Risen 2 Weekend Roundup Post
The weekend round-up of news related to Risen 2: Dark Waters, the upcoming (semi-?)open-world RPG from Piranha Bytes, makers of the original Gothic games and long-time Ultima fans.
Creation takes time. Time is limited.
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Weekend Roundup Post
The weekend round-up of news related to Kindgoms of Amalur: Reckoning, the upcoming open-world RPG (from Big Huge Games/38 Studios) being worked on by Ian “Tiberius” Frazier of Lazarus fame.
Rather Infrequent Open Thread
The no longer anywhere near nightly open discussion thread at Ultima Aiera.
The Ultima 7 "Google Map"
To celebrate its release on Good Old Games, Ryan Allen has created a Google Maps-like browser for the map of Britannia from Ultima 7: The Black Gate.
Richard Garriott Did Talk To EA…A While Ago, Though
Nathan Grayson, at PC Gamer, did a bit of digging and figured out just what went on between Richard Garriott and EA.
Beautiful Britannia 2011 R3 Released!
Firstknight has gifted us all with one last release package for Beautiful Britannia, adding over 150 new textures and thousands of new objects to Ultima 9.
FYI: Paul Barnett is Not Leaving BioWare Mythic
BioWare Mythic’s creative director briefly left many of us with the impression that he was leaving the company for a new job in California. As it turns out, this is not the case…though he does now have an office in Sacramento as well.
EA Denies Talking With Richard Garriott
EA’s communications chief, Jeff Brown, has spoken out at IndustryGamers and stated that there have been no talks between EA and Richard Garriott…about Ultima Online, at least.
Richard Garriott: What Went Wrong With Ultima 8
Richard Garriott, in yet another interview with Eurogamer, discusses some of the issues surrounding what he regards as the failure of Ultima 8. Oh, and something about Tabula Rasa.
Richard Garriott At The Simonyi Space Gallery Dedication
Richard Garriott turned up at the Seattle Museum of Flight to celebrate the unveiling of the Charles Simonyi Space Gallery.
