NCsoft Names New President of North American Operations

Korean-based game developer NCsoft made an announcement today regarding some promotions among the managerial staff of its North American operations:

Robert Garriott

Chris Chung

Austin, Texas, December 20, 2007-NCsoft®, the world's largest developer and publisher of online computer games, today announced two promotions within its global family. Robert Garriott is leaving his post as president of NCsoft's North American business and moving into a role of global business development and planning. He'll remain in Austin while working closely with NCsoft's CEO Taek Jin Kim in his new position.

Garriott's position will be filled by Chris Chung, currently the vice president for worldwide product development. Chung has a long history with NCsoft. He began his tenure at NCsoft subsidiary, ArenaNet®, where he managed that studio's business and helped launch the highly successful Guild Wars® franchise. Chung later went on to become the chief publishing officer for NCsoft's Seoul headquarters.

"We're extremely pleased with Robert's plans to become more involved with our global business development," said CEO Taek Jin Kim. "The future for NCsoft is very bright and his leadership in this area will be a huge step forward for the company. Chris Chung is a strong leader who has been successful at every one of his stops at NCsoft. He'll be a perfect fit for the North American publishing business."

Both Garriott and Chung will begin their new duties on January 1.

About NCsoft Corporation

NCsoft North America is headquartered in Austin, Texas and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Korea-based NCsoft Corporation. NCsoft, with its own development and publishing offices in Texas and California, also works with other NCsoft subsidiaries and third party developers throughout North America to develop and publish innovative online entertainment software products. The company has successfully launched multiple online titles in the last three and a half years and continues to support its franchises, which include Lineage®/Lineage II, City of Heroes®/City of Villains®, Guild Wars/Guild Wars Factions®/Guild Wars Nightfall®/Guild Wars: Eye of the North™, Dungeon Runners™ and Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa®. More information about NCsoft can be found at www.plaync.com.

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I've definitely seen that coming for a while now =/

At least they kept him in some position within the company...

I think you're misreading it a little. I could be wrong, of course, but I think this is a good thing. Going from running one division to heading up global business development is a big step up. Robert's always struck me as a big picture guy anyway.