Ultima Online Producer’s Letter – April 16, 2013
Yesterday, the Ultima Online Producer released a letter outlining future plans for UO.
Author: Deckard
The Status of Ultima Online, April 2013 (Update)
Status of Ultima Online: UO’s Lead Designer was laid off last week, due to EA budget cuts, leaving us with six dev team members, some EMs, and some GMs.
Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes Closing (Updated)
Mythic is cancelling Warhammer Online: Wrathe of Heroes, the arena-based 6x6x6 F2P spinoff of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning.
Ultima Online – 15th Anniversary Party – Live Coverage
Ben “Bandit LOAF” Lesnick reports live from Fairfax, Virginia and BioWare Mythic’s studio and the 15th anniversary celebration for Ultima Online.
Raph Koster: Ultima Online is Fifteen, the Grand Experiment
Just go read Raph Koster’s Website. In my view, it will be the best tribute and article about UO’s 15th Anniversary that you will read.
The Doctors Have Left the Building
Earlier today, BioWare co-founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk announced their retirement from BioWare/Electronic Arts.
EA Finished with Single-Player/Offline Games [Update]
I guess it really should not be all that surprising. EA is moving away from single-player/offline games.
UO – Return to Britannia From Sep 5 – Oct 5
It’s been a few years, but the Return to Britannia program is back and active for many players, and it will run from today, September 5, through October 5, 2012.
Ultima Forever Interviews with CNN
CNN has put together large articles on Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar. It covers a little bit of Ultima IV, and is probably one of the highest-profile pieces done on U4E within the mainstream media, even if it’s in CNN’s Gaming and Gadgets section.
UO Producer’s Letter – Chaos and Order, Order and Chaos
Earlier today, a new UO Producer’s Letter was posted on the UO Herald.
I’ve posted a write-up about my thoughts as a current UO player, but I’ll just say this much now: It’s been too long, and I’m echoing what others have said, but we finally have a letter that sounds like it was written by the producer of an MMORPG.
