Here's an update for Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa players. Today's  back-to-back updates include news on the upcoming respec changes and an upcoming hotfix. Check out the full article for more information.

Heads up, soldiers! If you can spare a minute, we're got something that might interest you. The official website for Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa has just been updated and you'll be glad to know that a new story for its official fiction stories page. Check out the full article for the details.

Ready for this week's batch of GameStop deals? We're sure a lot of people want to get their hands on the Jumper video game (Xbox 360, PS2, and Wii) and the graphic novel. If you want to get both, then this might be your lucky week. GameStop is giving out the graphic novel to those who pre-order video game. Interested? Check out the full article for more.

When fighting against somebody, we sometimes think, mostly in jest: can't we all just get along? In the upcoming MMORPG from NCsoft, Tabula Rasa, that is not an option - considering the Bane invaded Earth first. In this new video, we see the just how massive scale Tabula Rasa's war is going to be.

Alien environments, alien... well, aliens, plus the power of the Logos are showcased in to video. We also get a preview of how the war is going to be in-game and by the looks of it, it's going to be massive. Anyway, check out the Tabula Rasa video below to see what we mean.

Since it'll a little over a month before we see Tabula Rasa hit the shelves, it would be best to see the video. It just might tide you over until release.

Make way! Marching in from the Leipzig Games Convention is an army of Tabula Rasa screenshots and concept art.

Aside from the usual in-game screenshots of the NCSoft's Tabula Rasa comes four concept artworks of a couple of places we'll be able to explore in the virtual world: Arieki and Atta Colony. The concept art showcase the double sided nature of the alien worlds. On one side, they're grand and sprawling views, on the other, they're forbidding and dangerous (you can probably see that from the lightning bolts and the lava).

In the screenshots, alien foes and soldiers pose for photo ops. 'Nuff said.

Check out the screenshots and see if you like what you see. Tabula Rasa will be marching to the shelves on October so better get ready.

   

More screenshots at the Full Article.

Attention space cadets! We've got another screenshot update for the upcoming MMO, Tabula Rasa. Nope, we don't have the screenshot of the week. Rather, there's a whole batch of them for you to uncover.

In case you've been living under a moss-covered rock, Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa is an MMO from NCSoft and Destination Games that features a post apocalyptic world where humans are battling with nasty aliens. In the screenshots, we see some pretty effects (that blue net-like projection looks cool), a number of big and small alien species, plus some environments-slash-battlefields.

While we wait for Tabula Rasa to see its public release, check out the screenshots, just so you see what we mean.

   

More screenshots come after the jump!

Attention soldiers! We've got a new Tabula Rasa video for you and it will help motivate you for our campaign.

This new Tabula Rasa video is actually a great briefer for the newbie soldiers as it features where it all started. In the trailer, we see just how the invaders took the human race by surprise and how some people were handpicked to fight. "We never saw it coming" is probably the worst thing somebody could say when you're at the business end of a full scale invasion.

We'll let you watch the movie and see for yourselves. We'll bring you more news from NCSoft and Destination Games' Tabula Rasa so stay tuned.

The Tabula Rasa movie comes after the jump!

Been waiting to get your hands on NCSoft's upcoming MMO video game Tabula Rasa? Well, a report from IGN's VE3D.com might just pique your interest.

Reportedly, Richard Garriott's next massively multiplayer online game will be opening its beta doors to members of FilePlanet, a subsidiary of IGN. According to the report, there hasn't been any announcements with regards to when exactly this will happen, though they suggested an ETA of "later this month".

Interested? It wasn't specified whether the Tabula Rasa will be opened to all FilePlanet members, old or new. But at any rate, why not take your chances, right? What better opportunity to check out the game before it goes live?

The votes are in for the Tabula Rasa Caption contest and the winners have been announced. Recruits Avenger, DeadRinger, Soulie, and Zyphre were listed as the four winners of the PlanetTR Contest.

We showed the finalists for the contest a few days back and a couple of favorites made it to the winners' list. The screen of three guys playing Battleship was especially stitch inducing, though we were crushed when we found that the pedicure shot didn't make it. Anyway, the winners are to be given Beta spots. Here's the announcement from Firelotus:

Congratulations recruits, have your duffel bags packed and be ready, you are part of the newest wave of AFS soldiers to be called to the Front Line. Please PM your Commanding Officer (FireLotus) with your forum name, preferred email Address and your PlayNC account name so that information can be forwarded to CCO April "CuppaJo" Burba.

That's it folks. You can check out the rest of the winners by clicking the Full Article link below. Enjoy!

Eurogamer has considered MMOs as a separate platform from the PC as it is a growing part of the gaming world with each passing year. As a result to WoW's success (read: cash cow), MMOs are popping up like mushrooms. Cynics either consider them as imported mind numbing grindfests from Asia or WoW rip-offs.

However, others beg to differ. The question is whether WoW can keep it's throne in 2007 with all the other MMOs wanting a piece of the pie. Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (steroid shot men and giant swords), LotRO: Shadows of Angmar (based on J.R.R. Tolkien's masterpiece), and Vanguard: Saga of Heroes (from the maker of EverQuest, Brad McQuaid) are mentioned in the list along with what else - World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade.

Tabula Rasa makes a surprising entry on the list, given its numerous delays and tight-lipped devs. Redesign has ultimately caused it's nth delay, and we're surely not complaining that they want to have the game released when it's really ready. Hopefully, this sci-fi MMO would be released by the end of this year.

Eurogamer concludes the list with Honourable Mentions - AION: Tower of Eternity (who wouldn't want to have usable wings?), Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising (to an age of togas and gladiators), Huxley (an MMOFPS), Pirates of the Burning Sea (Harr!), and Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (from the pen and paper RPG).