Richard Garriott and Starr Long’s studio working on Shroud of the Avatar.
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Massively Overthinking: What generates trust in MMO crowdfunding for you?
Last week, an anonymous game developer posted on the MMORPG Reddit about the broader MMO playerbase's frustrations with crowdfunding. See, this dev says he's...
Shroud of the Avatar disables a big experience boost to get rid of shared experience pools
There was a 10x quest experience bonus in Shroud of the Avatar, but it has been disabled now. But the reason is actually somewhat...
Shroud of the Avatar extends an olive branch to Chronicles of Elyria’s community
With this week's announcement of the collapse of Chronicles of Elyria's studio and development, you can bet that there are a whole lot of...
Shroud of the Avatar offers a preview of its upcoming Bunker C scene
While much of the most recent Avatar's Update from Shroud of the Avatar doesn't have too much different from the last one, there is...
Shroud of the Avatar lets players pick Mistrendur locations, unveils new town size
The latest Avatar's Update newsletter from Shroud of the Avatar is all about land ownership, for the most part. Whether you're among those players...
Perfect Ten: Son of conversations with anthropomorphic MMO studios
It has been a while since I've had any more conversations with anthropomorphic representations of MMO studios. Why? Because it's not fun for me. Come...
Interview: Saga of Lucimia on themepark design, SWG inspiration, and the MMO genre
Last week, we ran an interview with Stormhaven Studios' Tim Anderson, the boss behind upcoming MMORPG Saga of Lucimia. That interview was focused on...
Interview: Saga of Lucimia on funding, development, launch, and business models
Upcoming MMORPG Saga of Lucimia has been somewhat dark over the last year as its developers hunkered down to develop rather than hype. But...
Shroud of the Avatar croons over its Bardic skill tree
If you know anything about us here at Massively OP, it's that any news of Bards being added to MMOs brings the most beautiful...
Shroud of the Avatar readies for the Mistrendur land rush
There's a new parcel of land coming to Shroud of the Avatar and already players are itching to stake a claim and build on...
Shroud of the Avatar updates Bard skills, gives $6999 backers a new house
A new architecture style has arrived to Shroud of the Avatar and the first ones to get their look at it are those who...
Shroud of the Avatar shows off its reborn Upper Tears region
It would seem that the undead of the Upper Tears area in Shroud of the Avatar have gotten fed up of being XP-earning fodder...
Perfect Ten: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures at the start of 2020
This annual column always inspires a certain amount of debate, which is intentional. Outside of the office, a good chunk of that debate is...
Shroud of the Avatar outlines plans for Episode 2’s arrival and additional updates in 2020
So, just where is Shroud of the Avatar's Episode 2? That question is mostly answered in a rather beefy dev forum post which outlines...
Shroud of the Avatar clarifies its stance on multi-boxing
In the interest of clearing the air and apparently settling some unrest regarding multi-boxing in Shroud of the Avatar, Catnip Games has gone on...
Shroud of the Avatar boots real-money transactions off its forums
Real-money traders, you are no longer welcome on Shroud of the Avatar's property. At least, that's the message being sent by Catnip Studios, which...
Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding news of 2019
Welcome to a special edition of Make My MMO, Massively OP's weekly and sometimes biweekly recap of the big news in crowdfunded MMOs. Hey, you...
Shroud of the Avatar rolls out Release 73 with its first iteration of GM tools for players
The latest release for Shroud of the Avatar is giving players the power to serve as GMs. Before you get too excited about this fact, you...
Ask Mo: The hits and misses of MassivelyOP’s 2019 predictions
The day has come: the day when we look back at last year's predictions for this year and see how we did. Yep, this...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMO stories of 2019
Earlier this week, we granted our formal award for the biggest MMO story of the year. But biggest doesn't necessarily mean best or most...
