NCsoft To Invest Strategic Stake In U.S. Independent Game Development Studio MTVessel
May 06, 2025
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The investment entity is NCWest, a North American subsidiary of NCsoft. MTVessle is a triple-A independent game development studio established in Austin, Texas, in 2023, featuring veteran developers from global leading game developers Activision, Disney, Eid Software, Microsoft, and Nutty Dog as founding members.
According to NCsoft, the developers participated in the production of global hit FPS games and action adventure games such as 'Doom', 'Quake', 'Call of Duty', 'The Last of Us', 'Borderlands', 'Tomb Raider', and 'Uncharted'.
MTVessel is currently developing a cyberpunk squad PvP-style tactical shooting game 'DEFECT'. It released its first official trailer video last year under the title of the Unreal Engine 5-based PC platform. Starting with this investment, the two companies said they will form a long-term partnership to discuss various cooperation measures, including the publishing authority of the new shooting game 'DEFECT'.
NCsoft is already focusing on building a development cluster for each genre and securing a global portfolio through domestic and foreign investments. In addition to shooting games under development, it is creating a shooting game cluster by investing in Moon Rover Games in Sweden, Northern Europe, and domestic developer Mysteel Games.
Park Byung-moo, co-chairman of NCsoft, said, "MTVessle is a triple A-class development studio established by developers who have secured successful experience and expertise in shooting games, a global major genre, and game art and sound experts with fandom. We will continue to make investments to secure new global IPs and build cluster pipelines by genre in the future." he said.
"We are very excited to partner with NCsoft for deeply sympathizing with and supporting the philosophy and goals of game development that we have," said MTvesl CEO Emmanuel Paralik. "With NCsoft's support and expertise, we expect 'DEFECT' and MTvesl to take it to the next level."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
