Richard Garriott Returns to Game Industry
Written by from on February 18th, 2010 | 0 CommentsRichard Garriott is returning to the video game industry after a lengthy absence. The man called Lord British by his fans is moving into the social media business with his new company Portalarium. According to GamesIndustry.biz , the new company will focus on online gaming applications, with content including open learning, health, science and environmental services to follow. He’ll be working with old colleagues from Origin, Electronic Arts and NCsoft. “The Portalarium mission is exactly what I want to be doing next in games,” said Garriott.
Lord of the Rings Online "Still Growing," Turbine Says
Written by from on June 19th, 2009 | 0 CommentsLord of the Rings Online contemporaries like Hellgate: London and Tabula Rasa are long gone. Age of Conan — which arrived more than a year later — merged it servers not longer after launch. But Lord of the Rings Online is not only not merging its servers, it’s growing, Turbine producer Aaron Campbell told Videogaming247 . He was speaking in response to the question of whether the two-year-old MMO had seen a drop-off in player activity. “If anything, The Lord of the Rings Online is growing,” he said. “We have no plans to merge servers.”