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May of 2009

 

Rate Richard Gariott Sues NCsoft for 27 Million Dollars

Original at Softpedia external link    Fri, May 8

 Romania His latest videogame adventure, the futuristic MMO Tabula Rasa, was not as successful, being shut down by NCsoft earlier in 2009 because of low subscriber numbers. Before that, Garriott had gone up to the International Space Station, taking with him ...

Rate Garriott seeks $27M in suit against NCsoft

Original at Bizjournals.com external link    Thu, May 7

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 NC The suit goes on to say that within days after Garriott's return to Earth, NCsoft announced it was shutting down the game that Garriott spearheaded at the company for six years, “Tabula Rasa” and informed Garriott that his departure would be considered ...

Rate News: Garriott says he was forced out by NCsoft

Original at Eurogamer external link    Thu, May 7

Tabula Rasa creator Richard Garriott claims that he was forced out by former employer NCsoft, and the publisher subsequently "re-characterised" the move as voluntary. That's according to the suit for fraud Garriott brought against the Korean company this week. Gamasutra has obtained...

Rate Garriott sues NCsoft, saying company fired him and cost him millions

Original at Austin American-Statesman external link    Wed, May 6

 TX During that time, he used his adventure to promote "Tabula Rasa." Garriott has said he spent a considerable part of his fortune on the trip to the International Space Station in October. Late last year, NCsoft said it would shut down "Tabula Rasa" in ...

Rate Why Richard Garriott Is Suing NCsoft

Original at Kotaku.com external link    Wed, May 6

 NY In fact, the suit claims that the pleasant farewell letter posted on the Tabula Rasa forums in Garriott's name was in fact written by NCsoft, attempting to make Garriott's departure seem like a voluntary one. The filing explains that the whole ...

Rate Richard Garriott blasts NCsoft with $24 million lawsuit

Original at Massively external link    Wed, May 6

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By Krystalle Voecks This morning, GamePolitics added their .02 to the mix and upped the ante with the legal documents involved - and boy, are they illuminating. According to Richard's side of the story, it goes like this: Richard & co form Destination Games, and are bought out by NCsoft in exchange for some...

Rate Richard Garriott Sues NCsoft

Original at Escapist Magazine external link    Wed, May 6

 NC Fallout from the falling-out between Garriott and NCsoft is getting ugly. Garriott, the famed Ultima mastermind who joined NCsoft to try his hand at MMOG development with Tabula Rasa, left the company in late 2008, saying his much-hyped trip into space ...

Rate Richard Garriott wants $24 million from NCsoft

Original at Virgin Media external link    Wed, May 6

 UK Kotaku reports that court documents have surfaced revealing that Richard Garriott, creator of Ultima and the failed Tabula Rasa, is suing NCsoft for $24 million. The suit was filed in the Texas Western District Court, with Garriott accusing NCsoft of ...

Rate Richard Garriott, creator of Ultima and Tabula Rasa, accuses ...

Original at NowGamer external link    Wed, May 6

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Garriott was formally CEO of NCsoft Austin, the publisher's US branch, which developed the recently deactivated sci-fi MMORPG Tabula Rasa and supported the North American version of NCsoft's Lineage series. Garriott left NCsoft following the commercial ...

Rate News: Richard Garriott suing NCsoft for fraud

Original at Eurogamer external link    Wed, May 6

Ultima and Tabula Rasa creator Richard Garriott is suing his former employer NCsoft for fraud, to the tune of USD 24 million. Richard Garriott left NCsoft late last year after his 2007 science-fiction MMO, Tabula Rasa, failed to perform. Ten days later, the Korean publisher announced tha...

Year 2009

 

Rate The greening of Richard Garriott

Original at Austin American-Statesman external link    Sat, Mar 28

 TX His most recent game, "Tabula Rasa," was not a big hit, and NCsoft canceled it last month rather than invest the money to keep the game going. It was an unusual low note for Garriott, a recognized legend in the gaming world. ...

Rate Richard Garriott making a comeback!

Original at EL33TONLINE external link    Mon, Jan 5    2 related articles

By oliver@el33tonline.com (Oliver) Richard Garriott, Ultima’s Lord British and founder of legendary (now defunct) development company, Origin, spoke to BBC News recently (amongst other developer luminaries) and revealed his desire to get back into game development, after he announced his resignation last year from...

Rate Richard Garriott making a comeback!

Original at EL33TONLINE external link    Sun, Jan 4    2 related articles

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 South Africa - his resignation from the troubled NCsoft. Two weeks later it was announced that the last game Garriott worked on, Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa, ...

Rate Richard Garriott Wants To Do A New Game

Original at Escapist Magazine external link    Fri, Jan 2    2 related articles

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Following his 12-day trip into space aboard the International Space Station, Garriott announced in November that he was leaving Tabula Rasa publisher NCsoft ... Richard Garriott considering a return to “medieval fantasy” genre ElectricPig.tv

Rate Big Titles to Declare Game Renaissance in 2009

Original at Korea Times external link    Mon, Dec 22

 South Korea - Dec 22, 2008 The 100 billion-won flops that were Richard Garriott and his Tabula Rasa now seem like distant memories. NCsoft is not the only gaming company that is ...

Rate Tabula Rasa To Wave Good Bye News

Original at Total Video Games external link    Mon, Nov 24

Just a couple of weeks after Richard Garriott announced his departure, NCsoft confirms the end for his sci-fi MMO...

Rate Tabula Rasa to shut down

Original at EL33TONLINE external link    Mon, Nov 24

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 South Africa - The embattled massively multiplayer online RPG (MMORPG), Tabula Rasa, developed by NCsoft and celebrity game developer Richard Garriott, is set to shut down ...

Rate NCSoft Doles Out Freebies to Tabula Rasa Subscribers [Tabula Rasa]

Original at Kotaku external link    Fri, Nov 21

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By Brian Crecente Shortly after they announced that they were pulling the plug on the Richard Garriott led massively multiplayer online game and that people who worked on the title were losing their jobs, NCsoft broke down some of the things they are going to try and alleviate the sting of playing on a soon t...

Rate Tabula Rasa Closes in February

Original at Wired News external link    Fri, Nov 21

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By Earnest Cavalli Image courtesy NCsoft Message from the Tabula Rasa Team[ Tabula RasaOfficial Site] See Also: Why Richard Garriott Can't Play Tabula Rasa in Space Video: Richard Garriott on Colbert Report Garriott Sends Coded Message From Space Richard Garriott Plans Flight Into Space

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Rate NCSoft on PS3 plans, PSP MMO, and Tabula Rasa

Original at Qj.net external link    Wed, Aug 8

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By Jerico G. JoyStiq managed to score an interview with NCsoft boss Richard Garriott and Executive Producer Brian Clayton. The talk revolved mostly around the MMORPG industry and their (NCSoft) plans to support the PlayStation 3 with MMO-type titles. Their latest project - Tabula Rasa - was also tou...

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