social networking predecessor origin systems destination games founded 2009 headquarters austin tx united states key people richard garriott starr long website www.portalarium.com portalarium inc. is a video game developer based in austin texas that was formed in september 2009 . 1 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 . 2 the company initially released port casino and later ultimate collector garage sale now discontinued 3 to test the backbone of its online infrastructures . their first major title in development shroud of the avatar forsaken virtues is an mmorpg and spiritual successor to the ultima series . 4 5 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 . 6 starr long who originally served as project director for ultima online at origin and represented the character of lord blackthorn in game has joined the portalarium team to work as executive producer for shroud of the avatar . 7 8 references edit about portalarium . lord british shall walk the streets of britannia again 25 43 . ultimate collector garage sale is shutting down . shroud of the avatar forsaken virtues . kickstarter . retrieved 9 march 2013 . garriott s ultimate rpg clearly the spiritual successor to ultima . garriott s ultimate rpg could become ultima online 2 . ultima online alumni starr long reunites with richard garriott for shroud of the avatar . starr long linkedin . external links edit official 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 & oldid 687025903 categories companies based in austin texascompanies established in 2009privately held companies based in texassoftware companies of the united statesvideo game companies of the united statesvideo game development companiesvideo game publishershidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 22 october 2015 at 21 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view