NCSOFT PROFILE NCsoft™, headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, is the world’s largest independent online game company. Established in 1997 as a systems integration company, NCsoft leapt forward to become the world’s leading online game software company. In Korea, its blockbuster hit game Lineage™ commands a 47% market share and attracts the greatest number of concurrent users in the world. Currently there are more than four million active subscribers worldwide playing Lineage. More information about NCsoft Korea is available at http://www.ncsoft.net. NCsoft Austin, located in Austin, Texas, is a subsidiary of NCsoft. The Austin office was founded in April 2001 by legendary game designer, Richard Garriott, a.k.a Lord British, his brother, Robert Garriott, and Starr Long, the creator of Ultima Online. They have teamed up with Lineage creator Jake Song in Austin to recruit a group of the world’s top designers of massively multiplayer online games. The NCsoft Austin development team’s goal is to provide the next generation of massively multiplayer role playing games. The focus of their products will be on fun, accessibility, and rich content. Having pioneered the online game industry, this team is poised to revolutionize the marketplace with its future products. NCsoft Austin is also the home for NC Interactive, the support arm of NCsoft in North America. That group is comprised of community relations, web design, marketing, PR, quality assurance, customer support and localization specialists whose responsibility is to provide the support needs for the North American launch of Lineage and other NCsoft products.