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.
Kxmode wrote on Apr 14, 2022, 01:04:
It's not a monopoly despite your loathing and contempt of it.
If it is in fact NOT a monopoly then why does the life of Garriott and his project 100% depend upon being on Steam in your view? You are saying he is destined for failure because he can not release on Steam cuz Steam isn't into NFTs but then you are also saying that Steam is not a monopoly. That does not make any sense. A platform that, according to you, decides over the life and death of a project (sales success or not) sounds a lot like a monopoly to me. If you can not even begin to exist without Steam then what is it other than a monopolistic platform?
Steam is obviously God in your world. It decides via a thumbs up or thumbs down which companies are allowed to survive. There can not be any success without Steam. Steam is everything. But it's not a monopoly? What?
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