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Richard Garriott blasts NCsoft with $24 million lawsuit
Massively —
... shut down in January, we thought we'd heard the last of NCsoft and Richard Garriott in the same sentence. Oh, how wrong we were. Yesterday, Kotaku broke the news that Garriott was suing his old pals at NCsoft to the tune of $24 million for fraud, and generally being a bunch of fetid arsebiscuits. Details were decidedly skimpy, however - why would Garriott go after the company so long after his departure? What had gone rotten in Denmark? This morning, GamePolitics added their .02 to the mix and upped the ante with the legal documents involved - and ...
Update: Garriott Lawsuit
The Common Sense Gamer —
This is a very interesting update with some added information on the details of the lawsuit:
Garriott, best known for the Ultima RPG series, alleges that he lost millions when NCsoft manipulated him into cashing out stock options earlier this year after firing him late in 2008. Garriott’s dismissal is news in itself, as his departure from the company was presented to the gaming community by NCsoft as voluntary.
..ouch.
Hmmm….don’t they always say “voluntary” or “left for other ...
News: More Like Incorporeal
Penny Arcade —
... who can manage this sort of thing reliably. He said/she said entanglements of the sort the Garriott lawsuit is comprised of are fundamentally not fascinating . Might be best here to assert a kind of sci-fantasy undercarriage to his complaint, and move to the next item. It was certainly amusing that it was taking so long, and as a professional jerk I was contractually obligated scourge its creators. But deep down, in another consciousness - one less exposed to reality's corrosive wavelengths - I've never believed anything but the best about Duke Nukem Forever. Until mods ...
No, Really, I Heard
Broken Toys —
Apparently while I was out of town last week, the lawyers were busy.
I think I’ve posted quite enough opinion about NCsoft and Tabula Rasa to sit this one out.
