EA Closes Mythic Entertainment (EA Mythic)
Electronic Arts announced that Mythic Entertainment (or EA Mythic, as they were most recently known) is closed today. What this means for Ultima Forever is…uncertain.
Category: Gaming
Shards Online: Battle of the Backers This Weekend
Citadel Studios will be allowing randomly-chosen backers of Shards Online to play an alpha build of the MMORPG this weekend.
Play Fallen Lords, The New Game from (Ultima Wiki Guru) Fenyx4
Fenyx4, the technical guru who maintains the Codex of Ultima Wisdom wiki, has just released a new game for iOS and Android.
Shards Online Kickstarter Goes Live
The Kickstarter-based crowdfunding campaign for Citadel Studios’ Ultima Online-inspired MMORPG, Shards Online, has gone live.
Shards News Round-Up
A collection of articles and details about Citadel Studios’ in-the-works MMORPG, Shards.
Old News Now: Divinity Original Sin Release Date Announced
The release date for Divinity: Original Sin has been announced: Larian Studios’ Ultima-inspired RPG will be out on June 20th.
Sixth Circle Gaming: Alive and Well
The former creators of the now-defunct board game adaptation of Ultima 7: The Black Gate are working on something new.
I’m Still Transcribing the Mike McShaffry Interview, But Here’s Something We Talked About
Mike McShaffry worked at Red Fly Studios for a while. One project he spoke of in our interview was a Darth Maul-focused Star Wars game, which GameInformer will have more information about next month.
OpenMW: OpenCS Above All, Linux Game Award Nomination
OpenMW continues to make excellent progress, and has garnered a nomination from the Linux Game Awards as well.
Divinity: Original Sin Is Now in Beta
Larian Studios’ Divinity: Original Sin is now in beta, but unfortunately a key virtual world feature had to be dropped from the game.
Former Mythic/Ultima Online Developers Form Citadel Studios, Announce a Game Called “Shards”
A number of former Mythic developers have come together to found Citadel Studios. They’ve also announced their first game, a multiplayer isometric RPG called Shards.
