When it was announced last year that Pearl Abyss America’s former CEO,Jeonghee “JJ” Jin was leaving the company she helped to build, I’ll admit I was pretty stunned.
As the face of Pearl Abyss America, JJ made the company much more approachable, while also creating a culture that both celebrated its people as well as the players who make up the Adventurer’s in its flagship Black Desert Online.
So when the announcement came thatshe was moving from Pearl Abyss to rival NC America (the Western publishing arm of Korean MMO giant, NCSOFT), I had quite a few questions.
One major question that lingered was just what exactly was NC America? We had heard of NC America for a while, always seemingly alongside NCSOFT West’s operations, but it was hard to pin down exactly what this offshoot of NCSOFT’s role was within the company.
However, the decision to leave Pearl Abyss America wasn’t an easy one, JJ told MMORPG in an interview late last month. “It was also kind of unexpected and a very difficult decision for me,” JJ said.