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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Choose My Adventure: Warframe in review
It's funny how presentation problems can have such a huge impact on the same product.
Warframe, as a game, is almost crippled by its lack...
Ultima Online is officially going free-to-play on Thursday, outlaws multiboxing
If you didn't already know that Ultima Online is planning to go free-to-play, you probably still wouldn't be able to tell without reading between...
Tale of Toast is giving up on being a free-for-all PvP MMO
We've been keeping an eye on Tale of Toast since last year in the lead up to its early access launch back in February....
Ultima Online’s F2P trial is coming in early April while DAOC hotfixes classes
The Ultima Online team is hard at work "crushing bugs" and preparing for the launch of Endless Journey. The free-to-play Publish 99 is being...
GDC 2018: Exploring SpatialOS with Improbable CCO Bill Roper
SpatialOS: You've probably been seeing this name pop up more and more in the MMO sphere. Worlds Adrift, Mavericks, Fractured, Seed, MetaWorld, and Identity are just some of the titles we've...
GDC 2018: Ultima Online post-mortem with Richard Garriott, Starr Long, Raph Koster, and Rich Vogel
Plenty of panels at GDC are recorded and uploaded to the internet weeks after the event, including this one. It's not quite the same...
GDC 2018: The Legends of Aria devs talk closed beta, gankbox PvP, and the MMORPG genre
One thing I love about GDC compared to other conventions I cover is how many actual developers I get to talk to, especially without...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most creative way MMOs thwart toxicity?
Forget group-kicks: If you're a tool in Sea of Thieves, your own shipmates might just opt to stuff you in the brig - "a...
Ultima Online continues testing free-to-play patch
Can you smell it? The sweet scent of spring is in the air -- and free-to-play trials as well! Ultima Online is on the...
Massively Overthinking: Paying for MMORPG emulators, legal or otherwise
MassivelyOp reader Bryan recently wrote to us with a fun question about emulators, a topic that will simply never die as long as MMORPGs...
Shroud of the Avatar releases co-op and world videos ahead of launch
Portalarium is going all out for Shroud of the Avatar's formal launch next week - March 27th, for those of you keeping count. Last...
Shroud of the Avatar’s housing is expensive, but not impossible to acquire without RMT
When we covered Shroud of the Avatar's newsletter yesterday, one of the tidbits we mentioned was the plan for craftable housing. In response to...
Saga of Lucimia argues GM events should be mandatory in MMOs, not an ‘optional service’
A few months ago, we ran a Leaderboard poll asking players what kind of live studio-led events they want out of MMORPGs. By way...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has most improved its UI over the years?
In an earlier Daily Grind on peripherals, I mentioned how I used to fold up a piece of paper into a triangular prism, write...
The MOP Up: Closers chooses its next character (March 4, 2018)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
The Daily Grind: What’s the weirdest MMO peripheral you’ve ever seen?
Massively OP is heading to GDC this year, which means we're being deluged by PR from techware and software companies that'll be on site....
Ultima Online’s 99th update preps free-to-play conversion, adds new official forums
Before the free-to-play conversion for Ultima Online launches this spring, Broadsword is hard at work updating the early game experience for the newbies and...
Raph Koster on the ESA’s DMCA battle: ‘Preservation matters’
Remember last week when we covered how the Entertainment Software Association is fighting a proposal to amend the DMCA that would help preserve online...
Catching up with the Ultima Nostalgia project that’s rebuilding Ultima Online in Wurm
If you found last week's community discussion on whether (good) bots could help save dying MMORPGs fascinating, then the video hereunder will suit you...
Massively OP’s guide to Valentine’s Day 2018 across the MMORPG-verse
Is your Valentine's day about love, friendship, or free candy from mom? In MMORPGs, it's about questing, murder, and free loot! So, yeah, kinda...
