Ultima IX Redemption: The 2015 Fan Project of the Year!
I have to say, I was more than a bit surprised by how this year’s vote went, and in particular because of the rather surprising upset/come-from-behind victory that Ultima IX: Redemption was able to pull off. Until about the 25th of January, it seemed that the vote would be a tight race between Nuvie and The Dark Unknown, and I (for one) fully expected Goldenflame Dragon’s project to capture the prize. But then the Titans of Ether mobilized their fan base, and within about a day Redemption had moved into the second place spot…and then, subsequently, into the top spot.
And that’s a neat thing to learn, too: Redemption has a substantial fan base who were more than willing to step up and represent the project.
Here, then, were the results at the closing of the poll:
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Congratulations — again, for this is their second win (they also captured the prize in 2013) — to the Ultima IX: Redemption team. Here’s hoping that we’ll see more impressive news and developments from this long-running project over the course of 2016…maybe even something playable!
If this was a horse race it would have been really exciting to watch in real-time! Just goes to show you that Ultima fans may not be as predictable as one may think. 🙂 We should all thank them for the commitment and passion they bring to fans of this genre of games. Keep it up!
It’s definitely nice to see that Ultima can inspire this sort of excitement, so many years after the mainline series came to a halt.
I am amazed how many people voted and of course extremely happy about how many of them are Redemption fans 🙂 Thanks WtF Dragon for keeping the Ultima community going with your site!
All those projects are great in my book. They (and of course ultimacodex) are keeping Ultima alive.
You’ve still got my email address, yes? If so, send me mailing addresses for the Titans.
Will do! News update is online btw.
Nice. I’ll get a post up about that.