MMORPG.com reports that both Jeff Strain and David Reid have parted ways with NCsoft. In the case of ArenaNet cofounder Jeff Strain, word is: "NCsoft West announces the departure of Jeff Strain, President of Product Development, who has chosen to leave NCsoft under amicable terms and NCsoft wishes him the best in his new endeavor. This does not change our plans or negatively impact our upcoming launch of Aion, and NCsoft remains very excited about the game’s launch on September 22nd in the U.S. and September 25th in Europe. These changes do not influence any other teams, development schedules or other launches." They go on to call the departure of President of Publishing David Reid "an unrelated and separate event," providing little in the way of detail, but saying "he will be missed."