Monthly Archive: March 2011
Concerning Ultima 4 (Or: In Which I Have to Be The Wet Blanket)
Is Ultima 4 freeware? We, the Ultima fandom, have thought so for some time, but the truth of the matter is rather more complicated. And EA has finally taken notice, which has had some unfortunate consequences.
Richard Garriott Announced As a LOGIN 2011 Keynote Speaker
Ultima creator Richard Garriott will be the opening keynote speech for the 2011 LOGIN Conference, discussing the “new era of gaming” that is the modern era of “cheap or free-to-play, virally spread, casual…gameplay.”
Beautiful Britannia Adds New Water Textures
The latest two “awesome screens” from Beautiful Britannia/Forgotten World show off new water textures developed by Firstknight. And as a bonus, he also re-worked the grass texture again.
One More Underworld Story From Dan Schmidt
Former Looking Glass Studiosprogrammer Dan Schmidt shares one other story about the development of Ultima Underworld, in this case a peculiar boundary case in the dialogue of the ghouls.
Nuvie and xu4 Downloads Updated
Two separate engines for running older Ultima titles — Nuvie (Ultima 6) and xu4 (Ultima 4) — have published updated downloads in the past month.
Dino Re-Launches The Ultima Web Database
Dino the Dark Dragon has re-launched his Ultima Web Database, a comprehensive listing of all Ultima-themed websites known to the community.
