Wgner James Au reports on

Cory Doctorow 6:42 am Tue Dec 4, 2001

Wgner James Au reports on Lord British's latest project. British was the creator of the Ultima and Ultima Online game franchises, but was forced out during a takeover. Now, he's working on a new game called Tabula Rasa, with a Korean setting.

Garriott's return to the gaming industry after parting ways with EA in late 2000 was supposed to be at a start-up called Destination Games, a company he planned to run with his brother Robert. But soon after registering the domain, he was offered the opportunity to merge with the Korean-based NCSoft, developers of Lineage: The Blood Pledge, the most popular subscriber-based online game in the world. (As of this writing, Lineage boasts a staggering 3 million-plus players, mostly in Korea, Taiwan and other Asian economic hubs. By contrast, Everquest, the most popular American subscription-based online game, has a mere 400,000 or so subscribers worldwide.)

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