Sony has introduced a partnership with MMO developer and writer NCSOFT, a partnership that Sony says will assist its efforts to “develop past console and broaden PlayStation’s attain to wider viewers.”
The deal was signed by exiting president Jim Ryan and NCSOFT chief govt officer Taekjin Kim.
“This partnership with SIE is the start of our efforts to construct varied synergies collectively, using each corporations’ core competencies, technological capabilities, and experience,” stated Kim.
“We are going to ship a brand new and satisfying expertise to our viewers throughout and past genres and areas.”
For Ryan’s half, he added “Partnering with NCSOFT advances our technique to develop past console and broaden PlayStation’s attain to a wider viewers.
Like SIE, NCSOFT shares an analogous imaginative and prescient in creating high-quality, impactful leisure experiences for gamers all over the place, and collectively we’re excited to collaborate to push the boundaries of gaming additional.”
What makes this partnership extra attention-grabbing is the hearsay that NCSOFT is already engaged on an MMO based mostly on Guerilla’s Horizon franchise.
If that’s already the case, then the Horizon MMO will seemingly be the primary fruit this partnership bears, and it’ll be attention-grabbing to see which IP Sony tackles subsequent.
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