Nyrthos is a new game which basically became known online earlier this week. Targeted at browsers and mobile devices, it looks like an Infinity Engine game, more or less, and evidently incorporates many RPG features.
Richard Garriott argues that consoles — and console gaming, by extension — may well be doomed in light of the rise of mobile gaming and the power of mobile platforms.
The no longer anywhere near nightly open discussion thread at Ultima Aiera.
Richard Garriott asks what his ultimate RPG might look like, and in a lengthy essay answers the question. You can probably guess that the answer involves a mixture of where he’s gone before (with Ultima) and where he’s at now (the casual gaming space). But have a read even so!
Richard Garriott argues that Blizzard (and, by extension, Activision) have lost out by not attempting to compete in the social and mobile gaming spaces.
Richard Garriott gave a version of his “three eras of gaming” keynote talk at GDC Europe this week, and focused a lot on Ultima and Ultima online in its text.
I’ll be offline for pretty much all of the weekend, so feel free to read up on this selection of gaming-related news and discuss anything — related to the links, or not — amongst yourselves.
Well, yes, in a manner of speaking. The sticker price might well be the same: you’re still paying $40 to $70 per game, depending on various factors (and obviously, we’re discounting “special editions” from...
