MMO Network

Anybody know if the server downtime this morning is because of the new patch? Or is it a regular thing for the servers to be down at 8 AM? I don’t normally play at that time of the day but I wanted to check something and got booted when the server went off…!

MMO developer Cryptic studios is advertising for a PS3 programmer, suggesting it’s looking to port its in-development Star Trek Online and Champions Online to the console.

One of the most highly anticipated massively multiplayer online (MMO) games, Aion(R): The Tower of Eternity(TM) from NCsoft(R), is already showing signs of reaching hit status in only a matter of days since open beta testing kicked off earlier this week. Aion is scheduled to launch in Korea within the year, and launches in China, North America, Europe and Japan are planned for 2009.

SEOUL, South Korea—-One of the most highly anticipated massively multiplayer online games, Aion®: The Tower of Eternity™ from NCsoft®, is already showing signs of reaching hit status in only a matter of days since open beta testing kicked off earlier this week.

Amidst the blaring siren of a new Star Wars MMO (The Old Republic), you could be forgiven for overlooking the emergence of the first details of Star Trek Online.

NCsoft announced today that Dirk Metzger is taking over as the new vice president of marketing in North America. The new VP will have to tackle an increasingly tough market and declining profits which fell by 50 percent in NCsoft’s third quarter report. Full press release after the jump.

NCsoft(R), the world’s premier publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online (MMO) games, 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.

City Of Heroes and Lineage MMO publisher NCsoft saw third quarter profits fall by exactly 50 percent in its third quarter; overall revenues also declined, as the publisher had to fall back on sales of older titles, after Tabula Rasa failed to gian significant traction. In the three months ending September 30th, the South Korean company’s profit was down from 10 billion won ($7.2m) in 2007 to …

Dunno if this got mentioned anywhere else here, but Garriott after blasting off into space has found himself some new interests and whatnot, so he’s jumping ship from NCsoft to go pursue them.

City of Heroes: Issue 13 has officially entered open beta status according to an announcement at the official site. All players are encouraged to log into the test server to give it a go. Find out how to do that after the jump.