Crowfall: Kickstarter Campaign Reaches Over 50% of Goal On Day One
The Crowfall Kickstarter campaign went live this morning, and has raised over half of its base goal thus far.
Tagged: Origin Systems
Ultima Online: Publish 89 Additions; Housing Warehouse Temporarily Down
The Housing Warehouse in Ultima Online is down, this shortly after a housing-related change was released for Publish 89.
Ultima Underworld Retrospective at Roberts Space Industries Website
Cloud Imperium Games hosts people from Portalarium and OtherSide Entertainment for a look back at the Ultima Underworld games.
New Gallery: Ultima 8 Patch Diskette and Notes
Rustic Dragon passed along some images of a mailout of an Ultima 8 patch diskette, complete with patch notes.
Jeff Wofford On “The Rise and Fall of the Lone Game Developer”
Former Origin Systems programmer and manager Jeff Wofford takes a hard, sober look at the state of game development, and the plight of those who attempt to build a game by themselves.
Play Ultima 6, Savage Empire, and Other Origin Systems Classics In Your Browser Now
The Internet Archive has published a trove of over 2,000 MS-DOS games which can be played in a browser window. Several Origin Systems games, some Ultima titles included, are in the collection.
Eurogamer Reports on Origin System’s Unmade and Rejected Games
Eurogamer is running an article about a few games that were pitched at Origin Systems, but which either never got made or were rejected outright.
Interview with Bill Randolph
Bill Randolph graciously took over an hour out of his busy schedule to chat with us about his work at Origin Systems, especially on Ultima 9. He answered a number of questions about the game and its development, and shed some new light on its difficult development.
Let’s Also All Congratulate Joe Garrity; He Received A Royal Warrant from Lord British
Joe Garrity of the Origin Museum was awarded a Royal Warrant by Lord British during Portalarium’s recent Cyber Monday 2014 12-Hour Telethon.
Retro Gamer Interviews Richard Garriott About Origin Systems
Retro Gamer has published an interview with Richard Garriott focused on the history of Origin Systems. Which contains a few amusing errors.
