Shards Online: Pre-Alpha 3 Release Date Announced
The next pre-alpha test release of Shards Online will begin in early December.
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Ultima: “the forefather of the vast main category of CRPGs”
Gamasutra’s list of twenty RPGs every game designer should be familiar with necessarily includes Ultima.
Check Out Richard Garriott’s Notes for DND #29
Design notes for DND #29, Richard Garriott’s forgotten/never-completed follow-up to what became Akalabeth.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 28 – Ultima Online
Spam Spam Spam Humbug chats with members of the Ultima Online team.
Underworld Ascendant: Very First Build Releasing to (Certain) Backers
High-level backers of Underworld Ascendant will be getting a first taste of the game very soon.
Richard Garriott’s Handwritten DND #1 Design Notes
Hand-written design notes for DND #1, Richard Garriott’s first game.
Ultima 9 Was Released Sixteen Years Ago, Today
Sixteen years ago today, the last single-player Ultima title was released.
Not Ultima-Related, But Newsworthy: Massive Archive of Old Infocom Documents at Archive.org
Director and digital historian Jason Scott has uploaded a massive trove of Infocom design and business documents to Archive.org.
“This Is Greatest Game…Needs Greatest Package”: Notes About Ultima 2 (From Richard Garriott)
Some hand-written notes about Ultima 2, from Richard Garriott.
Shroud of the Avatar – Update of the Avatar #152
Shroud of the Avatar – Update of the Avatar #152 – R24, Graveyard, and Standup Corner!
