Portalarium
Developer & Publisher
"We take you there". 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," is intended as a continuity and reference to Garriott's prior two company's names and respective mottoes; Origin Systems, "We Create Worlds," and Destination Games, "We have arrived." Predecessor of Origin Systems & Destination Games.
News Article: Shroudoftheavatar.com
Website: Thebeartavern.org
“The Bear Tavern is a project which focuses heavily on the social aspect of Shroud of the Avatar. The intent is to create an open, active community which provides everyone the opportunity to socialize with fellow players. SOTA promises to provide an amazing social online environment, and so we were interested to see how far we can encourage it. Not only that, our intent is to create almost neutral ground, to help provide some fairly unusual player experiences.
During initial discussions on how such a community could be put together, the obvious choice was to create an inn or tavern where the player-base could pitch up whenever they wanted. Taverns tend to be a prominent location in many stories within a fantasy setting, so it seemed a good choice for a in-game meeting place for players from a variety of backgrounds.”