Editing Update of the Avatar/Update 239 (section)

===<span id="8">Shroud in the News: Ideate TV, VentureBeat</span>===
'''Ideate TV:''' Ideate TV‘s Tiffany Young of interviewed Starr and Richard at Comic Con.

:''IdeateTV host Tiffany Young interviews Richard Garriott AKA Lord British & Starr Long AKA Darkstarr. Tiffany finds out more about how they got into gaming and how Starr worked for RIchard on the Ultima series. They also talk about their latest project Shroud of the Avatar.''<br><br>{{#Widget:YouTube|id=WUoCf0jwVSE|width=800}}

'''VentureBeat:''' Jason Wilson picked up the Travian Games press release and then asked us a few questions about it which lead to an article entitled: [https://venturebeat.com/2017/07/31/richard-garriotts-shroud-of-the-avatar-gets-publishing-help-from-travian-games/ “Richard Garriott’s Shroud of the Avatar gets publishing help from Travian Games”]
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:''“The agreement included a licensing fee that we will allocate as needed between development and publishing,” a spokesperson said over email. Games in Travian’s portfolio include the railroad sim Rail Nation and Crowfall, another crowdfunded MMORPG. Portalarium is promising a huge world for players to explore and create their own tales in, but it also has a 40-hour main story created by Garriott and noted fantasy author and pen-and-paper RPG designer Tracy Hickman (Dragonlance, Dragonships of Vindras). The studio confirms that it’s complete, and it “includes a series of moral dilemmas and ethical choices” that are a hallmark of Garriott’s work on Ultima. “This is all built on top of a sandbox where players can indeed ‘tell their own stories’ as well,” the spokesperson said.''

The Travian Games deal also got picked up by a lot of press in Europe ([https://www.golem.de/news/shroud-of-the-avatar-handlung-von-ultima-nachfolgeserie-vollstaendig-spielbar-1708-129235.html golem.de], [http://www.mediabiz.de/games/news/richard-garriott-unterschreibt-bei-travian-games/420766 GAMESMARKT], [http://www.jeuxonline.info/actualite/53033/travian-games-exploitera-shroud-of-the-avatar-europe JeuxOnLine], [http://www.4players.de/4players.php/spielinfonews/PC-CDROM/34538/2169146/Shroud_of_the_Avatar_Forsaken_Virtues-Soll_2017_veroeffentlicht_werden_Travian_Games_steigt_als_Partner_ein.html 4players.de], [http://gameperspectives.hr/portalarium-usao-u-partnerstvo-s-njemackim-izdavacem-travian-games/ GamePerspectives.hr], [http://www.gameswirtschaft.de/wirtschaft/shroud-of-the-avatar-portalarium-travian-games/ GamesWirtschaft], and [https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Shroud-of-the-Avatar-Ultima-Nachfolger-soll-Ende-2017-erscheinen-3788269.html HeiseOnline]) and the United States ([http://massivelyop.com/2017/07/31/shroud-of-the-avatar-gives-its-dragons-more-vibrant-colors/ MassivelyOP], [http://www.mmorpg.com/shroud-of-the-avatar/news/portalarium-inks-deal-with-travian-for-eu-pblushing-1000045049 MMORPG.com], [https://mmoexaminer.com/shroud-avatar-team-gets-new-partner/ MMOexaminer], and [http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-08-01-travian-games-to-publish-richard-garriotts-shroud-of-the-avatar gamesindustry.biz]).

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