October 19th.

Richard Garriot’s Tabula Rasa is going to be launching in a little more than a month. I’ve been playing in the Beta for some time now, and …

I guess I can see it? I guess. It certainly doesn’t make me clutch my head in horror, like the concept of Gods and Heroes launching at the end of this month does. I’ll stick with it to the end to feel out its launchability prior to the 19th. We’ll see how it goes.

Cut from the press release after the jump

NCsoft Announces Launch Date for Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa

NCsoft, the world’s leading developer and publisher of online computer games, announced today that Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa has reached gold master status and will launch commercial service in North America and Europe on October 19, 2007. Pre-order customers will begin their three-day head start on October 16.

Set in a near-future science fiction storyline, players create characters that must fight to save humanity against hostile alien enemies while trying to gain control of the universe.

The standard edition box of Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa will be available at major online retailers at an expected retail price of $49.99 and at the PlayNC store. Customers will be able to purchase the recently announced Limited Collector’s Edition box from major retailers at an expected retail price of $69.99. Both products include the first month of online game play. After the first month, players will be charged a monthly subscription fee of US$14.99. Sixty-day game time cards will also be available at many North American retailers for an expected retail price of US$29.99.