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[=NCsoft=] is a [[UsefulNotes/SouthKorea Korean]] MMORPG developer and publisher, best known (for certain definitions of "best") in America for publishing (and ultimately cancelling) ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' and ''VideoGame/TabulaRasa''; however, before that, [=NCSoft=] developed and ran the two biggest worldwide [=MMOs=] before ''World of Warcraft'': ''Lineage'' and ''Lineage 2''. They also pioneered, to an extent, the "pay once and play forever" model of [=MMOs=], backing up Arena Net as their publisher for ''VideoGame/GuildWars''.
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!!They service, or formerly serviced the following games:

* ''VideoGame/{{Aion}}: The Tower of Eternity'' (originally a sub-based MMO that has since turned free to play)
* ''VideoGame/AutoAssault'' (Shut down as of 2007)
* ''VideoGame/BladeAndSoul''
* ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' (Shut down as of 2012)
* ''VideoGame/{{Exteel}}'' (Shut down as of 2010)
* ''VideoGame/GuildWars''
* ''VideoGame/GuildWars2''
* ''VideoGame/{{Lineage 2}}'' (originally a sub-based MMO that has since turned free to play)
* ''[=MasterXMaster=]'' (a {{MOBA}} game featuring characters from other [=NCSoft=] titles as {{Guest Fighter}}s, closed down at the beginning of 2018)
* ''VideoGame/TabulaRasa'' (Shut down as of 2009)
* ''VideoGame/WildStar'' (originally a sub-based MMO that has since turned free to play; shut-down as of 2018)
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