversify its portfolio. The accumulated revenue of MMORPG Lineage W, which was released in November 2021, recorded 1.32 trillion won. Overseas revenue grew 44 percent for regions in North America and Europe and 40 percent for the rest of Asia. Sales in Korea accounted for 63 percent of the total revenue. Its mobile games accounted for 1.93 trillion won of the total revenue, which was its record-breaking best as the figure jumped 20 percent compared to 2021. Revenue increased 11.4 percent to mark a record-breaking 2.57 trillion won, landing around the analysts’ expectations of 2.58 trillion won. NCSoft, the developer and publisher of the Lineage massively multiplayer online mobile game (MMORPG) franchise, reported a 14 percent increase in annual net profit to hit 452.3 billion won ($356.5 million) in 2022, though falling short of the market consensus of 552.2 billion won compiled by FnGuide. NCSoft had a winning year in 2022 with its Lineage mobile games while other Korean game companies suffered a decrease in net or an overall loss due to the absence of new hits to overthrow the champion. Today, it was reported that EA Austin had laid off up to 100 people, including many tied to FIFA 22's live operations and the company's customer service department.Īn spokesperson said these are not connected to the announcement of EA Sports FC.An image of Lineage W, its mobile massively-multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) released in November 2021. Reports that EA was planning to drop its partnership with FIFA have been running for months, with word of the proposed EA Sports FC rebrand emerging last year.Įarlier this year, we spoke to analysts about the strategy, who said that dropping the FIFA brand "presents risks" for the publisher but expect EA Sports FC to perform well. The news came just days before Nexon released its financial results for the first quarter of the year, in which it reported record revenues of both FIFA Online 4 and the mobile version FIFA Online 4 M.īoth titles are expected to grow further in the next quarter, with "significant year-over-year growth" expected from the PC title. The partnership ends later this year, after the release of FIFA 23. Last week, EA confirmed the long-running rumours that it would no longer licence the FIFA brand for its football titles, instead renaming the series EA Sports FC. "Nexon's agreement is with EA so all the players, stadiums and features will still be in the game." "We don't expect any change to the actual game," a Nexon spokesperson told. They are an off-shoot of Electronic Arts' series. Nexon publishes FIFA Online 4, a free-to-play PC title primarily for Korea and other Asian markets, as well as a mobile counterpart, which were released in 2018. Korea-based publisher Nexon does not expect the end of the long-running partnership between Electronic Arts and FIFA to impact its own entry in the series.
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