Official Site:Â Ultima Online
Studio:Â Broadsword Entertainment/EA (formerly Mythic)
Launch Date:Â September 24, 1997
Genre:Â Isometric Fantasy Sandbox
Business Model:Â Subscription (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
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Ultima Online gets Spring Fever while New Legacy shard work continues
Anticipation is building for Ultima Online's newest initiative, a throwback shard (of a sort) called New Legacy. While New Legacy isn't here yet, Broadsword...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best animal taming mechanics?
I saw a fun thread on Reddit a while back that made me all nostalgic for Ultima Online. The player was looking for MMOs...
The Daily Grind: Are you irritated by paid server transfers in MMORPGs?
A few weeks back, MOP's Eliot covered a World of Warcraft sale that caught my attention: Concurrent with the launch of Eternity's End, Blizzard...
The Game Archaeologist: Dark Zion, the brainchild of Tad Williams and Ultima Online devs
It has almost become a running joke in MMO circles that pretty much every new studio and new title these days was founded by...
SeedInvest tells Shroud of the Avatar investors that Portalarium eluded its accountability efforts
Shroud of the Avatar has been a black mark on the MMORPG genre, Kickstarted MMOs, and genre founding father Richard Garriott for years, and...
The Game Archaeologist: Dark Eyes, a forgotten Japanese MMO from 1999
For a country that was the epicenter of video games (and, in many ways, still is), Japan never quite latched onto the MMORPG genre...
Legends of Aria’s new owner discusses the revamp, Classic, and blockchain implementation
Just before Christmas, we learned that Citadel Studios and Legends of Aria, originally Kickstarted as Shards Online, were being bought out, along with the...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best boats as of 2022?
In fewer than two weeks, Guild Wars 2 is getting something we've never had before in the game: boats. In fact, you might even...
The Daily Grind: Do you make use of ‘mule’ characters in MMORPGs?
Back in the long long ago, the concept of a mule in an MMO - that is, a character you rolled but didn't really...
Ultima Online is aiming to launch UO New Legacy in 2022
As promised, publish 112, with its plethora of event and anniversary rewards, released to the production servers of Ultima Online earlier this week, but...
The Daily Grind: When and where were you when you first learned about MMOs?
I have told this story once or twice before: I was standing in a store with my boyfriend, rifling through shelves of games, looking...
Ultima Online preps 25-year vet rewards, Valentine’s gifts, and castle designs
Ultima Online is readying another patch as of this week, but don't get overly excited: This one's mostly focused on rewards. Actually, do get...
The Game Archaeologist: Talking 25-year-old Tibia with CipSoft
It's not every MMORPG that can boast that it started back in the late '90s and is still going strong even today. However, Tibia...
The MOP Up: Fiesta Online adds new servers
Anime MMO Fiesta Online's heart grew two sizes bigger this past week thanks to the addition of a pair of servers -- one for...
The MOP Up: Ultima Online plays Santa and hands out gifts
Ultima Online is really into gift giving this season, so head in and get yours before they're all gobbled up: "We wish to offer...
One Shots: Multilevel marketing dragons
To kick us off in One Shots today, Miol seems embroiled in some... issues: "You’d think with a flying dragon, you could finally reach...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever exploited in an MMO?
New World's seemingly endless parade of exploits had reawakened my wonder about who exactly buys a game only to try to break it for...
The Daily Grind: Are you bothered by boosting in MMOs?
A few weeks ago, the World of Warcraft playerbase was grumbly over a tweet from the new Blizzard co-president that encouraged boosting, which is...
Massively Overthinking: What are your most on-brand MMORPG class archetypes?
A while back in MOP's work chat, we were chatting about Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons and how its elite specs line up...
The MOP Up: Trove’s Bard sings his way onto the Nintendo Switch
It's time to RAWK OUT on the Nintendo Switch, thanks to Trove finally bringing the Bard class over to that platform. "The Bard class...
