NCSoft said its first-quarter revenue rose 54.7 percent from a year earlier to 557.4 billion won, helped by consecutive hits from new releases Aion2 and Lineage Classic. Operating profit jumped 2,070.1 percent to 113.3 billion won and net profit rose 306.4 percent to 152.4 billion won. PC game sales hit a quarterly record. The company plans to start global service for Aion2 in the second half.

NCSoft plans to move away from an MMORPG-heavy business model and build a predictable growth model, it said. The company aims to generate cash from existing IP such as Lineage while diversifying into shooting, subculture and action RPG games and mobile casual titles. It outlined three growth pillars: upgrading legacy IP, expanding new IP through in-house development and publishing, and scaling mobile casual games using data-driven testing and live operations.