For The King: Closed Beta Update
For The King is in the process of being onboarded at Steam; once that’s done, its closed beta will be available to those backers who qualify for it.
Category: Ultima
Dungeons of Chaos: Looking Back, Looking Ahead, and Kickstarter Campaign
Volker Elzner has launched a Kickstarter campaign to support further expansions for Dungeons of Chaos, and has also shared his thoughts on the state of the game today.
Name Change: Das Tal Is Now Called The Exiled
Fairytale Distillery have revealed the real name for the project they’ve been calling Das Tal until now: The Exiled.
Denis Loubet Has Released a High-Resolution Version of His Alternate Ultima 7 Box Art
Denis Loubet has released a high-resolution version of his alternate box art for Ultima 7: The Black Gate.
JD Harding Released His Ultima 7 and Ultima Online Soundtrack Remixes Last Month
JD Harding completed his remix of the Ultima 7 soundtrack, as well as a few Ultima Online tunes, back in September of 2015.
You Can Now Download the Commodore 64 Port of Akalabeth
The Commodore 64 port of Akalabeth: World of Doom was initially released on a limited run of diskettes. A digital version, however, has now been made available.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 50 – Hey, Look, a Milestone!
We’ve somehow managed to reach a fiftieth episode. That seems significant.
Check Out This Video Showcase of “The Cloth Maps of Ultima”
A video retrospective of the cloth maps that shipped with the Ultima games.
Voxel Quest: First Release
Gavan Woolery has released the source code for the first iteration of the Voxel Quest engine.
Underworld Exporter: July 2016 Update Video
A new video showcasing the state of Underworld Exporter as of the end of July.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 49 – Crafting Menus vs. Interactive World Features
The later Ultimas featured robust interactive world systems, which even allowed for objects to be combined to make other objects (e.g. bread). How does this relate to modern crafting systems in RPGs?
