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Choose My Adventure: Starting completely fresh in Shroud of the Avatar
I really know pretty much nothing about Ultima.
This is only partly my fault. Way back when the Ultima games were a big deal on...
Shroud of the Avatar raised almost $700K from investors, $67.5K from donors last night
Shroud of the Avatar's equity crowdfunding campaign on SeedInvest has come to a close, with 518 investors having raised just shy of $700,000 in...
Shroud of the Avatar profiles new zones, hits $600K in SeedInvest round
Shroud of the Avatar's latest newsletter has plenty of business business business, but the highlights are always the developers' diaries on various locations and...
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...
Hacker claims to have made a living cheating in MMOs for two decades
Motherboard has a fun-slash-depressing piece out this week on an unnamed hacker who claims he's been cheating at MMORPGs to make a living for...
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...
The MOP Up: Skyforge investigates the Cradle of the World (July 30, 2017)
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...
Ultima Online starts testing its fall update while Dark Age of Camelot continues its Dragon’s Curse campaign
Let's check in with the Broadsword MMOs to see what's happening in its part of the online world, shall we?
Ultima Online has kicked off...
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....
The MOP Up: SMITE sees a Divine Light (July 9, 2017)
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...
The Game Archaeologist: Where are all of the open-source MMOs?
Recently we had an interesting question come in from reader and Patron Rasmus Praestholm, who asked me to do a little investigating: "What (if...
