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NCSoft Closing Down Tabula Rasa

November 21, 2008 in News comments 6

Tabula Rasa will be closing its doors on February 29th, 2009. NCSoft pulled the plug on the project after its lackluster launch and subscription numbers floundered. They will let people play for free starting on January 10th as a thank you. Tabula Rasa was an attempt at combining the sci-fi and fantasy genres in an MMORPG setting while making use of 'twitch-based' FPS player skills.

Unfortunately, in today's troubled economy and with the intense competition between MMORPGs, it takes something very special to make a dent in the market and even more to survive. Tabula Rasa is the latest victim in these turbulent times, as the company has officially announced the game servers will shut down on February 29th, 2009. As a special thank you to its player base, the servers will be free starting January 10th, 2009. This was not a totally unexpected event as Richard 'Lord British' Garriot recently left the Tabula Rasa...
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  • 1
    chautemoc Nov 21, 08
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    They will let people play for free starting on January 10th as a thank you.
    Some sweet!
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      JelalTrueshot Nov 21, 08
      Yeah that is pretty cool of them. I might actually give it another go during that period. Maybe they are hoping to gain some big numbers then in an effort to stay open?
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    Storm Nov 21, 08
    I took notice of Tabula Rasa when it was displayed at E3 a few years back. Only problem was that I was (and still am) against P2P-based games. The various ways of customizing guns in the game was what caught my attention. Shame they are closing down, though, surely had a lot of potential.

    I'll also take advantage of the free state next year.
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      Final Blade Nov 22, 08
      That sucks, I don't even have the game and it looks interesting. Only if they made a console version.
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    Killosity Nov 22, 08
    I was hoping for a console version of this too. Personally It felt to me like it suited consoles more and probably would have merited more attention thesedays.
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    Dine_Agoti Nov 23, 08
    So many online games going down the tubes. I was hopeful for this year's lineup, and have been sorely disappointed. Glad I didn't invest in -this- one, too.

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