NCsoft enters independent studio system, launches four subsidiaries in February next year
Dec 01, 2024
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NCsoft confirmed the establishment of four subsidiaries to transform the 'independent studio system' through an extraordinary shareholders' meeting held at Pangyo R&D Center on the 28th of last month. Prior to this, the board of directors held a meeting in October and decided on the plan through a simple physical division, and at this extraordinary shareholders' meeting, the decision to approve the split plan was approved as the original plan.
The new company is four unlisted corporations, including three game development studios, FirstSpark Games, BigFire Games, Rudius Games, and NCAI, an AI technology company, which aims to launch on Feb. 1 next year.
First, FirstSpark Games is responsible for the business division of 'TL' (Thron & Liberty). 'TL' has continued to provide stable services since its global launch on October 1, demonstrating its competitiveness in overseas markets. Captain Choi Moon-young, who oversees development and services, will be the representative, aiming to strengthen cooperation with partners through a rapid and professional independent studio system and foster TL as a global IP
Big Fire Games is responsible for the business division of 'LLL'. 'LLL' is a shooting genre game, and it can be said to be an IP with competitiveness and success potential in the global market. In the studio system, Bae Jae-hyun, who is in charge of development, will focus on strengthening development and expertise in the genre, and Bae Jae-hyun, who is in charge of development, will be the representative.
Rudius Games is responsible for the business division of 'TACTAN' (Taektan). It is also a strategic genre game with a high possibility of global box office success, and it will build a creative development environment unique to independent studios and develop speedy games through rapid decision-making. Seo Min-seok, Cedar, who oversees the development, will be the representative.
In addition, NCAI is a company specializing in AI technology and is promoting the advancement of AI technologies such as Barco LLM. It will actively utilize AI technology for game development and expand new businesses. The representative will be Lee Yeon-soo, head of NC Research, who is in charge of research and development of NCsoft's AI.
We will create an innovative development culture with speed, flexibility, and creativity through the transition to an independent development studio system, and actively discover new global IPs, said Park Byeong-moo, co-chairman of NCsoft. We will support the new corporation to become a competitive company with expertise and technology, and focus our capabilities on laying the foundation for sustainable growth for all of NCsoft.
Meanwhile, NCsoft will release a new IP-based work 'Lineage'Junny of Monarch' simultaneously in 241 global countries, including Korea, Taiwan, Japan, North America, and Europe, on the 4th. In the two-month pre-booking, 8 million people participated, showing high expectations.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
