Nov 21 2008
Tabula Rasa to live only 15 months
Tabula Rasa , Richard Garriott’s (of Ultima fame) sci-fi MMO step-child, will be shutting down on February 28th, per the official announcement on their web page. It will become free to play on January 10th until its shut down date - I suppose as an invitation for everyone to see why no one was paying for it to begin with. Surprisingly, it has a GameRankings score of 79% .
Of course, our knight of shining armor, Lord Garriott, bailed out of NCSoft only ten days ago, citing his interest in space. Well, I’m glad he enjoyed his tour of space that cost him over $30 million dollars of fan’s cash. Personally, I hope this latest adventure in his series of recent failures teaches him to leave the gaming industry alone now.
