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?
Tagged: Ultima Forever
EA Finally Adds Ultima Forever to Their Online Service Updates Page
I feel vindicated: Ultima Forever has finally been added to EA’s Online Service Updates page, their master list of all the online-facing games they’ll be shutting down in the near future. I like to...
Wallpaper for the Week
Wallpaper for the week. This is the starting area for Ultima Forever; I found a very high-resolution version of it in the game data, and scaled it down a bit (it’s still 2048×2048, though)....
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.
For What It’s Worth, the Ultima Forever Soundtrack is on Google Play
It’s a good thing, I think, that Ultima Forever’s excellent soundtrack will remain available online after the game goes dark later this month.
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.
