Report: Former NCsoft Staff Suspected Of Lineage III Theft

**MIG-31** · Apr 27, 2007, 07:23 PM

Source: Gamesutra
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Korean police officials are investigating a reported theft of video game code taken from Korean-headquartered MMO publisher NCsoft, one of the region's top computer game publishers.

According to a new report by the online edition of major Korean newspaper The Chosun Ilbo, the Seoul Metropolitan Police are currently investigating the theft of source code relating to NCsoft's upcoming PC title Lineage III. According to the report, seven former NCsoft employees are thought to have shown and possibly passed on the code to an unnamed “major” Japanese game company.

Apr 27, 2007, 07:23 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,818 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	Report: Former NCsoft Staff Suspected Of Lineage III Theft Source: Gamesutra _______________ Korean police officials are investigating a reported theft of video game code taken from Korean-headquartered MMO publisher NCsoft, one of the region's top computer game publishers. According to a new report by the online edition of major Korean newspaper The Chosun Ilbo, the Seoul Metropolitan Police are currently investigating the theft of source code relating to NCsoft's upcoming PC title Lineage III. According to the report, seven former NCsoft employees are thought to have shown and possibly passed on the code to an unnamed “major” Japanese game company. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here