Elderlands: Open Beta Begins Next Week
Elderlands, the 2D tile-based MMORPG by former Origin Systems developer Jason Ely, will be entering open beta on October 22nd.
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Sanctimonia On Hold; Eight Virtues Now Working on a SHMUP Called Sylph
Kevin Fishburne has stopped working on Sanctimonia, his Ultima-inspired PvE MMORPG, for a bit. He has shifted his attentions to a new project, a SHMUP called Sylph: Project Miyaji.
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.
Ultima Online: Publish 86.0.1 Live on TC1
Broadsword Online Games have released a small patch for Ultima Online’s Publish 86, which should now be live on the Test Center shard.
Sean Malstrom Doesn’t Like Shroud of the Avatar
Typed dialogue and a wide variety of house options aren’t everyone’s mug of ale: “For what is wrong, it is what I hear from people who bought into the alpha…An example is dialogue. You...
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...
A Year to the Day, The Neverwinter Vault Is Once Again Down…Seemingly For Good
IGN has shuttered their once-excellent Neverwinter Vault, formerly a home to all manner of mods and mod-making content for Neverwinter Nights and its sequel.
Ten Ton Hammer: On Looting Houses in Ultima Online (Also, Shroud of the Avatar Won’t Have That)
Over at Ten Ton Hammer, in an opinion piece about looting player houses in Ultima Online, Richard Garriott is quoted (sort of) as saying that this practice will not be in Shroud of the Avatar.
Shards Online: Open Preview Weekend
Citadel Studios are giving all comers — backers and non-backers alike — the opportunity to try Shards Online this weekend.
Sanctimonia: New Website
Kevin Fishburne has rolled out a new website for Sanctimonia, his Ultima-inspired PvE MMORPG for Linux.
