NCsoft Launches Lineage II Commercial Service

Stunning 3-D World and Intense Combat System Open New Chapter to Legendary Online Game Franchise

Austin, TEXAS, April 28, 2004- NCsoft® Corporation (KSE: 036570.KS), the world's leading developer and publisher of online computer games, announces the launch of North American commercial service for Lineage® II: The Chaotic Chronicle. Lineage II is the much-anticipated prequel to the world's most popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), Lineage.