Category: Shroud of the Avatar News
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Shroud of the Avatar: Release 16 – Defying Tech-Debt
I took another trip up to Austin last week to spend some time with Richard Garriott and Starr Long, two developers I’ve come to enjoy speaking with a great deal. I think we may touch one of my reasons for finding these visits particularly interesting in this article, actually. It really starts with what Starr calls “tech-debt.”
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Shroud of the Avatar: $6M and Counting
According to the counter on the Shroud of the Avatar site, the game’s fund raising efforts have netted over six million dollars. the KickStarter campaign run earlier brought in approximately $2M with another $4M brought in during the subsequent months….
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Shroud of the Avatar: Release 15: Unity 5 and Crafting
Starr Long had mentioned during my last visit that they’d start rolling Shroud of the Avatar over to Unity 5 this month. When I bumped into Finn Staber, one of the Shroud developers, at a hub for Austin startups, I wasn’t surprised when he told me they’d been working on it. The shocking part was when I asked how much they’d managed to get rolled over for the updated engine over the last two weeks. “All of it,” was his reply.
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Shroud of the Avatar: Release 14 Walkabout
Wednesday night I went on a walkabout of New Britannia with Richard Garriott and Starr Long from the Portalarium team. During that time Richard and Starr showed off what was new in update 14; crafting recipes to include enchanting, a contested point, a…
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Shroud of the Avatar: Release 14: Strong Start to a New Year
The folks at Portalarium are getting ready to roll out their 14th release for Shroud of the Avatar, and of course they timed it just as PAX South was kicking off. I’m sure it was a diabolical plot to force me into cramming this article in before I get…
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Shroud of the Avatar: Update 107 – Elementals, Expiring Items and Events
This week’s SotA newsletter covers a range of things, including the game’s presence at CES in Vegas. More importantly though, it talks about the combat Elementals mages can summon, showing images that differentiate the summoned variety from their wild …
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Shroud of the Avatar: CES, New Screens, Weekend Community Events
Shroud of the Avatar is arguably one of the most-anticipated MMOS of 2015, and with developer Portarlarium is hoping to keep it that way by promoting the game at the upcoming CES event in Las Vegas. Among other things, the company will be showing new s…
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Shroud of the Avatar: Release 13 – Get Lucky
I found it rather amusing that this is the 13th major release for Shroud of the Avatar, and that it comes after their hugely successful debut on Steam. Last month saw the game added to Steam’s list of available Early Access titles, and the results wer…
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Shroud of the Avatar: Early Access on Steam Begins
Early Access players can now log into Steam to give Shroud of the Avatar a look. The game will be available to players 24/7 and will give the opportunity to see SotA evolve over time.
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Shroud of the Avatar: Release 12: Undiscovered Country
There are actually a couple reasons for my selecting the above title this month, as Shroud of the Avatar stretches in new directions. The big news being that you’ll be able to purchase Shroud from your Steam account starting on 24th of November, but t…