NC CEO Kim Taek-jin: "Starting with Lineage 2M, Targeting the Global Market"

"Preparing Multiple Console Games and New Genres"

Kim Taek-jin, CEO of NCSoft

[Asia Economy Reporter Jin-gyu Lee] Kim Taek-jin, CEO of NCSoft, expressed his determination on the 25th to target the global market, starting with 'Lineage 2M'.

In his greeting at the shareholders' meeting held at the Pangyo headquarters on the same day, CEO Kim stated, "In 2020, we plan to concentrate the company's capabilities on entering the global market," adding, "Starting with Lineage 2M, new games will aggressively target the global market."

He continued, "We are gathering wisdom to transplant the successful experience of creating the domestic mobile massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) market to the global market."

He mentioned, "Through Lineage 2M, released last November, we demonstrated new possibilities for mobile MMORPGs with differentiated technology," and added, "Based on the experience and achievements accumulated in mobile and PC online, we are confidently preparing new titles."

He also said, "The rapidly growing global console game market will be a new stage for us," and "NCSoft is preparing multiple console games and developing games in new genres." Furthermore, he stated, "We will expand platforms from PC to mobile and further to consoles, transcending boundaries to grow into a global comprehensive game company."

On the same day, NCSoft passed the agenda to appoint Choi Young-joo, a deliberation member of the Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology, as an outside director. They also approved the agenda to increase the director remuneration limit. The limit was set at 20 billion KRW, an increase of 5 billion KRW from before. This means that the maximum remuneration for the seven NCSoft directors is 20 billion KRW, approximately 2.8 billion KRW per director.

CEO Kim conveyed, "As a representative game company of South Korea, we will take the lead in enhancing the company's value and dignity in various ways, not only in external growth but also with responsibility and pride."

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