Tibby Does Montreal: Ian Frazier Joins the Mass Effect Team (Updated)
Ian Frazier, former lead designer of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning and the head of Team Lazarus, has landed a new job at BioWare Montreal.
Category: Ultima
The Digital Lycaeum: Heightmap of Britannia (Updated!)
A high-detail heightmap of Britannia, useful for importing into 3D engines as terrain.
Zero 1 Gaming’s Ultima Retrospective: Ultima 2
Paul Izod at Zero 1 Gaming has continued his retrospective look at the Ultima games, this time looking at Ultima 2.
Random Wednesdays
In which we take a look at a bunch of games, including one with a number of Ultima 7 homages.
The Savage Empire Remake: Sprite Dimensions and Palette
Scythifuge is toying with the idea of straying from the standard Ultima 7 palette in his future sprite editing.
EUO: Balancing the Races
EUO’s developers have done some balancing work on the various races featured in the game.
The Savage Empire Remake: The Barrab are Cold
Scythifuge wants to unleash the full power of the Exult engine in his remake of Savage Empire. By which I mean: cold zones.
The Digital Lycaeum: Reconciling the Past
Browncoat Jayson, at The Digital Lycaeum, has posted the first articles in a new series examining the idea of canon.
Ultima X Odyssey: Extended Gameplay Footage
Video from a preview DVD for Ultima X: Odyssey. This chapter of the DVD, really just an “extra content” piece, showcases over half an hour of gameplay.
Updated Ultima 6 Project Maps Available
The maps for the Ultima 6 Project, in both English and French, have been updated.
Someone is Re-Making Ultima Underworld using Delver (Updated!)
Some inspired soul has evidently decided to re-make Ultima Underworld using Delver, a Minecraft-like first-person RPG.
