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Court Upholds Lord British Judgement Against NCSoft

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by Matthew Kato on October 25, 2011 at 11:35 AM

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Last summer, Ultima's Richard Garriott (also known as Lord British) won a $28 million lawsuit against NCSoft for what he says was his forced departure from the company. Now an appeals court has not only upheld that original ruling, but tacked on a nice little bonus as well.

According to Gamasutra, Garriott will also get $4 million in legal fees and interest from NCSoft due to the failure of the company's appeal.

Naturally, Stephen E. Fox, Garriott's lawyer, was pleased with this new outcome. "NCSoft schemed to avoid its obligations to [Garriott] at the trial court and on appeal," he said, "and neither the jury nor the 5th Circuit bought any of it. Contracts have consequences, and as the court of appeals explained, the trial court is not a trial run."

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by Scratius Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 11:47 AM

That's a nice chunk of change!
by sparta1991 Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 11:49 AM

wow wait is this the same NCSoft as the NCSoft from GW1 n GW2 AION??
by Boyzby Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 11:49 AM

Good for Richard Garriott, he really does deserve it!
Man, it's really hard for me to not call him Lord British. XD
by Rafael Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 11:52 AM

99 problems, but money ain't one.
by Mjolnr839 Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 11:59 AM

Isn't this guy half crazy?
by Dustin Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 12:15 PM

I'm pretty sure Garriot is half insane but he is a pretty *** good game designer. I bet the person who represented NCSoft had his jaw hit the floor when he heard the ruling.
by Murko Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 12:17 PM

So, cus his Tabula Rasa game fails, he sues them...already being rich and off in the head. :p eh. He seems more of a jerk to me.
by Zero Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 12:31 PM

Appeal fail
by nickpeck35 Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 12:40 PM

koo koo's nest.
by Wacko Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 12:41 PM

And that's why I love the law, opinions don't matter only facts
by jeff keech Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 12:43 PM

Good, publishers need to start being held accountable for treating developers like slaves and disposable assets.
by Jessie Scott Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 12:51 PM

After a month of Guild Wars 2 sales, they will take Garriot out to lunch, pay for his meal, and then tell him, "Oh, by the way..." *reach into pocket and pull out ginormous wad of bills and throw it on table* "Here's the 32 mil we owe you. No hard feelings eh? Cheers!"
by Jon Gregory aka JMan240 Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 01:00 PM

Hey, you know what's fun about this? If I had 4 million dollars I could game for the rest of my life... I agree 100% that publishers should be held accountable, but I have absolutely no desire to hear about them fighting with rich people over money though.
by Vibrant_Sounds Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 01:26 PM

I'm excited for Guild Wars 2 but this puts a bit of a shadow on NCSoft for me.
by Max Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 01:27 PM

I want to travel with Lord British
by Warbuff Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 01:38 PM

I hope he put on a pair of sunglasses mid way through the trial court pun. YEEEEEEAH!
by Donnie Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 01:51 PM

Millions.. That is whats wrong with this world, no one needs millions, no one.
by Triumphant Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 02:56 PM

whatever
by Matthew Fugere Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 03:07 PM

These pictures of him don't illustrate a very stable guy.
by Dixa Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 04:10 PM

tabula rasa failed because garriot was forced to scrap several years of work, start over amd forced to bring in korean developers who had veto power over him halfway through its cycle.