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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Where the Kilrathi Were in Ultima Forever
Jeff Skalski tipped off the Wing Commander CIC as to the location of the downed Kilrathi fighter in Ultima Forever. Because yes, it had one of those.
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.
After His Criticism of Dungeon Keeper’s Freemium Mechanics, Peter Molyneux’s Godus for iOS Is Released…As a Freemium Game
I suppose, if one wants to get technical, it was only ever promised that the in-game shop wouldn’t be integral to the PC version of the game.
Extracting Ultima Forever Game Data
In which I take a long, long shot at extracting data from the Ultima Forever PC alpha client…and succeed.
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.
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.
EA’s CEO on Dungeon Keeper: “There was a Disconnect there..” (UK Update)
Eurogamer.net has a very revealing interview with Andrew Wilson, EA CEO, concerning the Dungeon Keeper reboot.
Get (Most Of) the Ultima Series on EA’s Origin Store
EA is selling most of the single-player Ultima games via their Origin digital storefront now, although Ultima 7 is noticeably absent from the catalogue at present.
Mythic’s Final Months: Seven Game Prototypes and Another Classic Franchise
In which we examine some hints, from LinkedIn, as to what may have been going on at Mythic in the studio’s final months.
Mark Jacobs Eulogizes Mythic
Mythic co-founder Mark Jacobs had a few words to say about the demise of the studio.
