Shengqu Games CEO Feng Cheng, left, poses with NC co-CEO Kim Taek-jin, during a partnership agreement signing in Shanghai, Wednesday. Courtesy of NC

NC, the video game company formerly known as NCsoft, entered a partnership with China's Shengqu Games to publish its MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) Aion 2 in China, the Korean company said Friday.

The two companies signed the agreement Wednesday at a ceremony in Shanghai attended by NC co-CEO Kim Taek-jin and Shengqu Games CEO Feng Cheng.

NC and Shengqu Games have partnered since 2009, when the original Aion launched in China.

Under the agreement, Shengqu Games will handle the Chinese publishing of Aion 2. The company opened an official Chinese website for the game Wednesday and unveiled its local service name, Eternal Tower 2.