NCsoft Criticizes “Inflammatory” TR Report on Next Generation has reactions from NCsoft to an article in the Korea Times suggesting the launch of Tabula Rasa has been a financial disaster for NCsoft, and that layoffs at their US studio in Austin, TX will follow. NCsoft disputes a number of the points in the article, which they refer to as "inflammatory," saying the game is not a financial disaster, it's development cost nowhere near $100 million, or that there has been fallout with Robert Garriott following the game's launch. NCsoft does admit that the TR team may be downsized, but say that this part of the normal cycle of a game's development.