Phil Elliott of GameIndustry writs: Geoff Heath, MD of NCsoft Europe, has told GamesIndustry.biz that the secret behind NCsoft's latest financial results - particularly the increased profits at a time when sales remained flat - was down to "good housekeeping".
"With a bit of good housekeeping, we've got these evergreen products, we can contain the overheads and keep the profits going up. We run a fairly tight ship," he explained.
"Across the board, one of the benefits with the MMO business is that once you've invested in all of the servers that you need in order to run an MMO product, apart from any addition to those servers, by and large the infrastructure for each game…the depreciation runs out and we're improving our margins all the time."
Wacky designs and solid vehicular combat underline this charming adaptation of an Akira Toriyama classic.
Manor Lords is a seductive spin on the city builder that may not defy conventions but has the makings of a genre-heavyweight.
Fortnite Festival Season 3 is here and this time it is featuring Billie Eilish, here is everything you can unlock in the Festival Pass.
