Tired of your real life? Wanna be a hero for once in your life, fighting for the survival of humanity? Wanna wield futuristic weapons, equipped in armor, roaming across the universe?

Have no fear fellow gamer, NC Soft to the rescue. Yes that’s right they’re the guys who brought us Guild Wars, that great, FREE mmorpg, a few years back.

In Tabula Rasa you’ll become a member of the Allied Free Sentients, a human resistance group, fighting against The Bane, a species of aliens bent on conquering the universe. The storyline is just more of the usual: aliens invade earth, take it over in a matter of hours, man forms resistance group to survive. So…I guess it’s up to the rest of the game’s elements to convince us of the games value. Unfortunately we only yet have access to some screen shots and features of the game given by the producers.

Graphics look nice( they always do in screenshots ), some of the aliens have a crab like figure( a weak point in my opinion, it’s been done one time to many ), as for the features the game promises: there’s the “Logos” some…things that allow players to harness the very fabric of the cosmos( what the…?) , the built-in voice chat technology, character development depending on the players actions, …as for the other features, nothing special, just more of the same.

I’m not really a big fan of MMO games, but I’ll admit Guild Wars is one of the best games out there, so even if I’m not (yet) impressed with Tabula Rasa, I’m sure they know what they’re doing.

The game is scheduled to launch Quarter 4 2007.

<-250x250 Square - left->A few days ago I wrote a piece about how the only game that could dethrone World of Warcraft was the upcoming Warhammer Online…shame on me…I had forgotten one of the most highly anticipated games of the year…a game with as much right to the MMORPG throne as WoW or Warhammer.

LOTR Online : Shadows of Angmar is the first MMORPG based on the books of J.R.R. Tolkien and promises to allow players to roam across all of Middle Earth in a quest to defeat the dark forces of the evil Lord Sauron. You’ll meet famous characters like Gandalf and the members of The Fellowship, fight against Uruk-Hai, Nazgul, Trolls and other deadly enemies.

You’ll adventure into Tolkien’s universe as a man, elf, dwarf or…hobbit (powerful warriors these), choose from 7 seven different classes, tamper with your character’s physical appearance and equipment and, as it evolves, customize it even more using traits. The game promises a lot of other interesting features but we’ll just have to wait for the beta version to really get an idea.

But based on what we know WoW is in for some serious competition, Warhammer Online and LOTRO, both franchises have a successful background and a considerable number of fans…this is going to be interesting.

Well one thing is for certain if there’s a game out there that can rival World Of Warcraft it has to be Warhammer Online.

Unlike all the other MMORPGs that have challenged Blizzard’s money making machine this one really stands a chance, the Warhammer franchise has been around since 1983 and if you ask me this fantasy universe rivals and even surpasses Warcraft in every way.

I’ve seen some of the artwork for this game, and all I can say is WoW!!! watch out.

Let’s face it we’re in for an epic battle right here in the real world…just imagine : In a world of online gaming… WoW reigns supreme…many have challenged and failed time and time again…only one game can truly challenge it’s rule…it’s name…WARHAMMER ONLINE: AGE OF RECKONING…let the battle begin…

The guys from Mythic promised not to disappoint and I really hope they come up with something breathtaking, cause that’s the only way they’re gonna have a chance in the fight for the top spot.