lWhen Richard Garriott parted ways with Tabula Rasa developer and publisher NCSoft last year, he spoke rather amicably enough about the company. Something must have happened over the past few months, then, since it's been revealed that Garriott is now suing NCSoft.

Kojima's so good at what he does that he only needs one lifetime to get his second lifetime achievement award. Word has just gone out that living legend Hideo Kojima will be given this high distinction at the 2009 Game Developers Choice Awards.

NCsoft is officially the latest company to bow out of the ranks of the Entertainment Software Association, once again putting the future of E3 into question. How many more publishers have to leave before you make E3 public again, ESA? What about the children? Won't anyone think of the children!

Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa will officially end its live services on February 28. Can't say I wasn't expecting this, especially after Richard Garriott announced his plans to leave NCSoft earlier this month. Players get some measure of consolation when the servers will be free to play starting January 10. Details after the link.

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ExultPSP, the homebrew that will let you play Richard Garriott's classic Ultima VII on your PSP, is now on version 2.2. The second part of the original game, Serpent Isle, is now playable. Details in the full article.

Download: ExultPSP v2.2

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Now here's one of those news items that blends a little bit of gaming and science. Now we're pretty sure why MMORPG giant NCSoft has been named in this particular press release, but we'll also tell you: it's amazing what the human race can think of in the brink of its "serious and pending" extinction. Learn more about Operation Immortality - a part-game, part-reality project aimed at preserving the human race - at the full story.

It's been potpourri for the Science blog this week. We have news from everything between evolution to the secret of immortality, from life via diamonds to ... mutant pig-monkeys? I did say it was potpourri week. Let's get started with this week's Science Weekend Warrior!

Worried that the world will be ending soon? Then you might want to know that NCsoft, the publisher and developer of Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa, is offering players a shot at immortality. Well, as close to immortality as you can get if the entire earth gets razed by another Tunguska event, a nuclear war, or even aliens. To find out more, check out the full article.

NCSoft has announced the North American release of game cards for City of Heroes, Exteel, and Tabula Rasa. Wondering what sort of goodies these card will entitle you to? Head over to the full article for the rest of the details!

Patch D10.3 has hit the public test servers for Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa. Quite a number of issues were addressed with this patch, so hopefully it will eventually make it to the live servers. To find out what this patch contains, head on over to the full article.