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In this week's RoleCraft, Jim Moreno looks at the options RPers have when dealing with the old MMORPG standby - the expansion pack.

Start polishing the weaponry and get your toons ready for next Saturday, October 11, 2008. Tabula Rasa players will have the chance at a server-to-server war. Need the details? Click below.

MMO worlds are stagnant. They have cardboard cutout monsters and NPCs that stand in their assigned space. Players knock the monsters down like a fantastical shooting range, but after a few minutes, the pulleys whir, the monsters stand up, and the world reverts to its static state. On a micro level where thousands of players are sharing the same game space, this is to be expected. The problem is that it also exists at a macro level and constantly echoes in the background, "This world is not real... this world is not real..."

In a recent interview at Massively.com, NC West's newly appointed President of Publishing David Reid talked about the new direction for the veteran MMO company, and their focus on triple-A titles, like Tabula Rasa and Guild Wars. Reid reassured NC West's commitment to supporting their current portfolio of products, including Dungeon Runners, although it was not clear if there will be any future updates for their casual games.

Read the full three interviews at Massively, about NC West, Tabula Rasa and the Guild Wars franchise.

In this week's "RoleCraft," Jim Moreno looks at the difficulties of scheduling RP events with an established group, and some of the solutions involved.

Following several unofficial closure reports, NCsoft finally confirmed, in a gamingindustry.biz report, "that it is to unify its operations outside of Korea under the tentative banner of NC West," and effectively closing the Austin and Brighton offices. Read the full story after the jump!

NCsoft's Tabula Rasa team released their latest PTS patch notes for Deployment 12, listing new high-end instance maps, redesigned weapons and armor, in addition to numerous game feature fixes and tweaks. Check the full list after the jump!

In this week's "RoleCraft," Jim Moreno looks at different ways to roleplay with weather effects in-game.

Giving players a sneak peek into Tabula Rasa's Deployment 12, this week's Feedback Friday outlines some of the changes being implemented. It's all there for your reading pleasure after the jump.

Tabula Rasa's producer, Starr Long, has penned an article discussing the recent upload of Deployment 11 and the potential repercussions for Operation Immortality. Grab a drink and read on.