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Toy Strikers Announced

(Press Release)

SEOUL, South Korea, January 27, 2004 -- NCsoft Corporation today announced Toy Strikers™, the third of NCsoft-developed games following Lineage™ and Lineage™ II. The game maker has been developing Toy Strikers over the past year. Unlike its two predecessors Lineage and Lineage II, both of which are MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game), Toy Strikers is a massively multiplayer shooting game, and the first product for casual gamers developed by NCsoft.

In Toy Strikers, gamers fight against a group of gangsters (Devil Toys) who want to take over Toy Land. The characters that gamers can choose are cartoon-like toy airplanes. The planes can be transformed into other forms and be combined into a larger one, adding flexibility and fun to this new online game.

Many casual online games only allow eight players at a time in one battle field. Some allow 32 to 64 players; however, Toy Strikers allows up to 200 players to participate on one battle field -- with many per server! In addition, it offers a specialized armor system, exciting battles, and a simple interface. Having completed internal testing, Toy Strikers is expected to go to closed beta service in February 2004.

About NCsoft Corporation

Headquartered in Seoul , South Korea , NCsoft Corp. (Korean Stock Exchange: 036570.KS) is the world's leading developer and publisher of online games. Established in 1997, NCsoft quickly turned its flagship product, Lineage (http://www.lineage.com ), into a blockbuster hit. The game attracts more than 300,000 concurrent users and 4.2 million active users around the world. NCsoft has joint venture offices located in Japan, Taiwan and China and operates its North American business out of Austin, Texas. NCsoft is a public company and its stock is traded on the Korean stock exchange. In fiscal year 2002, NCsoft posted revenues of KRW154.8 billion or approximately US$123.3 million. More information about NCsoft can be found at http://www.ncsoft.net.