NC Soft, a Korean gaming company responsible for publishing several MMORPG games including City of Heroes, Lineage, and Guild Wars, has been hired on November 10th by SNK Playmore to publish online PC MMORPG games based on SNKP's franchises.
A similar concept has been tried by MEGA Enterprise, another Korean game publisher and distributer, with a huge disappointment, especially with its The King of Fighters Online game.
There are few evidences that The King of Fighters, Samurai Spirits (Showdown), and Metal Slug franchises will be published by NC Soft as MMORPG.
More information can be found at
watch.impress.co.jp and SNK Playmore's
press release page.