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Pentagram and xu4 Snapshots Updated

Pentagram and xu4 Snapshots Updated

I have updated Ultima Aiera’s copies of the snapshot downloads for Pentagram and xu4, both because they were out of date anyway and because of the recent SDL fixes for the OS X versions.

Exult Ported To Haiku

Exult Ported To Haiku

The latest version of Exult (1.49) has been proted to Haiku, an open-source operating system inspired by BeOS.

Beautiful Britannia: Development Slowdown

Beautiful Britannia: Development Slowdown

Firstknight, unfortunately, has had to slow down work on Beautiful Britannia courtesy of various real-life issues. The next release from the project will be delayed a few months as a result.

The Wing Commander CIC Turns Thirteen!

The Wing Commander CIC Turns Thirteen!

Summer seems to be the time when Origin Systems fans build websites! The Wing Commander CIC, the hub of the Wing Commander fan community online, was launched 13 years ago today!

Announcing: The Digital Lycaeum!

Announcing: The Digital Lycaeum!

The Digital Lycaeum is the newest feature offered by Ultima Aiera: a repository of Ultima-themed game assets that any interested fan project developers can access and make use of!

Nuvie: Official Release v0.2

Nuvie: Official Release v0.2

Eric Fry has just posted the second official release — at version 0.2 — of Nuvie, his Exult-like front-end for Ultima 6 (and, one day, Savage Empire and Martian Dreams as well).

Ultima Aiera Turns Seven Today!

Ultima Aiera Turns Seven Today!

Seven years ago today, Ultima Aiera was launched as an alternative to Ultima: The Reconstruction (another project archive), and the home of The Ultima Orphanage. My, how things have changed!

BioWare Becomes Its Own EA Label

BioWare Becomes Its Own EA Label

Electronic Arts has promoted BioWare from an EA Games studio to a label within the company on par with EA Games itself; BioWare is now EA’s dedicated RPG label.