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Irrational Games As gorgeous and intriguing as the Burial at Sea DLC for BioShock Infinite looks, the execution of it seems to be somewhat lacking. Not that it’s bad, exactly…it just seems to disappoint...
Creation takes time. Time is limited.
Ultima Forever: Version 1.6.55 Available; Get It Now!
The latest update to Ultima Forever opens new dungeons, overhauls the gear damage system, and allows players to remove Virtue-related hints from dialogue options.
Exult: New Snapshot Builds; Stop Using Version 1.2!
In an update to the Exult website — the first in nearly two years — we are informed that development on the project has more or less halted for the time being, and that the current snapshot builds are very stable. As such, everyone who can is encouraged to stop using version 1.2 of the engine.
Shroud of the Avatar: Windmill Village Home and Village Mine Basement Revealed
The latest Update of the Avatar from Portalarium introduced the Windmill Village Home, another player housing option for those of you who own property in Shroud of the Avatar.
Pen of the Avatar: Splash Image Amphitheatre (Continued)
In the latest Pen of the Avatar session, Portalarium concept artist Stephen Daniele continued his work on the amphitheatre splash image he began working on two weeks prior.
Ultima Online: Publish 85 Comes To the Origin and Izumo Shards. Also: New Fiction!
Mythic has pushed Publish 85 for Ultima Online to the Origin and Izumo shards. Additionally, there’s a new piece of fiction up on the Ultima Online website.
U3.5 Pax Britannia: Party Size Limit, Plot Written, Scipting Engine in Progress
Andrew Owen has posted an update on the development of U3.5: Pax Britannia. He has settled on a maximum party size, finished writing the game’s plot, and has the scipting engine in a nearly-complete state.
Chris Roberts: “Star Citizen IS a PC game. It will NEVER be dumbed down…” (Also: $28 Million!)
Chris Roberts isn’t building some lame console game, and he wants you all to know it. Also, Star Citizen just reached the $28 million funding milestone…because come on, you knew that was going to happen.
Spoken Like Iolo!
Iolo is alive and well in David Watson’s pithy reply to Richard Garriott on Twitter.
Someone Is Going After Richard Garriott’s ISS Geocache (Updated)
Richard Garriott currently holds the record for the highest-altitude geocache; he left a cache on the International Space Station (ISS). NASA flight engineer Rick Mastracchio is going after it. (Updated: The geocache has been reached!)
