How Many People Are Still Playing Ultima Online?
UOJournal looks at the question of how many players are still active in Ultima Online, and comes away with some figures that I think, at least, are surprising.
Creation takes time. Time is limited.
Back to Roots: xu4's Graphics, Ultima 5 Discoveries
Fearyourself has continued to work and report on his Ultima-inspired game engine project, Back to Roots, and has even found a way to incorporate the graphics from the recently-released high-resolution tileset for xu4.
1983 Infomania Interview With Richard Garriott
An Infomania article from 1983 which discusses a bug in Ultima 2 allowing for the creation of bridges of ships (also features a short interview with Richard Garriott).
Just How Awesome Was Looking Glass Studios?
Feed the Gamer looks at Looking Glass Studios’ short but storied history.
Rather Infrequent Open Thread
The no longer anywhere even remotely approaching nightly open thread at Ultima Aiera.
Five Years After Odyssey
The Middle-Aged Gamer interviewed some of the more well-known members of the Ultima X: Odyssey development team back in 2008, and posted the entire discussion on his blog.
Funny Webcomic Spoofs Ultima 4
Funny Webcomic — an online comic that takes on different subjects week to week and lets visitors vote on them — has just put up a spoof of Ultima 4’s gypsy sequence.
EA Making Big Moves Into Social, Mobile Spaces
EA has recently made major purchases in the social and mobile gaming spaces, acquiring developers Ohai and PopCap as part of their increased focused on socially-driven gaming.
New (But Orphaned) Project: ZXU4
Zedex Dragon was, for a time, building a custom version of Ultima 4 for a computer of his own designing, the ZX Spectrum SE.
Back to Roots: Working Healers, And Many Lines of Code
Fearyourself’s Ultima-inspired game engine project proceeds apace, with the addition of a healer in Brittany.
