Interesting that some of those victims of EA are nowadays kicking up Kickstarters to get back into the game business.
Such as the ever-famous Richard Garriott with his Ultima series:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/portalarium/shroud-of-the-avatar-forsaken-virtues-0
Thanks for sharing that - I used to play UO.
What I found really interesting, after the demands for clarification that were leveled at FD during their KS, is this:
Shroud of the Avatar general features:
From Lord British's Treatise on "What is an Ultimate RPG?":
- Fully interactive virtual world - If it looks usable, it should do something
- Deep original fiction - Ethical parables, cultural histories, fully developed alternate language text
- Physical game components will be available: Cloth map, fictional manuals, trinkets
[*]Multiplayer Online Game - which can also be played solo player / offline