NCsoft to Publish Realm Interactive’s
Trade Wars: Dark Millennium Action Oriented RPG Will Come to Life in a Unique
Massively Multiplayer Online Experience
AUSTIN, Texas, July 10, 2002—NCsoft(tm)
Corporation, the world’s largest independent online game company
announced today that it will publish Trade Wars: Dark Millennium(tm) (working
title) from Realm Interactive, LLC(tm).
Trade Wars(tm) features a fast-paced action
RPG combat experience set in an enormous virtual world where players are able to
explore the vastness of space as well as mysterious uncharted planets, a first
for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) genre.
"Trade Wars: Dark Millennium is set on both
planetary and space environments that look as if they came straight out of a
science fiction movie," said NCsoft President Kim Taek-Jin. "Gamers who are used
to fantasy online games will soon be able to experience a new form of
entertainment with Trade Wars. With its unique action oriented role-playing
style and heavy emphasis on player questing, we believe it will significantly
grow the online game market."
"We’re thrilled to be part of the NCsoft
publishing family," said Salvatore Sferlazza, COO of Realm Interactive. "NCsoft
has a proven track record in publishing subscription-based online games. We
can’t imagine a better partner for helping us launch Trade Wars to a global
marketplace."
For more information on Trade Wars: Dark
Millennium visit
http://www.tradewars.com.
About NCsoft Headquartered in Seoul, South
Korea, NCsoft Corp. is the world’s largest independent online game company.
Established in 1997, NCsoft has leaped to become the world’s leading online game
software company. In Korea, its blockbuster hit game Lineage(tm) commands a 42%
market share and attracts the greatest number of concurrent users in the world.
Earlier this year, NCsoft announced plans to provide service for Sony Online
Entertainment’s massively popular EverQuest® in Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Currently NCsoft is positioning itself to fund online titles for worldwide
distribution, and is now actively recruiting more subscription-based online
titles for publishing in Asia and other territories. NCsoft is a public company
and is traded on the KOSDAQ Korean stock exchange. In fiscal 2001, NCsoft posted
revenues of 124,735,958,000 Korean won or approximately US$95 million. More
information about NCsoft can be found at
www.ncsoft.net.
About Realm Interactive, LLC
Established in 2000, Realm Interactive is a
game development studio based out of Phoenix, Arizona. Realm Interactive’s team
is focused on developing its first title Trade Wars: Dark Millennium (working
title). For more information, visit
www.realminteractive.com.
NCsoft is a trademark of
NCsoft Corp and Lineage is a trademark of NC Interactive. Realm Interactive,
LLC, Trade Wars: Dark Millennium and Trade Wars are trademarks of Realm. All
other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
