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The9 stocks up.
NCSoft obtaining controling interest in NC Sina has pushed The9 stocks up over 40% in two weeks. The9 is one of China's largest online game portal companies.

"Korean game developer NCSoft has recently assumed full control of its "NC Sina" joint venture by acquiring the 51% stake held by former partner Sina Corp. This development has, in turn, fueled speculation that NCSoft might choose The9 Limited to operate its popular online game Guild Wars in China, which would be a boon to The9."

• Read the entire story at Marketwatch
• Visit the TenTonHammer Guild Wars Community.
• Or the TenTonHammer NCSoft Community.

Just in case you haven't read it yet, there is a new Deo's Space at the Official Gods and Heroes Forums.

The game is looking hot, so much so that when we showed this to several executives, one of them said that this was easily the best looking MMO he had ever seen. Sure, we've got the visual look to make all the video cards scream, but really that's only the surface of what we're preparing to unleash upon the PC gaming world. In truth, it's the squad combat that is looking incredible and let me tell you, it is really amazing to see how this team has risen to conquer the inherent challenges of implementing an AI-controlled system of minions.

More news and info on Gods and Heroes.

On April 4th we will send out the 5th TCoS newsletter! Among the regular items the newsletter contains a preview of the High House emblems and some insights on the enhancements we made to the Unreal Engine 2.5 for TCoS.

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More news and info on The Chronicles of Spellborn.

There's a new Dev Journal on the Trials of Ascension Forums. NeutroniumDragon elaborates on how the stats and skills work together.

All jesting aside, ToA's skill and stat system is something that we've been keeping tightly locked away, but since it's also something that undergoes regular review and tweaking, it makes for an excellent dev journal subject. And since we know just how much everyone is chomping at the bit for some information - *any* information - we're going to let a few little details slip through that securely guarded vault door. The recently-posted FAQ update describes some of the basic ideas behind the skill system, of course, so this journal will try to expand on what's presented there rather than simply restating the already-known.

More news and info on Trails of Ascension