News related to Ultima Forever reached a crescendo in the summer (when the game was announced), and then again in the fall (with the release of Paul Barnett’s GDC Online talk about the game’s development history). For many people, the GDC talk provided the first look at in-game footage, although some lucky people got a look at the game earlier in the year during a short alpha test. However, various hints and pieces of media for the game were released over the course of the year…some officially, and some unofficially.

So as the new year opens, the Ultima Codex looks back over the various revelations about Ultima Forever that came to light in 2012.