NCSOFT to unveil 7 new titles in global lineup at G-STAR 2023 game show

NCSOFT Corp., a major South Korean game developer and publisher, said on Tuesday it will showcase seven new titles in its upcoming global lineup at G-STAR 2023, an international game show to be held in Busan next month.

At the Nov. 16-19 G-STAR 2023, the company will operate demonstration booths at BEXCO, the game show’s venue, for three new titles: shooting game LLL,  action battle brawler Battle Crush, and collectible role-playing game (RPG) Project BSS.

Visitors can play LLL on PC, Battle Crush on Nintendo Switch, and Project BSS on mobile platforms installed at NCSOFT's booth, it said.

LLL, an open-world massively multiplayer online third-person shooting game for PCs and consoles, is slated for global release in 2024.

Battle Crush, NCSOFT’s first game that plays on Nintendo Switch, will also be available on Steam and mobile platforms upon launch in 2024. It is a PvP (Player vs Player) action battle brawler under development targeted for global market.

The company plans to roll out Battle Crush in the first half of next year after global testing.

MMORPG games such as the Lineage series have been NCSOFT’s cash cow for years but the company now pins high hopes on non-MMORPG games such as Battle Crush to lure young gamers.

TRAILERS OF PROJECT G, PROJECT M

At G-STAR 2023, NCSOFT will share the development status of two new titles: Project G, a massively multiplayer online real-time strategy game (MMORTS) played on PC and mobile platforms; and Project M, an interactive adventure game that works on consoles and PC platforms.

Developers of the two games will personally introduce the new titles on a special stage, the company said.

The game publisher will also showcase THRONE AND LIBERTY, set to be released this December, at G-STAR with its developers in attendance, and PUZZUP AMITOI, a mobile puzzle game, at its event booth.

NCSOFT said it has opened a special G-STAR promotion page on its website, where visitors can participate in an event to win a Play NC Pass to the G-STAR game show and play its demo games at BEXCO.

Write to Seung-Woo Lee at leeswoo@hankyung.com

In-Soo Nam edited this article.