Ultima Online's Originality
Life on Aggramar blogger Delin Quent waxes nostalgic about Ultima Online and praises for its originality and unique sandbox gameplay experience.
Author: WtF Dragon
Sanctimonia Updates: Full Screen Rotation and Character Portraits
Kevin Fishburne’s Ultima-inspired online multiplayer RPG continues in its development, adding full-screen rotation (and strafing!) and a rudimentary character portrait creation system.
Trip Hawkins Is In Some Pretty Hot Water
Electronic Arts and Digital Chocolate founder (and former EA CEO) Trip Hawkins allegedly owes about $20 million in federal and state back taxes. And he’s not having any luck getting off easy, either.
Savage Empire for Exult: Still Under Development, Animator Needed!
Scythifuge’s project to remake Savage Empire using the Exult/Ultima 7 engine, which has been dormant for several months, has recently seen news posted demonstrating progress made on graphical asset developments!
xu4 Snapshots Updated…Again!
xu4’s most recent snapshots for Windows and Mac OS X have added support for the new VGA2 tileset for Ultima 4.
Spoony Reviews Ultima Underworld (Both Parts!)
Spoony’s long-awaited review of Ultima Underworld, Parts 1 and 2, is finally online.
Concerning Ultima 4 (Or: In Which I Have to Be The Wet Blanket)
Is Ultima 4 freeware? We, the Ultima fandom, have thought so for some time, but the truth of the matter is rather more complicated. And EA has finally taken notice, which has had some unfortunate consequences.
Richard Garriott Announced As a LOGIN 2011 Keynote Speaker
Ultima creator Richard Garriott will be the opening keynote speech for the 2011 LOGIN Conference, discussing the “new era of gaming” that is the modern era of “cheap or free-to-play, virally spread, casual…gameplay.”
