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.
BIGtrouble77 wrote on Apr 13, 2022, 09:56:It will. Gamers universally hate NFT and blockchain, and the only people who would be interested in this aren't gamers. There's also no major distribution channel since Valve's ban on products with blockchain and/or NFTs. He's entering into a lose-lose proposition.
Ultima VI is my all time favorite game. LB is a game dev hero of mine. I bought into Shroud back when that was a thing with the hope that it could be good. Since then, I've decided to avoid anything and everything he's associated with. He's a shell of his former self and has absoutely no business being associated with any game dev projects these days. The fact that this is blockchain related is not surprising, either. I hope this fails spectacularly.
The most exercise some people get is jumping to conclusions.
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