Monthly Archive: July 2014
Shroud of the Avatar: Release 8 Preview at MMORPG.com
MMORPG.com got an advance look at Shroud of the Avatar’s upcoming Release 8. They cover the game’s combat system, and some of the other new additions to the game.
Britannia & Serpent Isle Maps for Dwarf Fortress
Maps of Britannia (circa Ultima 7) and the Serpent Isle for use in Dwarf Fortress, the part-roguelike, part-city-building, Code page 437-graphics game.
Warren Spector is Featured in Video Games: The Movie
Zach Braff’s Video Games: The Movie is “an epic feature length documentary chronicling the meteoric rise of video games from nerd niche to multi-billion dollar industry. Featuring in-depth interviews with the godfathers who started...
Check out Mike Winterbauer’s Book About Game Box Art (Including Some Wing Commander Art)
Mike Winterbauer, an artist who created the box cover art for (among other things) some of the Wing Commander and Might & Magic games, has written about about his work on these and other...
The CRPG Addict Plays Ring of Darkness (An Obvious Ultima Ripoff)
The CRPG Addict is playing through Ring of Darkness, a 1982 ZX Spectrum game that very obviously rips off Akalabeth, Ultima 1, and Ultima 2.
The Ultima Dragons Facebook Group Tops 800 Members
The Ultima Dragons Facebook group continues to add members, and now comprises over 800 Dragons. Hast thou joined yet?
OpenMW: Version 0.31.0 Released
The OpenMW team have reached another milestone in the development of their open source engine for Morrowind, and have squashed a truly staggering number of bugs this time around.
The Dark Unknown: New Demo Available
Goldenflame Dragon has released a new and updated, browser-based demo of The Dark Unknown.
Ultima Online: Publish 86 Live on TC1, Launches Vice vs. Virtue PVP Event
Broadsword Online Games have released Publish 86 onto Ultima Online’s Test Center shard. The main event it kicks off is the “Vice vs. Virtue” faction-vs.-faction PvP event.
Shroud of the Avatar – Update of the Avatar #82
Shroud of the Avatar – Update of the Avatar #82 – 2014.07.18: PvP, Discourse Orb, Winged Helm, Crowdsourcing Music, Player Town Hangout, Flexible Placement Stretch Goal, and More!
