Efter en unavngiven kilde i går talte over sig overfor Gamesindustry.biz, har rygterne omkring NCSofts lukning af Tabula Rasa (i Europa) fået ny vind. Koreanske NCSoft har nu reageret og meddelt, at deres “operationer” udenfor Korea vil blive samlet i det nydannede NC West. NCSoft var dog allerede i går ude (på bl.a. Massively.com) for at forsikre ængstlige gamere om, at deres Tabula Rasa ikke løber nogen steder sådan lige med det samme. Balladen startede efter NCSoft offentliggjorde deres seneste økonomiske tal, som ikke just var alt for kønne.

Thursday 11th September, SEOUL, Korea – NCsoft ® Corporation (KSE: 036570.KS), the world’s leading publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs), including award-winning franchises Lineage ®, Guild Wars ® and City of Heroes ®, today announced the formation of “NC West™”. A wholly-owned subsidiary of NCsoft with operating responsibility for western regions including the US and Europe, NC West will be led by Chris Chung as CEO, Jeff Strain as president, product development, David Reid as president, publishing, and Patrick Wyatt as CTO as well as yet unannounced European executives.

NCsoft’s existing subsidiaries NC Interactive, NC Europe, NC Austin, and ArenaNet will be led as a unified organization under NC West with a dedicated focus towards becoming the world’s premier western publisher of MMOs. NC West is the tentative name for the organization, and the company expects to announce final naming and corporate structure in the near future. NC West’s headquarters is planned to be established in Seattle, WA by the end of 2008.