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(Seoul=NSP NEWS AGENCY) = NCSoft has taken steps toward a leap forward next year(2025). NCSoft has moved away from a focus on its headquarters(HQ) to establishing independent studios and pursuing M&A to diversify its IP.

The company‘s efforts to overhaul its organization could show tangible results as early as next year, according to analysts. In October, the company announced the creation of three independent studios for game development as privately held entities.

The newly established studio plans to focus on developing NC’s game IPs (intellectual property rights) ▲Throne and Liberty (TL) ▲LLL ▲TACTAN.

In August, the main business divisions, QA(quality assurance) and application software development and supply divisions, were separated into separate corporations called NC QA and NC IDS, respectively.

NC Research, which was in charge of NCsoft's artificial intelligence R&D business, will also be launched independently under the name of 'NC AI'. NC intends to reduce the burden of fixed costs through the independence of business divisions and the establishment of new studios, and further bring about changes to the stagnant development culture.

“The independence of the game development division is a decision to maximize the creativity and initiative of NCSoft and lay the foundation for sustainable growth,” said Byungmoo Park and Taekjin Kim, co-presidents of NCSoft. ”We look forward to developing new IP in the form of an independent studio so that a new development system and culture can take root.”

Above all, the game company's next work is also noteworthy.

First of all, it includes three major works currently in production: ▲MMORPG Aion 2 ▲Shooting LLL ▲Strategy TACTAN.

Here, a total of 5 games are scheduled to be released, including ▲a new

By Soon-ki Lee(s8789@nspna.com) and Bok-hyun Lee(bhlee2016@nspna.com)

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