Ultima 9 Was Released Fifteen Years Ago Today
Fifteen years ago today, Ultima 9 was released. Who imagined then that it would be the swansong of Origin Systems?
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Crusader: No Remorse Is Free on Origin
Crusader: No Remorse is currently free on EA’s Origin digital storefront, as part of the On the House promotion.
And This Is Also Why It’s a Shame that Mythic Was Shuttered
The people at Mythic — and Paul Barnett especially — loved the communities of the IPs they tried to do new things with, and reached out to them in ways few other developers have.
Former EA CEO John Riccitiello Is Now the CEO of Unity
There really isn’t much more to say than that: John Riccitiello, formerly the CEO of Electronic Arts (and the COO thereof before that) has taken on the CEO role at Unity Technologies. For his...
Thus Ends the Transverse Crowdfunding Campaign
Piranha Games have cancelled the crowdfunding campaign for their Star Citizen clone, Transverse.
The Ultima Forever Forums Are Offline…Basically
The Ultima Forever forums have been put into maintenance mode, permanently.
Ultima Online: Lord British Returns to the Lore
Lord British was featured, by name, in a recent piece of Ultima Online lore. Does it presage the return of Richard Garriott’s character to that game?
Buy the Box for Ultima 8’s Expansion, The Lost Vale, on eBay
The box for the unreleased Ultima 8 expansion pack, The Lost Vale, is once again for sale on eBay.
EA (Sold? Gave? Licensed?) Wing Commander to Piranha Games…And They Didn’t Use It
Piranha Games obtained the Wing Commander license from EA, and then decided not to use it for their otherwise very Star Citizen-like space sim MMO. Because reasons.
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?
