I had a chance to check out the weekend beta of Star Wars: The Old Republic, the upcoming MMORPG from BioWare’s Austin studio. I managed to play through portions of the origin missions of three classes, and took quite a number of screenshots along the way.
The snapshots for Exult, both the OS X and WIndows versions, have been updated. HQ4X scaler support has been added. The Android port snapshot has also been updated, and has been added as a download to the project entry.
The snapshots for Pentagram, both the OS X and WIndows versions, have been updated. HQ4X scaler support has been added, as has CoreAudio MIDI support.
In case you’ve been living under a rock and haven’t heard, Bethesda Softworks’ new game, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, launched last week. And from the various reviews I’ve seen, it is apparently a damn awesome game.
Paul Barnett, BioWare Mythic’s creative director, delivered a talk at GDC China about the global reach of games, and how developers can slam hard into local limitations that hamper their titles.
Back when he was still working for Origin, former Ultima Online lead designer Raph Koster recorded an album of songs. After several years of it being “out of print”, he has again made it available for purchase.
I totally missed posting about the latest development diary from the Ultima Return project team, in which Sergorn Dragon talks about some of the world simulation systems that have been developed for it.
The Titans of Ether have posted a progress update covering work done in September and October.
The Exult-based Ultima 6 Remake has seen more progress, with the addition of Windemere (from Ultima 5) to its map and the creation of new artwork for Gwenno and Sinjen.
