Garriott wins $28 million jury award in NCsoft suit

Looks like Richard Garriott now has more money to spend on another mission to space.  According to TheStatesman, he won his $28 Million in his lawsuit against NCsoft.

A federal court jury on Thursday awarded $28 million to Austin computer game pioneer Richard Garriott in his lawsuit against NCsoft Corp. , his former employer.

Garriott, the flamboyant game developer known to fans as Lord British, had sued NCsoft for the way it handled his departure from the company in 2008. Garriott claimed he was fired, but NCsoft said he left voluntarily shortly after he completed a ride into space and a stay at the International Space Station that cost him $20 million.

NCsoft's action, Garriott claimed, cost him millions of dollars because he was forced to quickly sell his options for more than 400,000 shares of the company's stock while the stock market was severely depressed. Under Garriott's agreement with NCsoft, he would have had up to 10 years to exercise the options if he were to be fired.