Shards News Round-Up
A collection of articles and details about Citadel Studios’ in-the-works MMORPG, Shards.
Tagged: MMORPG
Ultima Online: Greenlit on Steam; Vendor Search Coming Back On
Ultima Online has been greenlit on Steam, which means that Valve will now work with Broadsword Online Games to get it listed in the Steam catalogue.
Interview with Mike McShaffry
Mike McShaffry, the project director for Ultima 8, graciously agreed to answer a number of questions from the Ultima fandom.
Checking In on Sanctimonia’s Progress
Kevin Fishburne has been hard at work on Sanctimonia, adding more persistent objects, tweaking the game’s camera, and getting doors and other portals implemented.
Broadsword Online Games Hosts the State of UO Address Tomorrow
Broadsword Online Games will be hosting their first State of UO Address tomorrow.
Ultima Online: Publish 85.4 Coming to All Shards
Publish 85.4 — and with it the much-anticipated Vendor Search feature — was pushed to all Ultima Online shards today.
Interview with Jason Ely
To mark the 20th anniversary of Ultima 8’s release, the Ultima Codex interviewed one of the game’s most well-known team members, programmer and designer Jason Ely.
Former Mythic/Ultima Online Developers Form Citadel Studios, Announce a Game Called “Shards”
A number of former Mythic developers have come together to found Citadel Studios. They’ve also announced their first game, a multiplayer isometric RPG called Shards.
“We should learn more about Richard Garriott.”
Brad King’s book, Dungeons & Dreamers, was first released in 2003. However, this month, a second edition of the book — which is partly a biography of Richard Garriott — will be released.
Shroud of the Avatar: So…Starr Long Made Some Comments About PvP During Release 3…
Starr Long had some interesting things to say about PvP in Shroud of the Avatar during last week’s test release. Not everyone was happy with his comments, either.
SOE’s John Smedley Commented on Project Copernicus
This is a very annoying and tragic thing to read, I must say. It would appear that, at some point prior to its cancellation and the attendant shuttering of 38 Studios, Sony Online Entertainment...
