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NCsoft was originally founded in March 1997 by Tack Jin Kim, who had been famous for developing a Korean word processor program called Hangul, as a business software developer. One of the company's first products was NC HTML Editor. In September 1998, NCsoft launched its first and most popular game, Lineage. The success of this game helped the company expand to locations in Taiwan, China, Japan, and the United States.

The company established a US subsidiary called NCsoft Austin (based in Austin, Texas) as a partnership with Richard GarriottRichard Allen Garriott (born July 4, 1961; nickname Lord British is a significant figure in the video game industry. He was originally a game designer and programmer, but now engages in various aspects of computer game development. Biography Garriott was's Destination GamesDestination Games is the computer game development company created in April 2000 by Richard Garriott, Robert Garriott and Starr Long, following their departure from Origin Systems. Destination" is a play on "Origin", the company the Garriotts founded near in April 20012001 is a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall ap. Jake Song also moved to Austin in order to stimulate development. The branch develops MMORPGs and acts as the home to NC Interactive, NCsoft's division for support in North AmericaNorth America is the third largest continent in area and the fourth ranked in population. It is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the North Pacific Ocea (which had been established in May 2000This page is about the year 2000. See 2000 AD for the UK comic book, Number 2000 for other uses. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar), and also the International Year for a Culture of Peace''. Events Y2K passes without the seri).

NCsoft developed Lineage II and released it in South Korea on October 1October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). There are 91 days remaining. Events 331 BC Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Arbela 959 Edgar the Peaceable becomes king of all England 965 John XIII becomes Pop, 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U, and in the United States on April 28April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 247 days remaining. Events 1788 Maryland becomes the 7th state to ratify the Constitution of the United States. 1789 Mutiny on the HMAV Bounty''. Captain William B, 2004. NCsoft is also the publisher for the MMORPGs City of Heroes (developed by Cryptic Studios) and Guild Wars (ArenaNet).

Launched in July 2004, NCsoft Europe is a wholly owned subsidiary with its main office in London. It has announced plans to bring City of Heroes to several European countries in Q1 2005 and Lineage II at a later date.