Monthly Archive: December 2011

Risen 2 Weekend Roundup Post

Risen 2 Weekend Roundup Post

The weekend round-up of news related to Risen 2: Dark Waters, the upcoming (semi-?)open-world RPG from Piranha Bytes, makers of the original Gothic games and long-time Ultima fans.

The Ultima 7 "Google Map"

To celebrate its release on Good Old Games, Ryan Allen has created a Google Maps-like browser for the map of Britannia from Ultima 7: The Black Gate.

Beautiful Britannia 2011 R3 Released!

Beautiful Britannia 2011 R3 Released!

Firstknight has gifted us all with one last release package for Beautiful Britannia, adding over 150 new textures and thousands of new objects to Ultima 9.

FYI: Paul Barnett is Not Leaving BioWare Mythic

FYI: Paul Barnett is Not Leaving BioWare Mythic

BioWare Mythic’s creative director briefly left many of us with the impression that he was leaving the company for a new job in California. As it turns out, this is not the case…though he does now have an office in Sacramento as well.

EA Denies Talking With Richard Garriott

EA Denies Talking With Richard Garriott

EA’s communications chief, Jeff Brown, has spoken out at IndustryGamers and stated that there have been no talks between EA and Richard Garriott…about Ultima Online, at least.

Richard Garriott: What Went Wrong With Ultima 8

Richard Garriott: What Went Wrong With Ultima 8

Richard Garriott, in yet another interview with Eurogamer, discusses some of the issues surrounding what he regards as the failure of Ultima 8. Oh, and something about Tabula Rasa.