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With a couple of months to go before its official launch, Shroud of the Avatar has more than a few challenges to overcome to...

When we moved over here to Massively Overpowered, some of us transplanted our long-running columns to the new space. I perhaps felt most devastated...

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...

Just about 20 years ago, my boyfriend and I were wandering through Media Play (heh) when he picked up this box for some new...

Ultima Online isn't considered the progenitor of the MMORPG genre for nothing: It's closing in on 20 years of operation next week, to be...

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...

February 28th, 2009, was a dark day for MMO players, as crowds flocked to Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa in the hopes of hitting level...

I really know pretty much nothing about Ultima. This is only partly my fault. Way back when the Ultima games were a big deal on...

So this is an unusual situation for me: I've never actually played a game for Choose My Adventure that I've disliked this much. Those of...

Shroud of the Avatar's equity crowdfunding venture has gone rather well: Portalarium declared last night that it has "exceeded SeedInvest target and  now...

Curious about astrophysics? The Massively OP Podcast brought on a special guest for a fun holiday bonus 'cast back in 2015 to answer a...

I often joke with our readers that Massively OP is not an MMO uptime monitor, but darn if we don't feel like a Richard...

If you haven't figured it out, Shroud of the Avatar and Ultima Online's Richard Garriott is on a press tour lately for his new memoir,...

Watch out, Comic-Con: Shroud of the Avatar's masterminds are on their way to rock your geeky world. Richard Garriott and Starr Long will host...

Barreling toward this month's Release 44, Shroud of the Avatar is (ahem) fleshing out its Elven population with better models and even female models....

Didn't Shroud of the Avatar just have a telethon? It did! But this is a special one in honor of Portalarium founder and MMORPG...

Dr Richard Bartle, best known to MMORPG players for establishing the research that ultimately led to the admittedly flawed but widely quoted "Bartle test,"...

Following Ultima Online's most recent update, animal training is at the forefront of many adventurer's minds. The overhaul to the system has received a lot...

Justin interviews Richard Garriott and Starr Long about Ultima Online's spiritual successor, Shroud of the Avatar.

In yesterday's comments on the Shroud of the Avatar AMA article, MOP reader squidgod2000 drew everyone's attention to an overlooked bit in the Q&A...