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Tabula Rasa: Tabula Rasa Enters Closed Beta

SzarkSzark News ManagerMember Posts: 4,420
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Tabula Rasa, Richard Garriott's much anticipated sci-fi MMO title has announced that they have entered the closed beta phase of production.

Austin, Texas, May 2, 2007--NCsoft® today announced that closed beta testing is beginning for the company's highly anticipated online computer game, Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa™. The start of closed beta marks the game's final development stages as Tabula Rasa approaches an anticipated launch this fall in North America and Europe.

Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa is a massively multiplayer online (MMO) role playing PC game that places players in an epic sci-fi story where they will be challenged by dynamic and fast-paced adventures on alien worlds.

Garriott's signature creative vision introduces several fresh features to the MMO genre such as a character cloning system, role-playing on the battlefield and a mystical "Logos" language and powers system. They are the types of touches that players have come to expect over the years from a Richard Garriott game.

"This is an exciting time for the Tabula Rasa team," says Garriott, executive producer at NCsoft and the Austin, Texas-based Destination Games™ development team. "With closed beta testing now in progress, we're excited to hear more what our players think. With fast-action and tactical combat in an RPG setting, a deep and interesting fictional universe, and many feature innovations, we think we've created a game that represents the next generation of MMO games and will revolutionize the way people play online games."

Garriott is best known for creating the best-selling Ultima® computer game series, including the first commercially successful MMO game, Ultima Online. In 2006, he was presented with two industry honors for his work in the games industry. That year Garriott was inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame and later was presented the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Game Developers Choice Awards.



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  • MrbloodworthMrbloodworth Member Posts: 5,615
    Nice, im really excited to see how this turns out.

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  • RobbgobbRobbgobb Member UncommonPosts: 674
    Really looking forward to more. Will be glad when I get a chance to play it.
  • teddythanhteddythanh Member Posts: 3
    hic, still nothing happen untill now... they wont chose me for test account give away
  • TerranahTerranah Member UncommonPosts: 3,575
    Beautiful screenshots.  I hope this turns out to be a good mmo.  We need a good land based sci fi mmo.
  • KordeshKordesh Member Posts: 1,715
    I really hope I get into this beta soon. I'm really interested in how this turns out.

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  • godpuppetgodpuppet Member Posts: 1,416
    Kinda annoyed that EU are excluded from the initial beta... Its whats to be exected I guess

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  • inmysightsinmysights Member UncommonPosts: 450
    I really hope this turns out to be Anarchy on crack!!!

    I am so good, I backstabbed your face!

  • JpizzleJpizzle Member Posts: 371
    So excited about this. Rappidly refreshing my email in hopes of the sweet joy of a beta invite.
  • CuppaJoCuppaJo Member Posts: 15
    Originally posted by godpuppet

    Kinda annoyed that EU are excluded from the initial beta... Its whats to be exected I guess
    They aren't. They (the EU) started beta too. :)
  • JarloJarlo Member Posts: 221

    This one is on my short watch list.  I live really nearby I wonder if I should app for beta in person 8)

     

  • chriswsmchriswsm Member UncommonPosts: 383
    Have to admit that I have neglected MMORPS for a while.  This might just rekindle my urges to play.   I will watch for the EU Beta.

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  • Nimr0d23Nimr0d23 Member Posts: 58
    No mail from them, seems I won't be in the beta.
  • gpettgpett Member Posts: 1,105
    Originally posted by Jarlo


    This one is on my short watch list.  I live really nearby I wonder if I should app for beta in person 8)
     
    Have some pizza and drinks delivered with your email and a request for beta invite.  I bet it works.
  • HrothmundHrothmund Member Posts: 1,061
    I'm truly looking forwards to playing this game, its an exciting and "different" scifi concept. Please, just please deliver a quality product Destination games, and don't let NCSoft work their "magic" too much.
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