The article I wrote concerning Ultima 4, copyright, and EA’s recent spate of DMCA actions against certain Ultima 4 remakes has attracted a lot of traffic, and a lot of misinformation has been thrown around in its wake. I attempt to offer corrections.
An essay by Matthew Jason Weise looks at Irrational Games’ bestselling hit, Bioshock, from a critical historical perspective, and notes how the game inherits much from Looking Glass Studios’ Ultima Underworld and System Shock franchises.
Life on Aggramar blogger Delin Quent waxes nostalgic about Ultima Online and praises for its originality and unique sandbox gameplay experience.
Kevin Fishburne’s Ultima-inspired online multiplayer RPG continues in its development, adding full-screen rotation (and strafing!) and a rudimentary character portrait creation system.
Electronic Arts and Digital Chocolate founder (and former EA CEO) Trip Hawkins allegedly owes about $20 million in federal and state back taxes. And he’s not having any luck getting off easy, either.
Scythifuge’s project to remake Savage Empire using the Exult/Ultima 7 engine, which has been dormant for several months, has recently seen news posted demonstrating progress made on graphical asset developments!
xu4’s most recent snapshots for Windows and Mac OS X have added support for the new VGA2 tileset for Ultima 4.
Spoony’s long-awaited review of Ultima Underworld, Parts 1 and 2, is finally online.
