The Return of Lord British [Apr 12, 2022, 7:57 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Ultima creator Richard "Lord British" Garriott is returning to game development
in a new studio called DeMeta. Garriott co-founded the company with Todd Porter,
who we haven't heard from since his stint as CEO of ION Storm during its
high-profile early days. Lord British's latest game project was Shroud of the
Avatar, which was part of the
Kickstarter trend. This time
around it's the allure of the blockchain that fuels the new project. Here's
word:
DeMeta, a newly created gaming studio started by Todd Porter, a founding producer of Dungeons & Dragons and the original Ultima series, and MMORPG heavyweight and creator of the beloved Ultima series, Richard “Lord British” Garriott, has begun development on an online title that will integrate blockchain technology.
Reunited and leveraging decades of their world-building experience across genre-defining titles such as Ultima, Ultima Online, Lineage, Tabula Rosa, and Shroud of the Avatar, both Todd and Richard have already begun development, having made significant hires in recent months.
Pallais wrote on Apr 13, 2022, 06:07:Not exactly sure how Mr. Garriott expects his product(s) to have any chance of success with Valve banning products built with blockchain technology and containing NFT, or some combination of both, especially if he goes the crowdfunding route. I can't think of a worse product to unleash on gamers than a crowdfunded blockchain-built NFT exchange.
I loved the early Ultimas (and have physical copies), but Richard Garriott hasn't been a solid game designer or developer since Ultima 8. Ultima 9, Tabula Rasa, Shroud of the Avatar have all been disappointing. I suspect this game company will just be more of the same. Blockchain and NFT are just this month's flavor of sucking away venture capitalist money.
Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see RG release another impactful game series, but unless you're a Steve Jobs, impactful products are once-in-a-lifetime things. He'd be better off just staying retired as a game designer than constantly reminding people he once had a massive impact on the game industry.
The most exercise some people get is jumping to conclusions.
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