Let’s Make August 28th “Play Ultima Forever Day”
Mythic’s Ultima Forever will be going offline by the end of the week. What say we all — or as many of us who can — give the game one last, long play session before the end?
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EA Finally Adds Ultima Forever to Their Online Service Updates Page
I feel vindicated: Ultima Forever has finally been added to EA’s Online Service Updates page, their master list of all the online-facing games they’ll be shutting down in the near future. I like to...
So…Sierra Is Back, As Is King’s Quest
Activision has resurrected Sierra as a publishing label, and it has been announced that a new King’s Quest is in development. Also, something about Geometry Wars.
Ultima Forever: Blackthorn’s Castle (Foyer)
An image of the foyer of Blackthorn’s Castle, as it would have appeared in Ultima Forever had it been added to the game.
It’s the Ultima Codex’s Tenth Anniversary
The predecessor to the Ultima Codex went live ten years ago as of yesterday. This year’s anniversary will be rather more bittersweet, but should prove meaningful to all and sundry.
Ultima Forever: August 29th Online Services Shutdown Announced
Electronic Arts has announced that Ultima Forever’s online services will be shut down on August 29th, 2014, rendering the game unplayable past that date. This is a tragic end to a once-promising game.
Eurogamer Interviews Paul Neurath about Underworld Ascension
Eurogamer sat down with OtherSide Entertainment’s Paul Neurath for a chat about Underworld Ascension. In it, we learn the exact nature of OtherSide’s arrangement with EA.
Pimps and Dragons: Ultima Online Profiled in The New Yorker, Circa 2001
A 2001 article from news magazine The New Yorker’s “Department of Gaming”, which looks at the development and culture of Ultima Online.
How Ultima Online Convinced CCP That EVE Online Would Work
Via Eurogamer: “…within months of CCP springing into existence, Origin and EA released Richard Garriott’s Ultima Online. For [Thorolfur Beck], fearing they had been beaten to the market, it seemed like the end of...
EA Mobile’s Frank Gibeau: “Dungeon Keeper suffered from a few things.”
EA Mobile’s Frank Gibeau shared his thoughts on the failure of Mythic’s Dungeon Keeper reboot with GamesIndustry.
