Author Topic: NCSoft has a new venture. (Read 12590 times)

Knight Light · « **on:** July 30, 2013, 10:09:33 PM »

*sigh* For those that haven't heard yet, there's a new company to boycott.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2013/07/25/former-blizzard-soe-executives-form-new-video-game-studio-molten-games/

"Former execs of Blizzard and SOE have formed a new game studio with backing from NCSOFT."

Head to their Facebook page and let them know what a horrendously stupid mistake they are making in being allied with the stupidest most evil game company in the history of the universe.

https://www.facebook.com/MoltenGamesStudio

Also putting down their website.

http://www.moltengames.com/

Forgive me if there's already a thread, I haven't been able to keep up with things here lately but i check in when I can.

beveri8469 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 30, 2013, 10:42:45 PM »

i wont be playing anything they come up with as long as it has ncstupid attached to it.

JanessaVR · « **Reply #2 on:** July 30, 2013, 11:10:44 PM »

Good to know. Up to date intelligence on our enemy - always a good thing.

JaguarX · « **Reply #3 on:** July 30, 2013, 11:42:11 PM »

Quote from: Knight Light on July 30, 2013, 10:09:33 PM

*sigh* For those that haven't heard yet, there's a new company to boycott.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2013/07/25/former-blizzard-soe-executives-form-new-video-game-studio-molten-games/

"Former execs of Blizzard and SOE have formed a new game studio with backing from NCSOFT."

Head to their Facebook page and let them know what a horrendously stupid mistake they are making in being allied with the stupidest most evil game company in the history of the universe.

https://www.facebook.com/MoltenGamesStudio

Also putting down their website.

http://www.moltengames.com/

Forgive me if there's already a thread, I haven't been able to keep up with things here lately but i check in when I can.

I think EA have them beat :p.

But hey, some companies when there is lot of funding dangling in the face and need the funding they will align themselves with anyone that helps.

Or this could be opportunity. Maybe (slim chance but what isn't a slim chance or a hail mary(non-religious context) these days) they work on COX replacement. It is said the yare focusing on making western titles. Maybe it will include a super hero mmo and since they (NCSOFT) have the IP...updated COX? is possible. Probably not likely but possible.

Brou · « **Reply #4 on:** July 31, 2013, 12:21:25 AM »

I remember when NCSoft sucked and only had Tales Weaver and some other crappy isometric MMOs.

JaguarX · « **Reply #5 on:** July 31, 2013, 12:30:25 AM »

Quote from: Brou on July 31, 2013, 12:21:25 AM

I remember when NCSoft sucked and only had Tales Weaver and some other crappy isometric MMOs.

I thought Tales Weaver was a 2003 published by Nexon with Softmax as developer?

Brou · « **Reply #6 on:** July 31, 2013, 12:35:13 AM »

:/ Guess I remembered wrong.

N-this and N-that.

Kyuuen · « **Reply #7 on:** July 31, 2013, 02:22:20 AM »

JaguarX · « **Reply #8 on:** July 31, 2013, 02:35:35 AM »

Kyuuen · « **Reply #9 on:** July 31, 2013, 02:37:50 AM »

They just ran where the money was thrown.

FatherXmas · « **Reply #10 on:** July 31, 2013, 02:38:28 AM »

Not surprising considering both ArenaNet and Carbine Studios are also founded by former Blizzard employees.

The South Korean's shear adulation of Blizzard is boundless. Plus it's a MOBA and not an MMO, a market space NCSOFT hasn't gone before. One of the founders of Molten Games was closely associated with South Korea's eSports community so there shouldn't be as much of a cultural rift there than a pure Western studio.

LoL is such a huge game in South Korea now I'm surprised none of the local companies have made any headway into that market.

PS. Oh I forgot. Booo Hisss Ebil NCSOFT. A pox on the HVAC system of their new offices.

JaguarX · « **Reply #11 on:** July 31, 2013, 02:39:14 AM »

Quote from: Kyuuen on July 31, 2013, 02:37:50 AM

They just ran where the money was thrown.

Money talks.

Shenku · « **Reply #12 on:** July 31, 2013, 03:09:04 AM »

saipaman · « **Reply #13 on:** July 31, 2013, 03:16:05 AM »

Quote from: Shenku on July 31, 2013, 03:09:04 AM

I think that answer is obvious, isn't it? Unlike other publishers, they stand apart as one of the publishers with the most disregard for the studios they support and the customers they service which was well showcased with how they dealt with CoH and Paragon Studio's closures. That's different enough to be a truthful statement, isn't it?

Part of me wishes the new studio luck, but part of me just kinda feels bad for them because deep down I know what NCSoft is going to do to them in the end...

The corporate philosophy at NCSoft is 'bite the hand that feeds you'.

Twisted Toon · « **Reply #14 on:** July 31, 2013, 04:05:47 AM »

FatherXmas · « **Reply #15 on:** July 31, 2013, 04:11:07 AM »

Maybe it's like the one they have with ArenaNet and who knows, Carbine may have the same deal.

JaguarX · « **Reply #16 on:** July 31, 2013, 04:32:34 AM »

Quote from: Twisted Toon on July 31, 2013, 04:05:47 AM

From reading the article, I did notice this...
Maybe they learned something from the closing of Paragon Studios and CoH.

I certainly want to know more about that relationship between NCSoft and Molten Games.

Well hell then, if they keep the IP and stuff sounds like it's in their hands a lot more than Paragon studios had. They already fro mthe looks of it, have already what paragon tried to get after the fact.

They probably did learn and or went for the similar deals like Carbine and Arenanet or combination of.

Super Firebug · « **Reply #17 on:** July 31, 2013, 05:26:43 AM »

JaguarX · « **Reply #18 on:** July 31, 2013, 06:30:21 AM »

FatherXmas · « **Reply #19 on:** July 31, 2013, 08:01:47 AM »

So they like our development acumen, just not our patronage unless it aligns with theirs.

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