Richard Garriott ready to make games again

Posted Dec 30th 2008 8:00PM by John Callaham
Filed under: Culture, MMO

It's only been a month and a half since Richard "Lord British" Garriott left NCsoft but apparently the creator of the Ultima franchise and Ultima Online is ready to get back to making games again. In a new BBC web site article Garriott indicates his next game project will return him to the genre that made him famous and rich.

He is quoted as saying, "After 25 years at Origin, the last thing I wanted to make was yet another medieval fantasy game. Now, after a very interesting break, I'm keen to get back into the fray and work on a new game. Probably medieval fantasy and probably online; there's something very powerful about getting people together."

Garriott's last project was, of course, the sci-fi MMO Tabula Rasa. After launching with much fanfare in October 2007 after a genesis of several years, NCsoft elected to shut down the game after the end of February 2009 due to poor sales. The decision came a little over a week after Garriott announced he was leaving the company.

Tags: ncsoft, richard-garriott, tabula-rasa

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Good for him, too bad I'm not ready to touch anything else with his name on it for the time being. I had high hopes for TR too.Posted at 7:51AM on Dec 31st 2008 by Jon

translation: After having tired something original that got canned halfway through the project and revamped quickly for release and then having been thoroughly spanked by the market due to one of the most non-performing advertising campaigns despite a solid and active community, I've decided to make some more chainmail bikinis. Posted at 8:52AM on Dec 31st 2008 by Leethe

"Plus, I just spent a shit ton of money going to outer space...so I need me an MMO that will sell...Lord British anyone?"Posted at 9:38AM on Dec 31st 2008 by Mike

Yeah thanks British! All us industry developers whose lives have been affected by your little space vacation will be waiting for you with open arms. Golly we love rollercoasters!Posted at 11:33AM on Dec 31st 2008 by tex

In response to comment #4, I am a video game design student...and I still respect RG for his accomplishments...I don't care what immoral decisions he has made to achieve those goals, he still was once a boy who dreamed of doing something great...and he did. That alone is inspiration, and I hope to meet him someday...possibly even work for him.Posted at 8:30AM on Jan 6th 2009 by Sean Valentine

ultima online 2 by chance rich?

ill help ya ;)Posted at 5:41AM on Jan 20th 2009 by joe