NCSoft has pulled the plug on it’s science fiction MMORPG Tabula Rasa, which will go offline on February 28th, 2009. It will be free to play from January 10th, 2009 until the closing date.
In development since 2001 by Ultima creator and long-time series producer, Richard Garriot, Tabula Rasa was released in November of 2007 after a long and tumultuous development cycle as a sci-fi massively multiplayer online role-playing game that blended shooter elements into it’s gameplay for a more action-packed experience.
Sadly the game didn’t perform well sales-wise and thus NCSoft will no longer be supporting the game, which has come along with massive layoffs from the company as well as Richard Garriot himself stepping down, making for some hard times at the MMO publisher.
Regardless, you may still want to check the game out before it becomes obsolete to check out it’s unique gameplay. The team has also promised that they will be doing some really fun things in the coming months to make it a bitter-sweet end.