Cryptic Studios appoints former SOE exec as CEO
There's a new set of massively multiplayer hands on the wheel at Cryptic Studios, as the developer has announced the appointment of MMORPG industry vet John Needham as the company's new CEO. For those playing catch up, Cryptic, which is known for its infatuation with superheroes, developed the popular City of Heroes and City of Villains MMOs, properties it sold off to publisher NCSoft late last year before moving on to develop the decidedly not-Marvel MMO Champions Online. Needham is not completely out of his element at Cryptic, having worked as a senior exec at Sony Online Entertainment since 2001. However, while he handled a wide range of duties at SOE, from business development to QA testing, it remains to be seen if this prepared him to don spandex and wield executive powers at the Los Gatos, CA based MMO dev.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Alexander @ Jun 3rd 2008 1:13AM
Cryptic metaphor!
ScottyGEE @ Jun 3rd 2008 2:09AM
Do you seriously think this is fucking fair?
Lone Starr @ Jun 3rd 2008 1:15AM
You forgot to mention one other duty he had: screwing up SWG.
I kid -- or do I?
Capgun @ Jun 3rd 2008 7:35AM
...Dangit, Lost my first comment. Could've sworn it said name on current users.
Anyway, you know what this means. Plenty of useless patches, and completely ignoring the customers.