Anyone Planning to Check Out Raph Koster’s New MMO, “Stars Reach,” Next Week?
“Ultima Online’s” original lead designer, Raph Koster, is about to release a new sci-fi sandbox MMORPG into Steam Early Access next week.
Category: Ex-Origin
Requiescat in Pace: Kirk Winterrowd
Kirk Winterrowd, formerly a developer and composer at Origin Systems, has passed away.
Starr Long and Chris Spears’ New Game, “Slayscape”, Gets a Steam Page
Starr Long and Chris Spears are working on a new dungeon-crawling, first-person battle royale game called “Slayscape”.
Check Out This Promotional Video for “Ultima 9” From 1995
A promotional video recorded at Origin Systems for E3 1995, showing early work being done on “Ultima 9”.
Chris Spears and Starr Long Are Working On a New Game
Can we treat this as evidence that “Shroud of the Avatar” is basically dead?
“Elderlands”: Josh Ely Takes Over
Jason Ely will be handing off development of “Elderlands” to his son – and a small team – while he pursues a new employment opportunity.
Through the Moongate 19 – False Step
Join Spam Spam Spam Humbug for a complete reading of Andrea Contato’s “Through the Moongate”! This episode covers Origin Systems’ struggle to adapt to developing “Ultima 6” for MS-DOS.
Asylumsoft Shutters “Lothgar Online”; Sole Focus Will Now Be “Elderlands”
Jason Ely has announced that he’ll be stopping development of “Lothgar Online”, a legacy project, and focusing full-time on “Elderlands” going forward.
Through the Moongate 18 – Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny
Join Spam Spam Spam Humbug for a complete reading of Andrea Contato’s “Through the Moongate”! This episode covers the development and release of Ultima 5 across various platforms.
Through the Moongate 17 – Return Home
This episode covers the development of Ultima 5, and the fracturing of Origin Systems into its New England and Texas offices.
Through the Moongate 16 – Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar
Join Spam Spam Spam Humbug for a complete reading of Andrea Contato’s “Through the Moongate”!
