Warren Spector To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
Warren Spector, who worked on various Ultima titles at both Origin Systems and Looking Glass Studios, is set to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the GDCAs.
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Big Huge Wednesdays
The weekly round-up of news related to 38 Studios/Big Huge Games and their upcoming open-world RPG, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.
Paul Barnett Praises Ultima: The Ultimate Collector's Guide
BioWare Mythic’s creative director, Paul Barnett, has posted a short video praising Stephen Emond’s book, Ultima: The Ultimate Collector’s Guide.
Buy A Copy of Ultima 6 (FM-Towns Version) For Just $160!
Someone is selling the FM-Towns version of Ultima 6 on the Japanese portal of Yahoo! Auctions. It can be yours for the low, low price of 12,000 yen!
Santcimonia Updates: Player Gear, Server Optimizations, Mipmapping…and Combat!
Kevin Fishburne has posted progress reports for December of last year and January of this year, detailing several improvements and new features that have been made or added to his Ultima-inspired online RPG, Sanctimonia.
Piranha Bytes Tuesdays!
The weekly round-up of news related to Piranha Bytes and their two excellent (and Ultima-inspired) RPG series, Gothic and Risen.
Spoony Reviews Ultima 8
Noah “Spoony” Antwiler returns to his Ultima retrospective with a scathing review of Ultima 8.
Back to Roots: Triggers, Other Updates
Fearyourself has continued his excellent pace of progress in implementing features from Ultima 5 in his Ultima-inspired game engine, Back to Roots.
What Games Would Count As Ultima "Clones"?
Sergorn Dragon posed an interesting question on Twitter last night, which I am now repeating here for further commentary by the Ultima fan community.
Good Old Games Now Has Thief For Sale
Good Old Games has released another Looking Glass Studios classic, the stealth-focused Thief.
