Richard Garriott and Starr Long’s studio working on Shroud of the Avatar.
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Shroud of the Avatar’s Release 47 focuses on launch priorities
Like clockwork, Shroud of the Avatar continues its long string of monthly updates with today's Release 47. It's a pretty notable release in that...
Shroud of the Avatar acquires fan-made map software for zone mapping
The original plan for Shroud of the Avatar was to have all maps be hand-drawn, found by players, and generally hard to find. This...
Shroud of the Avatar sells toilets and wheelchairs for charity
While it still continues on that long road to launch, Shroud of the Avatar is using some of its development time and resources to...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 139: Catching up with Legends of Aria
Justin and Bree are joined by Legends of Aria's Derek Brinkmann to chat about alpha; then they discuss Guild Wars 2's waypoint sales, SWTOR's merges, the WoW expansion, and Shroud of the Avatar's delay, with a mailbag question on lockbox gambling.
C-3PO lookalike joins Shroud of the Avatar in release 47
OK, so C-3PO isn't really being imported into Shroud of the Avatar, but the game's new automaton sure looks a lot like him (minus...
The Game Archaeologist: Ultima Worlds Online Origin
While the heady days of Ultima Online's dominant position over the industry are long gone, the MMORPG continues to operate and expand, and many...
Shroud of the Avatar pops out a free October trial, runs a Halloween contest
You can't turn around in this genre these days without Shroud of the Avatar leaping out at you with another free trial. And so...
Shroud of the Avatar is not launching this year, but it will have a launch date this year
There's a lot still to be done in the development of Shroud of the Avatar. Even with the most recent major patch for the...
Shroud of the Avatar’s R46 is live, with a stealing update, better load times, and plenty of polish
Shroud of the Avatar's 46th Release is live today, the first monthly update in which Portalarium says it is beginning to "truly focus on...
Battle Bards Episode 106: Early access themes
Instead of looking back at MMORPGs this week, the crew of Battle Bards launches forward into early access! What would a show about music...
Shroud of the Avatar preps 46th release, focuses on ‘player direction’ inside the world
It's almost the end of the month, and you know what that means: Shroud of the Avatar's monthly update. R46 is due out this...
Happy 20th birthday, Ultima Online! Here’s how to get caught up on the OG MMORPG
Just about 20 years ago, my boyfriend and I were wandering through Media Play (heh) when he picked up this box for some new...
Shroud of the Avatar stuffs in more dragons, preps for Halloween
Shroud of the Avatar's Release 46 is right around the corner, and when it arrives, so do the dragons. For the patch, the team...
Shroud of the Avatar reveals a batch of investment rewards for the one percenters
People, steel yourself for an entire article about gold-themed housing decorations that won't involve a single Trump joke. It's going to be hard, but...
Choose My Adventure: Shroud of the Avatar in summation
All the time through playing Shroud of the Avatar, I found myself wanting to like the game a lot more than I did. And...
Perfect Ten: The 10 tiers of MMORPG lore
In which we discuss varying levels of MMO lore effort and Eliot admits he doesn't remember the names of Pac-Man's ghosties.
Shroud of the Avatar’s R46, free trial, community map, and $52K telethon haul
Shroud of the Avatar is full-speed ahead, looking on to R46 with R45 in the rear-view mirror. What's in R46? Lots of stuff, starting...
Choose My Adventure: Many kinds of lost in Shroud of the Avatar
One of the first things I did in Shroud of the Avatar was get kind of lost. The last week's activities were largely similar....
Shroud of the Avatar is running another free trial until September 27
Curious about Shroud of the Avatar but not curious enough to drop money on the title first? Now you can try it out and...
Shroud of the Avatar rolls out R45, in spite of losing a week of work due to a software bug
Shroud of the Avatar rolled out another release on Thursday, imbuing the game's 45th update with what it's calling a huge amount of work...
