NCSOFT carried out an executive reshuffle on the 29th, promoting Chief Business Officer (CBO) Sunggu Lee and Chief Operating Officer (COO) Koo Hyunbeom to Senior Vice President. The moves are being read as performance-driven appointments that reflect the commercial success of AION 2, released in November last year, as well as contributions to maintaining the Lineage IP.

Senior Vice President Sunggu Lee joined NCSOFT in 2004 and has overseen development and business operations across the company’s major mobile titles, including Lineage M, Lineage 2M, and Lineage W. He is currently leading next key projects such as Horizon Steel Frontiers—a collaboration with Sony Interactive Entertainment—as well as Next Lineage, and Project JSY. Senior Vice President Koo Hyunbeom has managed organizational restructuring and the broader scope of management support functions.

Seungwook Baek, the executive director who led development of AION 2, was promoted to Vice President. AION 2 surpassed KRW 100 billion in cumulative revenue through early this month following its launch, helping drive a rebound in the company’s performance. Kim Namjoon (Producer/PD) and So In-seop, head of the game’s business office—both described as core personnel for AION 2’s development and business operations—were also promoted from managing director to executive director, respectively.

In the AI segment, NC AI CEO Lee Yeon-soo and Junsoo Lee, head of the R&I office, were each promoted to executive director. This is being interpreted as an evaluation of the spun-off entity’s technical capabilities and future growth potential.

This article was translated from the original that appeared on INVEN.