The Independent Game Conference announced that Richard Garriott, the creator of Ultima Online and Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa will make a Keynote presentation at the event. Garriott co-founded Origin Systems with brother Robert and produced one of the most successful, longest-running game series of all time, Ultima. In 1992, Origin was acquired by Electronic Arts. Richard stayed with Origin until April of 2000, when he started a new company called Destination Games. Destination Games became a part of NCsoft Corporation in 2001. Richard is launching his first title for NCsoft, Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa, October 19, 2007.

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