Piranha Bytes Tuesdays!
The weekly round-up of news related to Piranha Bytes and their two excellent (and Ultima-inspired) RPG series, Gothic and Risen.
Tagged: Ultima
The Dark Unknown: Searching Bodies, Loot, and Combat
Adam Burr has posted a couple of updates to the Ultima Dragons Facebook page, announcing some recent developments in his Ultima-inspired tile-based RPG, The Dark Unknown.
Stephen Emond's Ultimate Collector's Guide for Ultima Is Available For Order
Stephen “Cmdr Falcon” Emond has published his Ultimate Collector’s Guide for Ultima through Amazon’s Createspace; order your copy now!
The GAMBIT Looking Glass Studios Podcasts!
MIT’s GAMBIT Game Labs is featuring a series of podcasts with former key people from Looking Glass Studios.
Beautiful Britannia Comparison Screenshots
Firstknight has posted several new comparison screenshots to demonstrate the texture updates present in Beautiful Britannia 2011 R3.
One Million Hits!
As of 4:17 PM (MST) today, Ultima Aiera has logged over a million hits since the beginning of its website traffic statistics tracking (in 2008). That’s a pretty major milestone for the site, and a testament to the long-term staying power of Ultima.
Flashy Dragon Discusses His Flash-Based Ultima 4 Remake
Blair “Flashy Dragon” Leggett has published a blog post which describes his take on the events and circumstances surrounding the shutdown of his Flash-based Ultima 4 remake last year.
Richard Garriott's Apogee of Fear Will Be Released!
NASA has evidently relented, to some extent, and will at some point green-light the release of Richard Garriott’s “Apogee of Fear”, the first sci-fi movie ever shot in space.
Pix's Ultima Patcher Has Been Updated
Pix has updated his Windows-based Ultima Patcher utility to apply the latest Ultima 3 graphics updates from the Exodus Project.
Raph Koster: "Narrative Is Not A Game Mechanic"
Former Ultima Online lead designer Raph Koster has published an interesting blog post arguing that narrative in games is not a game mechanic, but is instead a form of game feedback.
Ultima Online 15th Anniversary Interview
MMORPG.com interviewed Ultima Online’s associate producer, Bonnie Armstrong, last week, talking about the game’s success, its recent updates, and where the game will go in the future.
