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NCSOFT West

Public
Computer Games2,100+ employeesFounded 1995🇺🇸 United States
Headquarters
🇺🇸Bellevue, WA
Industry
Computer Games
Employees
2,100+
Founded
1995
Company type
Public Company
Ranking
#5,074,723
Ticker
KRX: 036570

NCSOFT is a premiere digital entertainment company and global publisher with worldwide locations and more than 4,000 employees focused on bringing extraordinary games to life for millions of fans around the world. Established in 1997 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, we quickly became a key leader in online games. Best known for critically acclaimed franchises including Lineage, Aion, Guild Wars, and Blade & Soul, NCSOFT is also one of the world’s top mobile developers with Lineage 2M occupying the #1 grossing revenue slot on Google Play. After global success, NCSOFT established NCSOFT West, which is responsible for all company initiatives across the Americas, Europe, and Oceania, and includes millions of players around the world. We are an industry leader in support infrastructure and publishing. Our core goal is making people in this world happier by delivering games that entertain a globally connected audience has remained the same. Our culture is innovative, creative, collaborative and impactful, and we are passionate about creating the best gaming experiences for our players.

Specialties
EntertainmentComputer GamesSoftware DevelopmentVideo Games
7 / 9
Active markets
South Korea · Taiwan · Japan
1
New markets
Thailand
22
Signals
Last 90 days
-84%
Momentum
vs prior period
Expansion ScoreStrong
55 / 100

Global expansion

Live
South KoreaTaiwanJapan
Up to 3 markets
Last 90 days
Stages
Exploring4Committing1Expanding4Scaling0
Recent activity
Advancing30d
New90d
+6more marketsLocked
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Activity pulse

22 signals in the last 90 days.

Last 90 days
Hiring
0
No activity
Marketing & PR
0
No activity
Product & Tech
13-70%
Product launch
+2more categoriesLocked
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Market entry timeline

The order this company entered each market — oldest to newest

1
🇰🇷South Korea1st market entered · 2025
Expanding
123 signals
2
🇹🇼Taiwan2nd market entered · 2025
Committing
26 signals
3
🇯🇵Japan3rd market entered · 2025
Expanding
16 signals
+6more marketsLocked
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Current stageExpandingGrowing a local footprint
Confidence42%Medium
Tracking since2025first signal

Recent signals

Cloud footprint🇳🇱 Netherlands2w ago

Azure · Netherlands

Cloud footprint🇰🇷 South Korea2w ago

AWS · Seoul

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NCSOFT is a premiere digital entertainment company and global publisher with worldwide locations and more than 4,000 employees focused on bringing extraordinary games to life for millions of fans around the world. Established in 1997 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, we quickly became a key leader in online games. Best known for critically acclaimed franchises including Lineage, Aion, Guild Wars, and Blade & Soul, NCSOFT is also one of the world’s top mobile developers with Lineage 2M occupying the #1 grossing revenue slot on Google Play. After global success, NCSOFT established NCSOFT West, which is responsible for all company initiatives across the Americas, Europe, and Oceania, and includes millions of players around the world. We are an industry leader in support infrastructure and publishing. Our core goal is making people in this world happier by delivering games that entertain a globally connected audience has remained the same. Our culture is innovative, creative, collaborative and impactful, and we are passionate about creating the best gaming experiences for our players.

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