U.S. Navy and Marine personnel to receive 2,000 of NCsoft’s City of Heroes games

"Heroes for Heroes" program will provide free game packs to military personnel returning from duty in the Middle East

AUSTIN, Texas, July 23, 2004- NCsoft[sup]®[/sup] Corporation (KSE: 036570.KS), the world's leading developer and publisher of online computer games and Cryptic Studios™ are giving 2,000 copies of their best-selling City of Heroes[sup]™[/sup] game packs to U.S. Navy personnel returning from duty in the Middle East. This game giveaway program, dubbed "Heroes for Heroes," is a way for NCsoft and its employees to show gratitude to the military men and woman returning from difficult duty.