NCsoft Austin
Moby ID: 6348
- Destination Games, Inc. (from 2000-04 to 2001-05-16)
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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 to focus on development 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 company NCsoft. The studio was then renamed to NCsoft Austin.
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.
Credited on 2 Games
| Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa (2007 on Windows) |
| Dungeon Runners (2007 on Windows) |
History +
- September 10, 2008
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NCsoft Corporation announces to consolidate NCsoft Austin, along with the US and European NCsoft subsidiaries NCsoft Europe, NC Interactive, and ArenaNet under a single label, NCsoft West. Lay-offs from the Austin office are expected.
- May 17, 2001
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Destination is renamed to NCsoft Austin and becomes the United States headquarters of South Korean MMORPG giant NCsoft Corporation.
- April 2000
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Company founded as Destination Games, Inc. by Richard Garriott, Robert Garriott, Starr Long and Jake Song in Austin, Texas.
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 2 games with NCsoft Corporation
- 2 games with NCSOFT West
- 1 game with Noviy Disk
- 1 game with Flashpoint Germany GmbH
- 1 game with Massive Black Inc.
- 1 game with NCsoft Europe Ltd.
- 1 game with Computer Games Distribution, s.r.o.
- 1 game with Critical Mass Interactive, Inc.
- 1 game with GamersGate AB
- 1 game with NCsoft Korea
- 2 games with Keith Quinn
- 2 games with Joel White
- 2 games with Andrew Brock
- 2 games with Janus Anderson
- 2 games with Cody Russell
- 2 games with Michael Craighead
- 2 games with Dallas Snell
- 2 games with Robert Garriott
- 2 games with Tracy W. Bush
- 2 games with Ian Weyna
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