There's an announcement made today by NCsoft NorCal">Paragon Studios for their MMORPG game City of Heroes. According to the press wire sent out, the game will have a new expansion pack entitled "Going Rogue".

lWhen Richard Garriott parted ways with Tabula Rasa developer and publisher NCSoft last year, he spoke rather amicably enough about the company. Something must have happened over the past few months, then, since it's been revealed that Garriott is now suing NCSoft.

As of today, NCSoft's MMORPG franchise Guild Wars has broken the six million sales mark. That's a LOT of copies sold. In line with this milestone, ArenaNet has released a major content update that includes new quest content and extra storage options.

Did you know that the EverQuest MMORPG for the PlayStation 2 is still running? Did you even know it existed? Anyway, that's besides the point. Those who missed out on the PS2 version might get a chance to experience it on this get. SOE has suggested the franchise might find its way to the PlayStation 3.

NCsoft is officially the latest company to bow out of the ranks of the Entertainment Software Association, once again putting the future of E3 into question. How many more publishers have to leave before you make E3 public again, ESA? What about the children? Won't anyone think of the children!

Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa will officially end its live services on February 28. Can't say I wasn't expecting this, especially after Richard Garriott announced his plans to leave NCSoft earlier this month. Players get some measure of consolation when the servers will be free to play starting January 10. Details after the link.

Thanks to misthero for the tip!

It looks like NCsoft will be literally taking the kid gloves off in terms of its focus in the MMO genre. In an interview conducted by Kotaku with NC West president of publishing David Reid, he mentioned that they will be redoubling their efforts on large, triple-A MMO titles from now on. Check out the details of this interview in our full article after the jump.

Those of you who thought the grind in NCsoft's Lineage 2 was getting a little too tedious, then you'll love the new changes brought about in the latest "free to subscriber" update for the game. Gracia - Part 1 introduces a new leveling system which will dramatically speed up character advancement, especially for the newer players. Find out more about the other changes in our full article.

More layoffs are happening in the gaming industry, this time from NCsoft. But it's not as drastic as rumors that circulated this week claimed. Details after the jump.

Now here's one of those news items that blends a little bit of gaming and science. Now we're pretty sure why MMORPG giant NCSoft has been named in this particular press release, but we'll also tell you: it's amazing what the human race can think of in the brink of its "serious and pending" extinction. Learn more about Operation Immortality - a part-game, part-reality project aimed at preserving the human race - at the full story.