Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues
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Lord British keeps fans updated on the progress of his Shroud of the Avatar (interview)

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 6 min

LOS ANGELES — Richard Garriott, the legendary creator of role-playing games like the landmark Ultima franchise, scored big with Shroud of the Avatar’s Kickstarter campaign in April 2013. Garriott, also known as Lord British, raised $1.9 million via his Portalarium startup, and he was able to recruit longtime developer Starr Long to help run the game.

Now they just have to finish it.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.