
Aside from today's announcement that the Dark Age of Camelot: Labyrinth of the Minotaur expansion pack would be released in Europe on February 14, 2007 - marking the fifth anniversary of (EA) Mythic's MMORPG - there have also been another couple of MMO related stories over the past few days, which are worthy of mention. As the title implies, they refer to Richard Garriott's long overdue sci-fi project Tabula Rasa, and the fantasy MMORPG Dark and Light.
While we were still recovering from the new year's dizziness last week, developer Destination Games and publisher NCsoft saw fit to open the early beta sign-ups for Tabula Rasa. Here's what the announcement reads, minus the system requirements that you can study by following the previous link:
"Destination Games and NCsoft are looking for a few good testers – and now is the time to enlist for the early rounds of Tabula Rasa beta testing. We will be selecting testers based on system specifications, game experience, location, and date submitted. Please note that processing your beta application will take some time and we have a limited number of beta slots available. Closed beta slots are limited to players over the age of 18 and require acceptance of a Non-Disclosure legal agreement." Regarding Dark and Light, since the game has already been live for several months, Farlan Entertainment finally decided to offer everyone a chance to play it free of charge, at least up to level 10. The program is called "Discovery Mode", and as they say, "It's all very simple: All you need is an active Dark and Light forum account".
"This access is valid for the whole lifetime of Dark and Light. Invite your friends to join you now in the hostile lands of Ganareth!
The goal is to give all players the chance to start an unlimited adventure in the world of Ganareth.
From the 10th level, the gamer continues the adventure with no limit but he cannot collect more XP points (Fighting, Social, and Craft).
If he decides to keep progressing though Ganareth, he will have to buy a Dark and Light activation key and will have to choose to be either a Freedom or a Master player." That's all, folks, but stay tuned for more MMO - *cough* WoW *cough* - news shortly.




