BioWare Mondays
The weekly round-up of news about BioWare, their various sub-studios, and the various RPG titles and series that they have produced or are working on.
Tagged: Neverwinter Nights
Ultima 6 Technical Documents
Courtesy of Bill Randolph and Joe Garrity of the Origin Muesum, Ultima Aiera is pleased to present a series of design documents for Ultima 6, covering areas such as conversation syntax, object design, and Origin’s in-house map editor.
Concerning Ultima 4 (Or: In Which I Have to Be The Wet Blanket)
Is Ultima 4 freeware? We, the Ultima fandom, have thought so for some time, but the truth of the matter is rather more complicated. And EA has finally taken notice, which has had some unfortunate consequences.
Eriadain is back in action!
One of the first Ultima 9 remakes, which stopped development before achieving a demo release, has been rebooted by its original developer using the Neverwinter Nights 2 engine. And yes, it’s still based on the Bob White Plot.
Good Old Games has a crazy-good Christmas sale going on
As in: pretty much their entire catalogue has seen some kind of discount: over 290 games are on sale for up to 50% off. Pace Dr. Raj Koothrappali, Steam “can suck it.” Some highlights...
Restored: Ultima 8 Remake (Pagan)
This project, which used the Neverwinter Nights engine as its base, was yet another project that was abandoned prior to completion. Being that it was made with NWN, however, anyone with an measure of...
Restored: Eriadain
Moa Dragon’s incomplete attempt to re-tell the story of Ultima 9 based on the Bob White plot is once again available for download. This being a Neverwinter Nights module, it is open for both...
Open Question: What sort of education do you need to get into game programming?
Kevin Fishburne sent me a link to this “Ask Slashdot” installment, in which a user poses that very question. The discussion that results is pretty informative; definitely worth a read. It covers a number...
Updated: Ultima IV Reborn
Glanestel Dragon’s just informed me that he’s made yet another update to Devi’s Neverwinter Nights-based remake of Ultima 4. It is, of course, available for download here and at the IGN Neverwinter Vault.
Ultima IV Reborn (!!) updated
Every so often, something comes along to surprise me. Case in point: out of nowhere, some six years after its initial release, Glastenel Dragon has released an update for Ultima IV Reborn, one of...
Video card issues addressed…I think…
Well, the video card issues seem to have been resolved, and then in a way that allowed me to hold on to the Sapphire Radeon HD 3850. which is good; this new idea I’m...
