Richard Garriott and Starr Long’s studio working on Shroud of the Avatar.
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Choose My Adventure: Get out of here, DC Universe Online
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: Equity crowdfunding passes $500K, studio plans monthly telethons
Shroud of the Avatar's equity crowdfunding venture has gone rather well: Portalarium declared last night that it has "exceeded SeedInvest target and  now...
The Stream Team: Striking out on the open road of Shroud of the Avatar
Shroud of the Avatar's development continues along, and Massively OP's MJ needs to catch up! There is so much to see and do in...
‘Selectively multiplayer’ Shroud of the Avatar unleashes R44, plans August free trial, and expands around the globe
The Shroud of the Avatar team is sitting pretty on top of this past week's Release 44, but there is always more to be...
Shroud of the Avatar’s Release 44 finishes episode one’s story
Shroud of the Avatar is complete.
Not the full game itself, of course, but the storyline to episode one is now fully playable from start...
MMO dev and astronaut Richard Garriott hosts a Reddit AMA on /r/space today
Curious about astrophysics? The Massively OP Podcast brought on a special guest for a fun holiday bonus 'cast back in 2015 to answer a...
Shroud of the Avatar stymies insider trading at the perceived expense of backer privileges
Yesterday, Shroud of the Avatar's Starr Long announced a change to its testing forums that has ruffled more than a few backer feathers.
"Due to the...
Shroud of the Avatar polishes, primps, and prepares for this week’s Release 44
The Shroud of the Avatar team is staying quite busy this summer as it works to finish up the game world for launch later...
Shroud of the Avatar’s Richard Garriott backs Neverdie’s ‘etherium blockchain gaming’ venture
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...
MMORPG veteran Richard Garriott decries ‘space tourist’ label
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,...
Shroud of the Avatar hopes to up its profile at San Diego Comic-Con this week
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...
Shroud of the Avatar’s Portalarium transitions into publishing, may consider partnerships
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....
Shroud of the Avatar kicks off another fundraising stream, this one for Lord British’s birthday
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...
Perfect Ten: MMOs in limbo
The one thing that I thought we could all count on forever was that the MMO life cycle was pretty easy to understand. A...
With R43 behind it, Shroud of the Avatar looks ahead to Q3
Shroud of the Avatar's 43rd release dropped over the weekend, boasting tweaks to the Path of the Oracle, performance updates, a balancing pass for...
Massively Overthinking: Do MMORPGs aspire to pro-social mechanics?
Massively OP reader and Patron Avaera has a thoughtful question for the team and readers this week. "I wish more virtual world games thought deeply...
Shroud of the Avatar posts its development plans for Q3 2017
There's a path forward for Shroud of the Avatar, and it includes the game's story being done in July. Well, not totally done; the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 124: Shroud of the Avatar’s Richard Garriott and Starr Long
Justin interviews Richard Garriott and Starr Long about Ultima Online's spiritual successor, Shroud of the Avatar.
Shroud of the Avatar vastly increases game performance with Release 43
One of the big complaints about Shroud of the Avatar during its lengthy testing process has concerned poor optimization and clunky, laggy gameplay. These issues...
Shroud of the Avatar plans patch for Thursday, free trial next week
We're nearing the end of another month, and that means, like clockwork, another Shroud of the Avatar patch is almost upon us. Release 43...
