NCsoft Launches Auto Assault

NCsoft fired over a press release earlier today announcing that NetDevil’s Auto Assault has officially launched in North America, Europe, and other select markets worldwide.

NCsoft Launches Auto Assault

Game publisher further expands massively multiplayer role playing genre with post-apocalyptic combat, veteran rewards and destruction to the max

AUSTIN, Texas, April 13, 2006 NCsoft® North America announced today that Auto Assault® launched commercial service in North America, Europe and other select markets worldwide. Developed by Colorado-based developer, NetDevil®, LTD, Auto Assault is the first massively multiplayer online (MMO) game set in a post-apocalyptic world featuring vehicle combat on an epic scale and fully destructible environments.

Auto Assault is available at retailers in North America at an expected price of US$49.99. The Limited Edition, which includes a headset to utilize the game’s voice chat system and a game soundtrack CD, will be available for an expected price of US$59.99. Both the standard and Limited editions of the game include the first month of online game play. After the first month, players will be charged a monthly subscription fee of US$14.99. Sixty-day game time cards will also be available at many North American retailers for an expected price of US$29.99.

In Auto Assault, players choose from three races and venture into a post-apocalyptic Earth wreaking havoc and vying for control over the few resources left. Players can design their characters and customize many different vehicle chassis to make their own unique fleet of death machines. Players may go on missions with others or on their own, craft unique items, and participate in player-versus-player combat via the arena system and contested outpost battles. No matter what they are doing, players are encouraged to interact with the game world by blasting through buildings, leveling towns and destroying just about everything they see.

(Auto Assault is a truly unique game, and a fantastic addition to our catalog,) said Robert Garriott, CEO of NCsoft North America. (There is nothing like it in the MMO game space it is easy to play, fast, and very fun. Auto Assault gives players the best of action games, the best of role-playing games and a super-cool world to discover and destroy.)

The release of Auto Assault represents both a continuation of NCsoft’s efforts to provide gamers many compelling products to play online, and the beginning of another great service with free content updates and expansions in the years to come. Additionally, a veteran rewards program has been put in place for players who subscribe to Auto Assault within the first thirty days of service. A detailed description of the veteran rewards is available on the Auto Assault website (www.autoassault.com/gameinfo/vetawards.html).

(Compelling characters, tricked-out vehicles, crazy-fast combat and full-blown destruction make Auto Assault a blast,) said Scott Brown, president of NetDevil, LTD. (This is the game we’ve wanted to play for years; it feels good to launch commercial service. Now the real work starts today marks the beginning of our ideas for the product and we look forward to rolling out new content for players to enjoy.)

Auto Assault is rated T for teen. For more information about Auto Assault go to: www.autoassault.com .

About NCsoft

NCsoft – North America is headquartered in Austin, Texas and is part of Korea-based NCsoft Corporation. NCsoft, with its own development and publishing offices in Texas and California, also works with subsidiaries and third party developers throughout North America to develop and publish innovative online entertainment software products. In 2004, the company launched two massively multiplayer titles on the same day: Lineage® II and City of Heroes®, and in 2005 the hit games Guild Wars® and City of Villainsâ„¢ were released. In 2006, NCsoft will be launching other massively multiplayer titles including Auto Assault and Guild Wars Factionsâ„¢. More information about NCsoft can be found at http://www.PlayNC.com .

About NetDevil, LTD

NetDevil was founded in 1997 under the inspiration of Jumpgateâ„¢, the world’s first massively multiplayer space simulator universe. NetDevil is an independent game development company dedicated to the construction of massively multiplayer universes. NetDevil is committed to creating immersive, interactive virtual worlds in unique settings outside the typical fantasy genre. For more information, please visit http://www.netdevil.com .