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Turns out that you can't just do Ultima with the serial numbers filed off again.

Shroud of the Avatar’s Release 44 finishes episode one’s story

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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...
Roberts and Garriott

MMO dev and astronaut Richard Garriott hosts a Reddit AMA on /r/space today

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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

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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

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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

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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...
Space tourist. SPACE TOURIST.

MMORPG veteran Richard Garriott decries ‘space tourist’ label

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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

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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

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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....

The MOP Up: SMITE sees a Divine Light (July 9, 2017)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Bones.

The Game Archaeologist: Where are all of the open-source MMOs?

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Recently we had an interesting question come in from reader and Patron Rasmus Praestholm, who asked me to do a little investigating: "What (if...

The Daily Grind: How would you define an MMO gankbox?

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A couple of weeks ago, our own Justin wrote a Daily Grind wherein he suggested that EVE Online was a gankbox, earning him some argument...

Shroud of the Avatar kicks off another fundraising stream, this one for Lord British’s birthday

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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...
Into the unknown.

Perfect Ten: MMOs in limbo

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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

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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...

Ultima Online adjusts animal training, gets ready to test Publish 98

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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...
Ironically, this is the sort of controversy you'd probably rather face from inside a hot tub.

Massively Overthinking: Do MMORPGs aspire to pro-social mechanics?

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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...
It's cool.

Shroud of the Avatar posts its development plans for Q3 2017

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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...
Oh, and let's not forget this freaky lady.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 124: Shroud of the Avatar’s Richard Garriott and Starr Long

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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

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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...
There is a metaphor here somewhere.

Shroud of the Avatar plans patch for Thursday, free trial next week

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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...

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