NC Soft's E3 lineup seems oddly familiar

by: Chuck - posted: 7/3/2007 8:22:00 PM

NC Soft has unveiled their lineup for E3 this year and it's pretty much exactly what we saw last year with some new Guild Wars stuff thrown in for good measure.  Their lineup this year is going to be Guild Wars: Eye or The North, Aion, Dungeon Runners (which Randy digs), and Richard Garriott's long delayed Tabula Rasa.  Hopefully this will be the last time we see Tabula Rasa at the event but I'm guessing Aion has at least one more appearance before we see the final version of the game.

 

NCsoft’s Electronic Entertainment Expo Lineup Features Market’s Most Anticipated Online Games

 

Tabula Rasa, Aion, Dungeon Runners and Guild Wars expansion top NCsoft’s array of triple-A titles featuring a variety of business models

 

 

AUSTIN, Texas, July 3, 2007— NCsoft^® today revealed its line up for the E3 Media & Business Summit July 11-13 in Santa Monica where the company will provide a preview of several of the most anticipated online games coming out in 2007 and 2008, including Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa^™, Aion^™, Guild Wars: Eye of the North^™ and Dungeon Runners^™.

            NCsoft North America CEO Robert Garriott said, “NCsoft strives to deliver the highest quality online entertainment possible, and these products represent the next generation of online games. This E3 meeting will provide a window for the public to see the breadth of the variety of game genres and business models NCsoft provides, as well as show off how advanced and exciting our products are.”

NCsoft products to be featured at E3 are:                                                                

 

RICHARD GARRIOTT’S TABULA RASA

Tabula Rasa has been in closed beta testing since May and is set for launch this fall. Tabula Rasa is poised to evolve the massively multiplayer online genre with a host of fresh features such as a character cloning system, dynamic battlefields with contested control points, deep storylines with ethical parables and fully integrated voice chat. Tabula Rasa also offers players an original alien language named Logos that unlocks special powers, and fast paced combat that combines real time action with role-playing game style character development. These kinds of features are the types of touches that players have come to expect over the years from a Richard Garriott game.

 

AION

From NCsoft’s Seoul studios, Aion, is one of the most visually stunning MMOGs in development. Cutting-edge graphics redefine players’ expectations of online role-playing and reveal a true fantasy world where divine beings wage a war that will determine the future of the world. This highly anticipated title is set for release in 2008.

 

GUILD WARS: EYE OF THE NORTH

Guild Wars: Eye of the North is the first true expansion to the Guild Wars^® franchise, one of the most popular online role-playing game franchises on the market today. Guild Wars: Eye of the North delves into the dungeons and caverns of the lands of Tyria that players first explored in the original Guild Wars game. Guild Wars: Eye of the North continues Guild Wars’ no subscription fee model and will provide new content accessible to players who own both the expansion and any one of the three previously released Guild Wars campaigns. Guild Wars: Eye of the North is set for release on August 31 at an anticipated price of $39.99.

 

DUNGEON RUNNERS

Dungeon Runners is a free to download and play online multiplayer role playing game set in a sword-and-shield world where players get piles of loot and treasure by defeating hordes of evil monsters enemies. It’s a different game model that fits right in to NCsoft’s diversified online game lineup. Dungeon Runners has recently opened up play to the general public and will have large chunks of new content implemented through the summer.

 

NCsoft’s E3 headquarters will be at the Sheraton Delfina Hotel in Santa Monica. In addition, Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa will be on display at the E3 exhibit hall located inside Barker Hanger at the Santa Monica airport. For more information about NCsoft and its products, go to www.plaync.com.

 

 

About NCsoft Corporation

NCsoft North America is headquartered in Austin, Texas and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Korea-based NCsoft Corporation. NCsoft, with its own development and publishing offices in Texas and California, also works with other NCsoft subsidiaries and third party developers throughout North America to develop and publish innovative online entertainment software products. The company has successfully launched multiple online titles in the last three years and continues to support its franchises, which include Lineage^®/Lineage II, City of Heroes^®/City of Villains^®, Guild Wars/Guild Wars Factions^™/Guild Wars Nightfall^™, and Auto Assault^®. More information about NCsoft can be found at www.plaync.com.