Good Old Games has a crazy-good Christmas sale going on
As in: pretty much their entire catalogue has seen some kind of discount: over 290 games are on sale for up to 50% off. Pace Dr. Raj Koothrappali, Steam “can suck it.” Some highlights...
Tagged: 3D
Forgotten World's weekly screenshot: mesh viewer FTW!
Iceblade has posted the latest weekly update at the Forgotten World website, and within it he announces another key point of progress for the project: I present an screenshot of the current incarnation of...
Team Return needs 3D artists
Sergorn Dragon tweeted this plea earlier today: It’s a pretty straightforward request, Dragons and Dragonettes. If you have any experience doing work with 3D modeling software, and/or have monkeyed around with retexturing models used...
The first annual Aiera Thanksgiveaway: Cyber Monday edition!
Now with more stuff to give away! Because Steam is being extra-double awesome today, I’ve been able to expand the first annual Aiera Thanksgiveaway with the addition of Frozenbyte’s 3D platformer, Trine. Steam has...
What is your favourite early Ultima art style?
I’m cribbing this idea directly from the Wing Commander CIC, by the way. The Ultima games have seen a tremendous evolution in their graphical styles and in-game artistry. Part of this is due to...
Added: Ultima 6 Minecraft Conversion
I joked, some time ago, about building a Minecraft-based model of Britannia. Now, I don’t know if the Rules of the Internet state, at any point, that any articulated idea will, after a set...
Return to the Serpent Isle: Portraits!
As noted back in their August update, Team Return have welcomed into their fold Jolyn “Nytefall” Kitzer, who was the lead 2D artist for Ultima V: Lazarus. In the intervening months, she has produced...
Restored: A Legend is Reborn/ERA
This project began as an ambitious remake of Ultima 1. However, due to the fact that Peroxide couldn’t get formal permission from Electronic Arts to make an actual Ultima game (not that this should...
Return to the Serpent Isle: October Update
Team Return have posted their latest update, detailing the progress made this month on their ambitious new Ultima adventure. As has been the case in previous months, much of their news concerns “under the...
Ray-traced Ultima goodness
While doing some reading for his Masters programme, Dino stumbled upon a lecture on ray-tracing (a 3D rendering technique) that featured some Ultima-themed artwork as an example: Notable elements in the diagram include the...
Titans of Ether: September Update
Direhaggis has posted the latest update to the Redemption website. Therein, team member Spyder encourages everyone to register for the project’s forum, wherein they will find all manner of little bits of bonus content...
