Well, what do you know, the execs of NCsoft do apparently know how to make connecting flights.
“The Austin office has been the subject of some speculation which is erroneous,” [David] Reid told Edge in a Wednesday phone interview. “Austin continues to be a critically important space for NCsoft. The Tabula Rasa team is still there, along with customer service and QA.”
He continued, “We do expect this office to grow, particularly as we think about launching Aion next year and some efforts we have not announced on behalf of some of our other franchises.
“We really do believe that Austin is going to grow at a fairly dramatic pace over the next few years to support those products.”
That whiplash you may be feeling is from having to run to make that connection in Dallas.
#1 by pharniel on September 19th, 2008
someone’s in for a beat down from PR and marketing if this continues to be such muddled messages.
#2 by Jeremy Dalberg on September 19th, 2008
David Reid is (or was, until his recent promotion) the VP of Marketing at the moment. What he means by “grow” is “we’ll probably have to hire a bunch more QA testers and GMs for Aion.”
#3 by J. on September 19th, 2008
Reid is VP for Publishing, close enough. He was at Gametap, and before that Microsoft.
#4 by Vetarnias on September 19th, 2008
“Austin continues to be a critically important space for NCsoft.”
Translation: “We sell games there.”
#5 by Jeremy Dalberg on September 19th, 2008
He’s VP of publishing now – up until a few weeks ago he was, in fact, VP of Marketing
#6 by Offtopic on September 20th, 2008
I just noticed uo seems to have been transferred to the responsibility of Mythic. That’s gotta sting.
#7 by aet on September 23rd, 2008
Sitting on planes is hard.