Let’s Make August 28th “Play Ultima Forever Day”
Mythic’s Ultima Forever will be going offline by the end of the week. What say we all — or as many of us who can — give the game one last, long play session before the end?
Author: WtF Dragon
The Family Garriott Take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Someone challenged Richard Garriott and his family — apart from baby Ronin, of course — to undergo the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.
EA Finally Adds Ultima Forever to Their Online Service Updates Page
I feel vindicated: Ultima Forever has finally been added to EA’s Online Service Updates page, their master list of all the online-facing games they’ll be shutting down in the near future. I like to...
GOG.com Is Running an “EA Classics” Sale This Weekend
If for some reason you still don’t have the Ultima games in your GOG.com catalogue, they are all on sale (60% off!) this weekend.
Ultima Online: Yamato Reverted 7.5 Hours
The Yamato shard for Ultima Online had to be taken offline today, and will also be subject to a time reversion.
Ananias: Version 1.25 Released
The latest version of Ananias includes pet selection and buffing, as well as a skill point display on the main game UI.
Wallpaper for the Week
Wallpaper for the week. This is the starting area for Ultima Forever; I found a very high-resolution version of it in the game data, and scaled it down a bit (it’s still 2048×2048, though)....
Nuvie: More Work on Martian Dreams Support, Including the Ruby Slippers
The Nuvie team have been hard at work expanding the engine’s support for Martian Dreams. They have also begun adding multi-language support!
The Dark Unknown: Palace of the Skies
Goldenflame Dragon has been hard at work adding a new location to the world of The Dark Unknown.
