Our latest coverage of Ultima Online.
It’s nearly been four years since Broadsword Online Games started working on a newbie-friendly ruleset server called Ultima Online: New Legacy. The wait will soon be over as the studio finally reveals its plans to launch the long-delayed server in September with beta testing expected to begin this summer. “We are working closely with our alpha testing team to bring [...]
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Ultima Online will be imposing a character limit on all character names in the grandfather of all MMORPG’s next update so don’t be shocked if you suddenly find your Ninja Paladin’s name changed to Percy McPearson. The limit will be set at just 16 characters, and as you can see from the cleverly thought up example above it isn’t very [...]
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Ultima Online, the father of all MMORPGs, is celebrating its 26th anniversary, marking 26 years since the term was first coined by the game’s creator, Richard Garriot. To celebrate the occasion, Broadsword is giving away an anniversary gift bag to all characters that are over 30 days old. “The bag will contain a 26th Anniversary card from a member of [...]
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Ultima Online’s New Legacy alternate ruleset server was initially scheduled to launch in time for the classic MMORPG’s 25th anniversary back in September but was unfortunately delayed due to “personal matters” that several members of the dev team had to handle. After several months, Broadsword Entertainment reports that it’s still working on the New Legacy shard but it looks like [...]
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Richard Gariott's newest NFT MMO project finally has a name and it's 'Iron and Magic' and it bills itself as a 'Web 3.0 open world sandbox MMORPG' according to its sparse website. There's practically zero information about the gameplay and given the state of other crypto NFT games, there likely won't be any actual gameplay for years to come. Like [...]
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A treasure trove of ancient artifacts await in Ultima Online as the granddaddy of all MMORPGs kicks off the new Treasures of Fey Wrath server event. The latest version of the treasure event will send players off into the depths of Dungeon Destard where they’ll be tasked with clearing out the Fey creatures that have overrun the dragon-infested cavern. “We [...]
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Ultima Online players who’ve been with the game since it first came out in 1997 will get a special gift pack as part of the classic MMORPG’s 25th anniversary celebration. Accounts 25 years old and above will get the once-in-a-lifetime “Founding Citizens of Brittania” title and the Hildebrandt Shield which was named after Greg and Tim Hildebrandt who designed the [...]
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Back in September, Broadsword Online Games announced a new Ultima Online shard aimed at new players called New Legacy. New Legacy will feature a simpler ruleset with seasonal time limits designed to slowly acclimatize new players to the game’s complex mechanics and help them transition to one of the regular shards. Over the past few weeks, the studio has been [...]
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Ultima Online is celebrating its 23rd anniversary today and Broadsword is celebrating the occasion with a special anniversary livestream and a huge announcement. The studio has just announced a new shard called Ultima Online: New Legacy. The new shard aims to bring new players into the game and will feature a new ruleset that goes back to the core of [...]
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With the Forgotten Treasures update now live and out of the way, the Ultima Online devs are now hard at work on the Forsaken Foes update slated for release this Fall. In her latest Producer’s Letter, Bonnie “Mesanna” Armstrong writes that the team is now prepping to release the update on the test server soon. “We are currently preparing for [...]
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