Our latest coverage of Shroud of The Avatar.
Shroud of the Avatar Gameplay Grindfest Friday - MMOs.comWatch this video on YouTube Shroud of the Avatar Grindfest Friday Shroud of the Avatar is a buy to play fantasy MMORPG developed and published by Portalarium, a game studio owned by Richard Gariott - the legendary game designer behind Ultima Online. The game launched its Kickstarter back in 2013 and has [...]
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Did you miss Shroud of the Avatar's last free trial test in March? Fear not, for a new free trial test is about to begin. Starting May 10th, Shroud of the Avatar will be free to play until May 31st, giving prospective players three weeks to try Richard Garriott's latest. Free players will have a set of fairly heavy restrictions [...]
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This week’s Shroud of the Avatar newsletter talks about Outskirts which are areas near starting zones that players can use as staging and resupply areas early in the game. The addition of Outskirts will lessen the need to go back to the starting areas thereby avoiding all those annoying loading screens. “Our first Outskirts scene is Solace Bridge Outskirts. It [...]
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This week’s Shroud of the Avatar newsletter gives readers a quick look at the new Kas Ruins. An open PvP zone inspired by the Rocky Mountains and the Grand Tetons. Level Designer Esteban Zaldivar writes: “The Kas Ruins are one of the six ruined cities found in Novia that date back to the period in Novian history in which the [...]
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Interested in Shroud of the Avatar, but read too many negative Steam reviews to justify spending money on it without trying it first? Don't worry. Portalarium has you covered until March 9th, during which time you can try the game out completely free of charge. There are some heavy restrictions on free-to-play users, such as being marked with the "(Visitor)" [...]
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Shroud of the Avatar released yet another massive update last Friday, the details of which can be found in their latest weekly newsletter. Release 39 features the addition of devotional town shrines, the K’rul and K’rawl dungeons, North Drachvald and Upper Fortus adventure scenes, clockwork attack creatures, mushroom monsters, and a pattern system for re-skinning gear. The update also includes [...]
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If you’re fond of mechanical beasts, then you’ll like what the latest Shroud of the Avatar newsletter has in store for you. New Clockwork beasts have been added into the game to make life decidedly more “colorful” for players brave enough to venture into Kobold territory. These include mountain-lion sized attack dogs and cats, confusion-inducing attack ravens, as well as [...]
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If you find random encounters in Shroud of the Avatar rather annoying, then you have something to look forward to in the next update. Come Release 35, the devs will be implementing a revamped version of the game’s roving encounter system. Instead of being pulled into a random encounter out of nowhere, players will now be able to see their [...]
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Portalarium announced today that it managed to raise $200,000 during its Summer Telethon of the Avatar, Part 2, for a total of $10 million in funding. With this funding, Shroud of the Avatar further secures its title as second most crowdfunded video game. As a result of the money earned, various rewards have been unlocked. All players who spent a minimum [...]
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What happens when Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues and Star Citizen, two of the most successful crowdfunded games of all time, work together on a cross-promotion? Apparently this. The first 250 players to purchase the $65 Star Citizen Aeronaut Helmet Starter Bundle and the first 150 players to purchase the $400 Star Citizen Airship City Home Bundle will receive [...]
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