The responsible parties at NCSoft have published the financial report for the 2nd quarter of 2026. There is reason to rejoice, as the company’s PC MMORPGs are more successful than ever. An important factor: Aion 2.
What does the new financial report from NCSoft show? After the Korean publisher and developer had focused heavily on mobile for years in their new releases, it is primarily the PC MMORPGs this year that are responsible for NCSoft’s current positive trend.
In the first quarter of 2026, there was already noticeable revenue growth and a record quarter for PC MMORPGs (source: NCSoft). The following quarter was even more successful. The PC portfolio is estimated to have earned about 243 million US dollars in the 3 months. This is 8 percent more than the previous record quarter and 216 percent more than in the 2nd quarter of 2025.
The fathers of success: Aion 2 and … Lineage?!
Where does the success come from? A large part of the revenues comes primarily from two current games. Aion 2 cannot maintain the extremely strong revenues from the 1st quarter, but with about 51 million US dollars it forms a mainstay of success. According to NCSoft management, the number of subscribers is said to have increased again after recent adjustments to the payment model.
The revenue figures for Lineage Classic have skyrocketed. The remake of the MMORPG classic from 1998 launched with a subscription model in February 2026 and is taking off like a rocket in South Korea and Taiwan. The Classic variant alone is said to have earned more than 130 million US dollars in the second quarter. This allowed the revenues of the Lineage titles for PC to be increased ninefold compared to the previous year.
What else do we learn? NCSoft aims to continue building on its current success in the coming months. With the global release of Aion 2 in October 2026 and with Guild Wars 3, which is set to receive a beta test in the fall of 2027. But also with further projects such as the online shooter Cinder City or the mobile MMORPG Horizon: Steel Frontiers.
Overall, NCSoft intends to release a total of ten new games by the end of 2027. Whether this includes Guild Wars 3 is unclear. However, it seems like they want to see the third part of the popular MMO series live by May 2028 at the latest – you can read more about it here: ArenaNet receives a fortune from NCSoft to make Guild Wars 3, everything could depend on its success or failure
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