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Shroud of the Avatar pushes out Release 20 with 113 player-run towns
Are you playing Shroud of the Avatar's latest release right now? Obviously not, you're reading this article, but you could be playing it right...
The Daily Grind: Are MMO morality systems impossible to get right?
I know it's an old hat at this point, but I'm still quite appreciative that Star Wars: The Old Republic made an effort to...
How to get Ultima Online’s Time of Legends expansion for a song
Ultima Online's Time of Legends expansion is on the way, just in time for the venerable MMO's 18th birthday in September. And if you're...
The Game Archaeologist: Kingdom of Drakkar
Kingdom of Drakkar, also known as Drakkar or even Kingdom of Drakkar II, is a really odd duck among the annals of MMO history....
Shroud of the Avatar’s Long talks building narrative on top of a sandbox
Shroud of the Avatar's latest Update of the Avatar has been released. As per usual, it sums up the major happenings for Portalarium's crowdfunded...
Shroud of the Avatar caps (and sells out of) player-owned towns with overland map access
Shroud of the Avatar has been selling players the right to run their own towns for a while, which is a good thing. It...
Shroud of the Avatar offers a 10% pledge bonus for the summer
Shroud of the Avatar has been offering its pledged testers regular updates for a while now, and that's pretty darn cool. If you were...
Shroud of the Avatar maps out the next three months of updates
Did you ever see that late '90s TV show Early Edition, where this guy got a copy of tomorrow's newspaper a day early? Shroud...
E3 2015: Garriott and Long share Shroud of the Avatar secrets
This past year, Shroud of the Avatar moved from a monthly weekend-release cadence to being online 24/7, but the major updates have been no...
Exclusive: Broadsword on the state of Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot
Today we're hanging out with Broadsword Online Games, the indie studio that emerged from the implosion of Mythic Entertainment a while back. Broadsword is...
Massively OP Podcast: Episode 19
Justin and MJ discuss Marvel Heroes, The Secret World, Ark: Survival Evolved, ArcheAge, and tons of news from E3 on Guild Wars 2's expansion, FFXIV's Heavensward, SWTOR's expansion, Shroud of the Avatar, Torchlight Mobile, and more.
Shroud of the Avatar’s update talks taming, player towns, and more
Shroud of the Avatar released Update of the Avatar #130 yesterday, and there's quite a lot to cover as it's a typically lengthy look...
The Game Archaeologist: Seven MMOs operating on borrowed time
Most everyone who knows me well will acknowledge that I'm not generally a cynical, dark person. I'm not rooting for games to fail, for...
Shroud of the Avatar’s zombies are infectious fun
Every MMO, whether sci-fi, fantasy, or equine, must at some point feature zombies. It's video game law.
Fortunately for Shroud of the Avatar fans, it...
The Daily Grind: Is truly dynamic content still possible in MMOs?
This morning's Daily Grind comes to us from a Kickstarter donor at fivefingerdiscount.org (who by the way is still linking to Old Massively! Gasp!). The donor...
Shroud of the Avatar sports a new player-run town in Release 18
The next time you're playing Shroud of the Avatar, you should take the time go visit Vengeance. It's actually just the name of the second...
Catching up with Shroud of the Avatar’s Starr Long
As Kickstarter projects successfully funded via the power of nostalgia have proven, gamer loyalty can burn strong even decades after experiencing titles that make...
The Daily Grind: If it were 2003 again, which MMO would you play?
Fun hypothetical: Let's say that all of us -- including Massively Overpowered -- were thrown back in time 12 years to 2003. There's no...
Richard Garriott’s first CRPG playable in Shroud of the Avatar
In 1977, Richard Garriott designed his first computer RPG on a teletype at his high school in order to earn a computer of his...
Ultima Online seeks players for expansion focus group
Ultima Online producer Bonnie Armstrong has put out a call for player focus testers. Broadsword is searching for somewhere in the neighborhood of 250...
