Portalarium, Inc. was a video game developer based in Austin, Texas that was formed in September 2009[1] by Richard Garriott, together with his longtime game industry partners, Dallas Snell and Fred Schmidt.[2] Portalarium marks Richard Garriott's first return to the video game industry since the release of his 2007 title Tabula Rasa. The name "Portalarium," as well as the company's motto, "We take you there," are intended as a continuity and reference to Garriott's prior two companies' names and respective mottoes; Origin Systems, "We Create Worlds," and Destination Games, "We have arrived."[3]
The company initially released Port Casino and later Ultimate Collector: Garage Sale in a partnership with Zynga but shut them down when the Facebook game market crashed.[4]
In October 2019, the assets and rights to Shroud of the Avatar were sold to Catnip Games, a company owned by Portalarium CEO Chris Spears.[10] Portalarium itself has been dormant since then, with no games in development or known assets. The company later had its right to transact business forfeited by the Texas Comptroller. As of September 2020, Portalarium appears to be defunct.[11]
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portalarium, video, game, developer, based, austin, texas, that, formed, september, 2009, richard, garriott, together, with, longtime, game, industry, partners, dallas, snell, fred, schmidt, marks, richard, garriott, first, return, video, game, industry, since. Portalarium Inc was a video game developer based in Austin Texas that was formed in September 2009 1 by Richard Garriott together with his longtime game industry partners Dallas Snell and Fred Schmidt 2 Portalarium marks Richard Garriott s first return to the video game industry since the release of his 2007 title Tabula Rasa The name Portalarium as well as the company s motto We take you there are intended as a continuity and reference to Garriott s prior two companies names and respective mottoes Origin Systems We Create Worlds and Destination Games We have arrived 3 Portalarium Inc TypePrivateIndustryVideo gamesSocial networkingPredecessorOrigin SystemsDestination GamesFounded2009 14 years ago 2009 FateDefunctHeadquartersAustin TX United StatesKey peopleRichard Garriott Starr LongWebsitewww wbr portalarium wbr comThe company initially released Port Casino and later Ultimate Collector Garage Sale in a partnership with Zynga but shut them down when the Facebook game market crashed 4 Their next title Shroud of the Avatar Forsaken Virtues is an MMORPG and spiritual successor to the Ultima series 5 6 Garriott has stated that if had he been able to secure the rights to the Ultima intellectual property from Electronic Arts that the game could in fact literally have become Ultima Online 2 in name 7 Starr Long who originally served as project director for Ultima Online at Origin and represented the character of Lord Blackthorn in game joined the Portalarium team to work as executive producer for Shroud of the Avatar 8 9 In October 2019 the assets and rights to Shroud of the Avatar were sold to Catnip Games a company owned by Portalarium CEO Chris Spears 10 Portalarium itself has been dormant since then with no games in development or known assets The company later had its right to transact business forfeited by the Texas Comptroller As of September 2020 Portalarium appears to be defunct 11 References Edit About Portalarium LinkedIn Portalarium Lord British shall walk the streets of Britannia again 25 43 YouTube Ultimate Collector Garage Sale Is Shutting Down 2013 04 17 Shroud of the Avatar Forsaken Virtues Kickstarter Retrieved 9 March 2013 Garriott s Ultimate RPG clearly the spiritual successor to Ultima Archived from the original on 2013 12 11 Retrieved 2012 04 08 Garriott s Ultimate RPG could become Ultima Online 2 Eurogamer 2011 12 12 Ultima Online alumni Starr Long reunites with Richard Garriott for Shroud of the Avatar Polygon 2013 07 05 Starr Long LinkedIn Catnip Games Acquires Shroud of the Avatar Archived from the original on 2019 10 10 Taxable Entity Search External links EditOfficial website Portalarium on Facebook Shroud of the Avatar Forsaken Virtues official website Port Casino on Facebook Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Portalarium amp oldid 1146638664, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
