Next Gen got to sit down and talk with Richard Garriott!
But NCSoft's U.S. output thus far has largely been from subsidiary ArenaNet (GuildWars) as well as other developers like NetDevil (Auto Assault) and Cryptic (City of Heroes / Villains). Internally, Dungeon Runners and Tabula Rasa have yet to be released. The latter's history has been far from smooth-running and has become something of an object lesson in the dangers of trans-Oceanic development.
Garriott says, "We started with a very international crew trying to make a collaborative game design between the US and Asia. We wanted to make one game that was going to solve all the design and artistic issues for both territories."
Long live Lord British!
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