This week saw a lot of changes in Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa. NCsoft have released the Weekend Wrapup which gives gamers information on a new known issue, an event called the Blind Race, as well as a preview on patch 1.5. In addition, it also gives a few details on both the Mid-week Massacre and Friday Night Fights. If you're lagging behind on intel, head on over to the full article to update your information log.

This week's Tabula Rasa Screenshot of the Week is a pretty special one. While most of the screenshots we've posted before focused on Tabula Rasa's gameplay elements and environments, this one gives us a sneak peek at one of the cool masks the devs have come up with in celebration of Halloween.

Players can get these special Halloween masks on October 31, during Tabula Rasa's three-day pre-order headstart promo. The festivities will include missions that let players spread some Halloween goodies in exchange for a total of nine available halloween masks as treats from the dev team.

Those who pre-order NCSoft's Tabula Rasa will be the only ones able to join in on the Halloween event, so try and pick up a Pre-Order Bonus Pack if you want to sport one of the nine special masks.

We know, we know. Halloween was so two weeks ago, but hey, these pictures of the Tabula Rasa team bedecked in their Halloween finery didn't come out until recently, so just bear with us, alright? We're putting up these pictures because it's always good to remember that while game developers may have to work for hours or days on end on just a few pieces of videogame code, they can still make time for some holiday flippantry in the form of dressing up like food and dead people.

The following pictures are of the Tabula Rasa team's entries to the NCSoft company-wide Halloween costume competition. We're guessing that whoever had to get these photos developed got stuck with a photo developing guy who acted like Robin Williams in One Hour Photo or something (how else would you explain why they just posted these pictures days after Halloween, hehe).

Anyway, check out the (crazy) photos below.

 

We got more photos (some are, um, we're speechless). Check them out by clicking on the Full Article link below.

The Stratics' site updated again. They've just posted a new section in their main site, as their way of celebrating this year's Halloween. It contains info on the new classes we can expect from TR once launch day pops up, info on a new race, some new vehicle screenshots, and a couple of more links about about new concept art and interviews.

And if it all sounds too good to be true, it is. The Stratics boys are at it again, and in the midst of their Halloween sugar rush, have laid out some interesting "tricks" for the links.

The good news is that they've mixed it in with some factual info for their game, so all-in-all, this should be a fun treat. And what sort of tricks do they have in mind? Here's a clue: It involves a tutu, a kitten, and a lawyer. Well anyway, here's the links list:

• Commando Paths
• Ranger Paths
• Biotech Paths
• Sapper Paths
• New Feline Race Announced!
• Breathtaking Artistic Visions of Tabula Rasa!
• AFS Vehicles Unveiled!
• New Gameplay Screenshots – Including PvP!
• Burning Questions Answered by the TR Team!
• June 1st Release Date Confirmed!

Feel free to visit their site via the link below - we hope you have the common sense to figure out which are the "tricks" and the "treats".