NCsoft Austin
Overview
NCsoft Austin, located in Austin, Texas, is a subsidiary of
NCsoft Corporation and a division of
NCsoft – North America. The Austin office was founded as
Destination Games, Inc. on April, 2000, by legendary game designer
Richard Garriott, his brother
Robert Garriott, and
Starr Long, the creator of
Ultima Online. They have teamed up with
Lineage creator
Jake Song in Austin to recruit a group of the world’s top designers of massively multiplayer online games.
At E³, on May 17, 2001, Richard Garriott announced a partnership making Destination the United States headquarters of South Korean MMORPG giant NCsoft. The studio is renamed to
NCsoft Austin.
The NCsoft Austin development team’s goal is to provide the next generation of massively multiplayer role playing games. The focus of their products will be on fun, accessibility, and rich content. Having pioneered the online game industry, this team is poised to revolutionize the marketplace with its future products.
NCsoft Austin is also the home for
NC Interactive, the support arm of NCsoft in North America. That group is comprised of community relations, web design, marketing, PR, quality assurance, customer support and localization specialists whose responsibility is to provide the support needs for the North American launch of Lineage and other NCsoft products.
Source: Official Lineage websiteAlso Known As
- Destination Games, Inc. (from Apr, 2000 to May 16, 2001)
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