Richard Garriott and Starr Long’s studio working on Shroud of the Avatar.
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Shroud of the Avatar’s Release 58 goes live today with fishing improvements and tameable wyverns
Heads up, Avatars: Shroud of the Avatar's Release 58 is live today, and it brings improvements to fishing, tameable Wyverns, performance enhancements, bug fixes,...
Shroud of the Avatar Update details collector’s box shipments, player-made books, Release 57 livestream
This week's update from Shroud of the Avatar is all about collector's box shipments, player-made books, and the recent Release 57 livestream. The main...
Shroud of the Avatar player explains how to work the game’s new furniture dyes
There are inevitably going to be two different sorts of reaction to the new furniture you can dye in Shroud of the Avatar. One...
Shroud of the Avatar starts shipping its collector’s editions
Here's a welcome bit of news for those who have been waiting for their physical feelies from Shroud of the Avatar: Collector's Editions are...
Shroud of the Avatar previews player-made dungeons, launches Kickstarter for comic book
Shroud of the Avatar has never been bereft of interesting ideas or experimental initiatives. One of these is getting a live preview today with...
Leaderboard: Does an MMORPG’s publisher factor into whether you’ll play it?
I was genuinely surprised to see so many people flip out over August's reveal that Ashes of Creation will be using My.com as its...
Shroud of the Avatar expands dye palettes to more furniture in this week’s update
One of my first MMORPG memories revolves around my standing at Britain bank in Ultima Online, offering to dye people's clothes for gold -...
Shroud of the Avatar teases Polynesian cosmetics, example player-built dungeons
Does Polynesian stuff make sense in Shroud of the Avatar? At this rate, may as well! The game's latest newsletter shows off some of...
One Shots: Supporting characters
When you look for famous characters in your MMO, you may be looking for someone complete different than the rest of the crowd.
Lt. Commander Hikari...
Take a peek at the development of Shroud of the Avatar’s player-designed dungeon system
Drama seems to plague Shroud of the Avatar, but if you can look past it, there's some fun innovation going on inside Portalarium in...
The Stream Team: Shroud of the Avatar’s Shooter Jennings album release party
Have you ever attended an album release party? You can in Shroud of the Avatar! Shooter Jennings, whose music is in game, has an...
Shroud of the Avatar works on global visual improvements, throws Shooter Jennings album release party
No, your eyesight hasn't just gotten way better than last week; it is just that Shroud of the Avatar is starting to look a...
Shroud of the Avatar’s 56th update is live, with a big PvP update and bug clean-up
Shroud of the Avatar's 56th release is upon us, having been pushed live successfully yesterday. A big chunk of the update is necessary but...
This week’s Shroud of the Avatar patch includes an R2-D2 lookalike in homage to Star Wars
Shroud of the Avatar's release 56 is coming on Thursday, which means Portalarium's latest newsletter includes recaps of some of the content the team's...
Shroud of the Avatar’s newsletter covers the mysterious comet and player-created dungeon tools
Strange sights abound in Shroud of the Avatar right now. "Astronomers across New Britannia have noted that the approaching comet has agitated the creatures...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 177: ArenaNet A-bomb
Justin and Bree discuss the Guild Wars 2 debacle, Trove, The Sims 3, Camelot Unchained, Warframe, Shroud of the Avatar, Temtem, Final Fantasy XIV, Defiance 2050, and Trion's Marvel Heroes promo, plus a mailbag entry on looter shooters as the future of MMORPGs.
Shroud of the Avatar opens up optional ‘rewards’ subs, stretch goal cash shop to fund episode 2
With release 55 now behind it, Portalarium is focused on the future of Shroud of the Avatar. Specifically, that means episode 2, which is...
Richard Garriott rejects idea that Shroud of the Avatar is a ‘flop’, says the game will run ‘forever’
Shroud of the Avatar has long been an odd bird in the MMORPG crowdfunding space. Driven by the eccentric Richard Garriott, it raised large...
The Stream Team: Celebrating freedom in Shroud of the Avatar
What better way to celebrate freedom than in a game that is all about freedom to do and create as you want? Shroud of...
Shroud of the Avatar’s 55th release includes brewing and starter houses for everyone
Portalarium is shaking off its layoffs and plunging onward with the release of Shroud of the Avatar's 55th update. Release 55 should be live...
