Richard Garriott

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Richard Garriott at the 2006 E3

Richard Garriott as General British

Executive Producer of Tabula Rasa. In-game aliases include "Lord British" and "General British."

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Richard Garriott, Executive Producer
A true veteran of the computer gaming industry, Richard Garriott was inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences’s Hall of Fame in 2005. He is best known for creating and publishing the best-selling Ultima series. Richard is currently working on his first title for NCsoft, Tabula Rasa.

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Richard Garriott, Executive Producer
Richard has been with NCsoft North America as executive producer since May 2001. Prior to this, he blazed a trail in the computer gaming industry by co-founding Origin Systems with brother Robert Garriott and producing one of the most successful, longest-running game series of all time: Ultima. In 1992, Origin was acquired by Electronic Arts. Richard stayed with Electronic Arts/Origin and launched Ultima Online, the first commercially viable massively multiplayer game, in 1997. He left Origin in April of 2000 and started a new company called Destination Games. Destination Games became a part of NCsoft Corporation in 2001. Richard is currently working on his first title for NCsoft, Tabula Rasa.