How To Get Ultima Forever On Your Non-Canadian iOS Device

Our friends at the Wing Commander CIC published a guide to getting Ultima Forever installed on an iOS device for those of you who don’t happen to live in Canada.

Here’s the relevant part:

  1. Click “View In iTunes” on the Ultima Forever web listing.
  2. iTunes will inform you that the requested item is not available and ask if you want to change to the Canadian store. Click “Change Store.”
  3. Click download. When prompted for your login, select “Create Apple ID.”
  4. Procede to create a Canadian iTunes account. Use a different e-mail address. When prompted for billing information, select ‘none’ and enter any Canadian mailing address (123 Fake Street, Ontario, Ottawa, L3M 4E9 works.)
  5. Return to the Ultima Forever listing and download the free app to your computer.
  6. Plug in your iOS device and change the iTunes account in your settings.
  7. Manually sync the app to your device using iTunes.
  8. Change your iOS device’s iTunes account back to your normal Apple ID.

So, there’s that. If you’ve been feeling a little bit disappointed that Canada got to see the game ahead of schedule, there’s the workaround that will get it on your iOS device today! Just…don’t try to buy keys. Those will still require a Canadian iTunes account, because of the billing restrictions that Apple imposes.

The First Age of Update: A brief note on system requirement — the game will probably not work on devices older than the following:

  • iPad 2/Mini
  • iPhone 4S
  • iPod Touch 5th generation

11 Responses

  1. How long until this gets fixed/ I tried this approach in the past and lost half a dozen apps. So, I will unhappily wait for this app to get to the rest of us.

  2. sirklaus says:

    A rapid update about the game installation.

    I’m from France and was able to install the game by changing my iPad iTunes store settings to Canada. But once I got the game I switched back my settings to France and everything went fine; the game is still updating and I’m still able to play it.

    Even better I can buy keys from the game store and it’s in Euro, not in Canadian dollars! Oh and there is a French localization of the text (but I changed my settings to play in English).

  3. Zygon Dragon says:

    For anyone not living in Canada and who has a jailbroken device here is the link to download Ultima Forever 😉

    Works perfectly no need to change your Appstore location.

    http://turbobit.net/bzo7jvutky6s.html

    Grab it while it lasts as I’m not sure how long it will last.

    • WtF Dragon says:

      Rob, what file is available at that link? The U4E .ipa?

      I ask because (ironically) I get a “download not available in your country” result when I try and click through.