This is where you come in. The new Adam and Eve 2.0 Art Contest held by NCsoft allows players to submit their own original artwork for a chance to win a spot on the Immortality Drive. Winners will get their DNA and artwork sent into space with Richard Garriott and stored on the International Space Station as part of mankind's greatest achievements. The selection will also have the opportunity to appear on future NCsoft promotional materials.
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Massively writes: "Last week we got a chance to visit NCsoft's Austin offices to attend the first ever AFS War College, where some of Tabula Rasa's finest soldiers were invited to join NCsoft's developers for a day of discussions, questions, and demos. We took a tour of the facilities guided by Richard Garriott himself, and we invite you to join us as we learn all about the design of Logos, hear all the details on how Tabula Rasa is developed, and see the TR developers' top priorities. Have we piqued your interest yet? Click along with us and see what came of this year's War College!"
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Eurogamer writes: "NCsoft has told Eurogamer that Tabula Rasa has a growing player base and is not in as much trouble as recent financial reports seem to suggest.

"Tabula Rasa has a dedicated player base, which is growing month on month," said an NCsoft Europe spokesman.

"Tabula Rasa offers players a different kind of MMO experience, enhancing our portfolio of game titles. The game play mechanics are very different to that of a typical MMO - those who have experienced the game have recognised these innovative features and applauded them.

'A recent European trial promotion was met with great demand; we will be doing a similar promotion later in the year.'"
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Tabula Rasa has only been up and running for six months, but they've already lost a sizeable enough chunk of folks that they'd do anything to win you back. Since release they've had 8 new content updates, introduced alien hybrids, and added respec tokens to the mix, and for the week beginning May 5th and ending May 12th players who've passed on the action can log into their accounts and see how the game has been shaping up, completely free.
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Play TR announced a new playable class, the Skitterin Hybrids.
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Starr Long, the Producer of Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa, updates us on the state of the game, as well as moving forward to the exciting things to come:

"I would be remiss if I don't clarify the matter of rumored 'massive layoffs' within NCsoft North America and the Tabula Rasa team. While the game has not taken off as quickly as we had hoped, we also launched in an insanely competitive time frame, with several well-known intellectual properties launching follow up products at the same time. However, the fact of the matter is that we are transitioning from a pre-launch crunch-mode development team to a live service team. This is standard in our industry-you ramp up to launch a game and then ramp down once it's live. This is what we are doing over the next several weeks, and it only affects the Tabula Rasa team. Once all is said and done, we will still have a substantial live team for industry standards. As you can see by the new features we're working on, we're still planning on lots of great content and updates all year long."
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NCsoft has inked deals with three Russian firms to distribute its MMO products in the region.

Noviy Disk will bring boxed copies of Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa to Russia, while Netville and Yandex have secured digital rights to a number of titles including Lineage II: The Chaotic Throne, City of Heroes and the Guild Wars franchise.

"We are delighted to be working with such respected and commercially successful partners, as Noviy Disk, Netville and Yandex," commented Max Brown, sales and operations director of NCsoft Europe.
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NCsoft has shot down multiple claims made about its sci-fi MMO Tabula Rasa in a "sloppy and sensational" Korea Times article, but admitted potential layoffs may be in the works following the game's lackluster performance.
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NCSoft CFO calls it, Austin arm downsized, Garriott to become a space tourist.

NCSoft's chief financial officer, Lee Jae-ho, has told The Korean Times that Tabula Rasa has proven to be a financial disaster.

Featuring heavy involvement from Richard Garriott, the sci-fi MMO was supposed to rattle the genre and take it to the next evolutionary step courtesy of the game's real-time combat and battlefield strategy. But it's gone down like a cup of cold sick.
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Bruce Woodcock's MMOGChart.com has updated with his latest tracking of MMO subscriptions.

MMOGChart.com is dedicated to research in tracking the growth of subscription-based Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs). Each version is updated with new figures, charts, graphs, and Woodcock's analysis.

His latest charts and analysis are listed under Alternative Sources.
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