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VIEWSONIC MATCHES CITY OF VILLAINS' SUPER POWERS WITH VX924

World's Fastest 3ms LCD Enhances Latest Online Gaming Release

WALNUT, Calif., Oct. 31, 2005 — ViewSonic® Corp., a worldwide leader in visual display products, recently provided NCsoft-North America with the VX Series of LCDs to visually showcase its long-awaited "City of Villains™" online interactive game, created by Cryptic Studios™. The preview event for the game, held on Alcatraz Island earlier this month, teamed ViewSonic's VX924—the world's fastest 3ms LCD display—with the intense motion, rich graphics of City of Villains to bring suspenseful villain missions to life, from heists and kidnappings to infiltrations and more.

"Gamers demand the utmost in performance to push the limits of interactive play to unprecedented levels," said Dorothy Ferguson, vice president of sales and marketing for NCsoft North America. "The VX924 provides a visual centerpiece for the City of Villains with its benchmark speed and its slim design for supporting greater mobility."

"The gaming community has long awaited an LCD with performance that meets the challenges of intense graphics, color and motion in games like City of Villains," said Jeff Volpe, vice president of marketing, ViewSonic Corp. "The industry-leading technology in the VX924, with its ability to minimize ghosting and other effects, provides the ideal visual device to emphasize the latest in gaming entertainment."

City of Villains, scheduled for launch today, is the standalone sequel to the critically acclaimed City of Heroes®. Using a staggering assortment of new powers, abilities, and customization options, players can now experience sinister game play from the other side of the mask. With diabolical craft and guile, players forge new villain characters in an attempt to dominate the world. Heroes and authorities of Paragon City™ will do all in their power to thwart these evil plans of destruction. It will take a supreme effort for true domination.

The Xtreme LCD line provides average gray-to-gray (or intermediate level) response time performance of 3ms, which is up to 10 times faster than typical "fast-response" displays on the market. This dramatically lessens motion artifacts and ghosting, making them the LCD of choice for extreme gaming, viewing DVDs, watching television and traditional computer applications.

About ViewSonic
ViewSonic® Corp., a worldwide leader in visual display products, offers comprehensive display solutions for today's business, education and consumer electronics markets. The company's products have won more than 2,000 awards globally from independent publications and organizations.

Headquartered in Walnut, Calif., ViewSonic was founded in 1987 and is a privately held corporation. For further information, please contact ViewSonic Corp. at tel: 800.888.8583 or 909.869.7976; fax: 909.468.3736; or www.ViewSonic.com.

About NCsoft

NCsoft North America is headquartered in Austin, Texas and is part of Korea-based NCsoft Corporation. NCsoft, with its own development and publishing offices in Texas and California, also works with subsidiaries and third party developers throughout North America to develop and publish innovative online entertainment software products. The company launched two massively multiplayer titles on the same day last year, Lineage® II and City of Heroes, and in April of 2005 the hit game Guild Wars®. In the coming months, NCsoft is poised to launch two more massively multiplayer titles: City of Villains and Auto Assault™. More information about NCsoft can be found at http://www.PlayNC.com.

About Cryptic Studios

Cryptic Studios, Inc., located in Los Gatos, California, was established in July of 2000 and is an independent developer of massively multiplayer online games for the PC and next generation consoles. Its first game, City of Heroes, launched in April 2004. The game takes place in a virtual world where thousands of people play simultaneously, take on the role of super-powered heroes, fight villains and help create a dynamic story in a visually-stunning, 3-D graphical world.

Forward-looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including all statements relating to the performance expectations of ViewSonic products, business opportunities or financial performance. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to be materially different than expectations. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, ViewSonic's dependence on third-party manufacturers; its need to maintain and expand its sales channels; market acceptance of ViewSonic's products; general industry trends, including cyclical trends in the PC and visual display industries; and the impact of competitive products and pricing alternatives. Investors are advised to read ViewSonic's Form 10 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly the section entitled "Factors that May Affect ViewSonic's Business and Financial Results."

Undue reliance should not be placed on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, and ViewSonic undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof.

* Windows PC compatible only

Trademark footnote: City of Heroes, City of Villains, Paragon City and all associated logos and designs are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cryptic Studios and NCsoft Corporation. NCsoft, the interlocking NC Logo, and all associated NCsoft logos and designs are trademarks or registered trademarks of NCsoft Corporation. Cryptic Studios is a trademark of Cryptic Studios, Inc. All corporate names and trademarks are the property of their respective companies.