Official Site:Â Shroud of the Avatar
Studio:Â Portalarium
Launch Date: N/A
Genre:Â Fantasy Sandbox
Business Model:Â B2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
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Make My MMO: March 28, 2015
This week's crowdfunding news was all about Crowfall. Seriously, we must've written about Crowfall like 76 times or something. In the end, the most relevant...
Betawatch: March 27, 2015
If you had told me that one of the big bits of news this week would be the release of Dungeon Fighter Online into...
Shroud of the Avatar prepares for Release 16 with a focus on performance
The last Shroud of the Avatar release saw a shift over to Unity 5 and a number of improvements and changes to the game,...
Shroud of the Avatar talks dev events, a community app, and more
Shroud of the Avatar's latest update is typically meaty. It features the usual footnotes related to in-game tweaks and changes as well as blurbs...
Make My MMO: March 21, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, SOE fans banded together and attempted to Kickstart this year's Fan Faire. You might recall that Columbus Nova...
Shroud of the Avatar tops $6 million in crowdfunding
Shroud of the Avatar has amassed over $6 million in crowdfunding along with over 150,000 backers according to the tracker widget on the fantasy...
The Daily Grind: Is Shroud of the Avatar destined to be an underrated MMO?
One conversation that I've seen echoed a few times is how strange it is that Shroud of the Avatar has been running such a...
Make My MMO: March 7, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, a couple of projects went bye-bye. First up was Trials of Ascension, which admitted to Kickstarter defeat and...
PAX East 2015: A chat with SOTA’s Richard Garriott
Richard Garriott casts a long shadow in the MMO industry, with Ultima Online serving as the first fully graphical MMO and ushering in the genre...
Betawatch: March 6, 2015
After a brief delay, Camelot Unchained's alpha went live this week; City State Entertainment even threw in a builder tool to sweeten the pot....
Couple gets married in Shroud of the Avatar’s first wedding
Shroud of the Avatar isn't even in proper alpha testing yet, but the fantasy title has already been host to its first in-game wedding.
Players...
Make My MMO: February 28, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Crowfall basically blotted out the sun. The "throne war simulator" surpassed its $800,000 goal in a couple of...
Betawatch: February 27, 2015
Skyforge announced its upcoming closed beta schedule this week; expect the first round to begin on March 11th. You can ensure a spot in the...
Shroud of the Avatar upgrades to Unity 5 for Release 15
Shroud of the Avatar's Release 15 begins today. In fact, it begins this morning at 11:30 a.m. EST. The new build features Unity 5,...
Shroud of the Avatar talks economy, online vs. offline modes
This weekend's Shroud of the Avatar post is a big one. Update of the Avatar #113 explains how the game's single-player offline mode will...
Make My MMO: February 21, 2015
Welcome back to Make My MMO, a recurring column from Massively-that-was which covers crowdsourced MMOs of both the fully funded and the not-so-much variety....
Betawatch: February 20, 2015
What do you get when you combine the the quirkiness of Glitch or Wakfu with the voxelboxiness of Trove? That'd be SkySaga, the UK sandvox that's...
Shroud of the Avatar’s Starr Long on gameplay vs. graphics
Shroud of the Avatar executive producer -- and original Ultima Online director -- Starr Long was interviewed by The Escapist this week. Long discusses...
Shroud of the Avatar previews Necropolis dungeon, new world areas
What's new with Shroud of the Avatar? Quite a lot if you're judging by the latest lengthy update (#112 for those keeping score at home)....
The Soapbox: The crowdfunding conundrum
As I type this, Massively Overpowered's Kickstarter campaign sits comfortably at $54,323. We hit our initial $50k funding goal in roughly 48 hours. We're...
