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- 1997
- Mar. NCsoft Corporation established
- May. Netsgo, web-based public online service, developed
- Dec. Became AsiaΓÇÖs first Microsoft solutions partner
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- 1998
- Sept. Commercial services of online game, Lineage,
- launched in Korea
- Dec. Lineage received Grand Prize in the ΓÇÖ98 Korea Game Awards
- -Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MOCT)
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- 1999
- Jan. Selected as the Most Promising Small and Medium
- Enterprises (SME) IT Business of 1999 - Ministry of
- Information and Communication (MOIC)
- June. EIP Groupware Infomine developed
- Dec. Lineage received Best [Internet] Content Award - Chollian
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- 2000
- Feb. EIP Groupware Infomine name changed to NCEIP
- May. North American office established
- Jul. Commercial Lineage services launched in Taiwan
- Jul. Listed on the KOSDAQ
- Oct. Received the 2000 Small and Mid-Sized Enterprise Special
- Committee Award for Ventures
- Dec. Lineage attained over 100 thousand concurrent local users,
- a new record
- Dec. Lineage surpassed 10 million registered users
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- 2001
- Feb. Received Best Online Game Award at TaiwanΓÇÖs
- 5th Game Star Contest
- Apr. Received Prime Minister Award in the IT Business Digital
- Category - Hankyore Dot21
- Apr. Customer support center established
- May. Commercial Lineage services launched in the US
- May. Recruited globally renowned US game programmers,
- including Richard Garriott
- May. US local subsidiary, NC Austin established
- Jun. Joint venture, NC Gamania, established in Hong Kong
- Jul. Commercial Lineage services launched in Hong Kong
- Aug. Joint venture with SOFTBANK Group, NC Japan,
- established in Japan
- Aug. Selected as Company with Best Disclosure Practices
- in the KOSDAQ
- Aug. Lineage selected as Best Online Game
- by 100 SBS [television station] reporters
- Nov. Awarded The Best IR Company from the KOSDAQ Section
- - Korea IR Association (KIRA)
- Dec. Received Industrial Packaging Award at Soft-Expo
- Digital Content Fair 2001
- Dec. Received world-class product accreditation - Ministry
- of Commerce, Industry and Energy (MOCIE)
- Dec. Selected as IT SME of the Year - Ministry of Information
- and Communication (MOIC)
- Dec. Lineage set record of over 300 thousand concurrent global
- users
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- 2002
- Jan. Signed strategic partnership with Sony Online
- Entertainment Inc. to provide EverQuest services
- in Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong
- Jan. Best Product Award given to Lineage at Mac World Expo
- in the US
- Jan. Signed contract with US game company, NetDevil,
- to publish Auto Assault
- Feb. Commercial Lineage services launched in Japan
- Feb. Received Korea Web Award (entertainment category)
- Mar. Spin off of companyΓÇÖs Groupware business, NCST enlisted
- as affiliate
- Mar. Signed contract with US game company,
- Cryptic Studios, to publish City of Heroes
- Jul. Signed contract with US game company, Realm Interactive,
- to publish Exarch
- Jul. Beta services for EverQuest began in Korea
- Oct. Received Special Award at CESA GAME AWARDS 2001-2002
- in Tokyo, Japan
- Nov. Awarded grand prize in Korea Cultural Content Export
- - Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MOCT)
- Nov. Received Minister of Information and Communication Award
- Dec. Received grand prize in the Korea Cultural & Content Export
- Awards 2002 - Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MOCT)
- Dec. Given the 2002 Popular Products Customer Satisfaction
- Award - Electronic Times
- Dec. Acquired US company ArenaNet
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- 2003
- Jan. Established Joint venture NC-Sina in China with SINA.com
- Jan. Beta services for Lineage began in China
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