Chief Publishing Officer leaves NCSoft; Garriott brothers might go too

Chris Chung, Chief Publishing Officer at NCSoft is trading his post at the popular MMO company for a leading position at Real Networks’ games office.

NCSoft is publisher of more than a dozen MMO titles, for example Lineage I+II, City Of Heroes and Auto Assault, and has recently expanded it’s business with a China subsidiary. Although Tabula Rasa, developed by famous game designer Richard Garriott and his brother, is still on track for a release under NCSoft, the two are likely to leave as well after the game’s release. Reasons for their and Chung’s departure will probably never make their way beyond NCSoft’s offices, but a rumor points to a lot of employees not really being on good terms with the company’s CEO, Tack Jin Kim.
Chris Chung, Chief Publishing Officer at NCSoft is trading his post at the popular MMO company for a leading position at Real Networks’ games office.

NCSoft is publisher of more than a dozen MMO titles, for example Lineage I+II, City Of Heroes and Auto Assault, and has recently expanded it’s business with a China subsidiary. Although Tabula Rasa, developed by famous game designer Richard Garriott and his brother, is still on track for a release under NCSoft, the two are likely to leave as well after the game’s release. Reasons for their and Chung’s departure will probably never make their way beyond NCSoft’s offices, but a rumor points to a lot of employees not really being on good terms with the company’s CEO, Tack Jin Kim.