The games comprising the Ultima series were, between 1981 and 1999, the defining computer role-playing games. Both the Western and Eastern RPG “schools”, if that is an appropriate term for them, were heavily inspired by the Ultima games, and still feature numerous gameplay and interface conventions that one Ultima or another introduced.
Andy Panthro has updated his Ultima texture pack for Minecraft as well.
A few months ago, I stumbled across a map of Trinsic for Call of Duty 4. It’s taken a while, but I finally got around to putting it up as a download.
The Ultima 6 Remake team have added a working inkeeper, Doris of Minoc, to the game, and also have a bunch of very impressive NPC portraits to show off!
Sergorn Dragon posed an interesting question on Twitter last night, which I am now repeating here for further commentary by the Ultima fan community.
Xar Dragon has created a marvelously detailed statue of the Avatar, circa Ultima 7 or thereabouts.
Rowan Kaiser, writing at Joystiq, argues that Ultima was the most important game series — ever — and discusses many of the ways that it influenced both later RPG development and gaming in general.
From the lead developer of To Be A Hero comes this semi-exclusive, high-resolution piece of desktop-worthy art from the upcoming open-world iOS game, To Be A Hero.
Andy Panthro has updated his Ultima-inspired texture pack for Minecraft to support the latest version of the smash hit indie game.
Nyrthos is a new game which basically became known online earlier this week. Targeted at browsers and mobile devices, it looks like an Infinity Engine game, more or less, and evidently incorporates many RPG features.
Dominus has posted a question to the Exult forums concerning whether or not he and the rest of the team should continue supporting legacy operating system versions.
