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.
RedEye9 wrote on Apr 13, 2022, 20:32:I wrote, "There's also no major distribution channel since Valve's ban on products with blockchain and/or NFTs" and "No enormous platform to sell" (#34 and #38, respectively). I appropriately called it a major distribution channel and an enormous platform because it is—over a billion registered accounts and 120 million active monthly users. It dwarfs all other platforms, including the console platforms (Xbox Live 100m; PlayStation Network 111m). Valve doesn't prevent simship, nor do they have third-party exclusives. It's not a monopoly despite your loathing and contempt of it.
Thinking a game cannot be successful because it won't be on the monopoly store is pure EDS.
This comment was edited on Apr 14, 2022, 15:25.
The most exercise some people get is jumping to conclusions.
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