Both Massively and The Verge have articles up today offering coverage and commentary on Paul Barnett’s Ultima Forever presentation at GDC Online this week.

They…re-affirm a point that’s been made by myself and a couple of others before: Ultima Forever from its inception has been put together on a threadbare budget and spartan resources. It hasn’t enjoyed robust support within Electronic Arts, although it seems to have had a friend in Ray Muzyka despite the…rocky introduction to the project that he got. It is very much the work of a small team of people who really just want a bit more Ultima in the world. And not in the sense of another Lord of Ultima.