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December 17, 2008PlayNC Maintenance 12/18

On Thursday, December 18 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.

Lineage II

December 15, 2008Lineage® II paid services suspended over the holidays...

Lineage® II paid services (Gender change, Character rename and Server transfer) will be suspended over the holidays. Services will be suspended as of December 16th at 9:00am CST (4:00pm GMT+1) and will resume on January 6th, 2009 at 11:00am CST (6:00pm GMT+1). We apologize for the inconvenience.

City of Heroes
Guild Wars
Lineage II

December 15, 2008NCsoft Rings in the Holidays in Style with Festive Events

It's beginning to look a lot more festive around the NCsoft headquarters, as three MMORPGs prepare for the festive season with holiday events for all players.

December 9, 2008PlayNC Maintenance 12/10

On Wednesday, Dec. 10 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.

City of Heroes

December 3, 2008NCsoft Launches COH Issue 13: Power and Responsibility

SEATTLE, Dec. 3, 2008NCsoft®, the world's premier publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) today announced the next free update to its highly successful comic-book inspired MMO, City of Heroes®. The release of Issue 13: Power and Responsibility introduces several innovative features to the MMO genre. Macintosh players won't be left out as open beta testing for the new Mac version of City of Heroes is just around the corner.

Guild Wars
Tabula Rasa

November 26, 2008Special Holiday Offers for Guild Wars and Tabula Rasa

SteelSeries is offering a holiday special to all Tabula Rasa® and Guild Wars® fans! Get 40% off the Guild Wars, Guild Wars Factions™, or Tabula Rasa Keysets for Zboard, and the Guild Wars Eye of the North™ or Tabula Rasa FragMat Mouse Pads when you purchase them from the SteelSeries online store. Promotion runs Nov 26 to Jan 5. Get them while supplies last!

Tabula Rasa

November 21, 2008A Letter to the Tabula Rasa Community

Last November we launched what we hoped would be a ground breaking sci-fi MMO. In many ways, we think we've achieved that goal. Tabula Rasa® has some unique features that make it fun and very different from every other MMO out there. Unfortunately, the fact is that the game 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 for.

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.

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