Following the victory of Civilization 4’s theme, Baba Yetu, in the “Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists” category, the Grammy Awards have expanded four award categories to include video game music as well. Can it be long before games have their own dedicated award?
Blu3vib3 and translator RCapowski have undertaken a project to scan-late the manga retelling of Ultima 4. So far, they have the first chapter online.
Scythifuge has posted another thread to the Exult forums, showing off a couple more pieces of artwork he has created for his Exult-based remake of Savage Empire.
Kevin Fishburne has made some improvements to how his Ultima-inspired online game handles camera rotation, and has mostly overcome the GAMBAS-related issues he had been experiencing.
Thanks to Canadian sci-fi author Cory Doctorow, I finally rediscovered an old map of the original plan for Ultima Online’s game world, which included all four continents from the first Ultima game.
Scythifuge, who is remaking Savage Empire in Exult, needs input from the community on a design decision he’s trying to make.
Dungeon Siege, the game used to make two astounding Ultima remakes, is available via Steam, although not directly.
Ultima creator Richard Garriott throws down a gauntlet at EA’s feet in his comment on EA’s recent legal actions and Mythic’s secret project.
