Richard Garriott planning comeback (CVG 2/1/09)

Veteran game designer Richard Garriott, aka 'Lord British', says he's planning to get back into gaming having left NCsoft.


"After 25 years at Origin, the last thing I wanted to make was yet another medieval fantasy game. Now, after a very interesting break, I'm keen to get back into the fray and work on a new game," he said.

And guess what he's planning? "Probably medieval fantasy and probably online; there's something very powerful about getting people together," he told the BBC.

Garriott, who spent twelve days on the International Space Station last year, recently left NCsoft, at around the same time the publisher announced it would be closing his sci-fi MMO Tabula Rasa.

Lord British also had some kind words for World of Warcraft developer Blizzard.

"If I had to pick a developer who has done a bang up job, it would be Blizzard [the development team behind World of Warcraft]. The number of people they have converted is just amazing. They have shown all of us what good game development is all about."