Big news from Broadsword Online Games this morning: the Time of Legends expansion for Ultima Online has been — or will shortly be — released worldwide!

We are pleased to announce that Publish 90, The Time of Legends, will be available after maintenance on Thursday, October 8, 2015.  Character transfer will be turned off tonight (10/7/2015) and will be turned back on after 11am ET on Friday, October 9, 2015.

You can check out all the exciting new features in the Time of Legends here.

Don’t forget you have until October 31, 2015 to take advantage of our special offer, subscribe any account during the month of October and you will receive the Time of Legends for free!

For those that miss the offer, the Time of Legends will be available for sale on the Origin store starting November 2, 2015.

We would like to thank all of our focus group testers as well as those players who dedicated some time on TC1, Origin & Izumo to make the Time of Legends a success!

Have fun, and see you in the Valley of Eodon!

Okay, the headline might be slightly premature; the maintenance cycles for all the various shards are staggered, so Time of Legends (Publish 90) will become available on an increasing number of shards as the day goes on.

Still…hopefully some of you are able to check out this new expansion for Ultima Online. I’d be keen to hear your impressions of it, if so! And if you want to share any screenshots of Eodon, hit up the contact form and we’ll arrange something.

The First Age of Update: There’s also a new piece of fiction/lore — entitled Voices — on the game’s official website. Written by (as usual) EM Malachi, its main focus is on Hawkwind as he struggles against Anon, evidently a servant of Minax conjuring dark powers from deep within the fortress of Shadowguard.