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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Massively OP Podcast Episode 139: Catching up with Legends of Aria
Justin and Bree are joined by Legends of Aria's Derek Brinkmann to chat about alpha; then they discuss Guild Wars 2's waypoint sales, SWTOR's merges, the WoW expansion, and Shroud of the Avatar's delay, with a mailbag question on lockbox gambling.
The Daily Grind: Why does EVE survive where other PvP sandboxes stumble?
MOP reader Tobasco da Gama pointed us to a recent Reddit thread about why EVE Online persists, even in a weakened state, where other...
The Game Archaeologist: Ultima Worlds Online Origin
While the heady days of Ultima Online's dominant position over the industry are long gone, the MMORPG continues to operate and expand, and many...
The Daily Grind: Do you have a hard time connecting with isometric MMOs?
Let's talk perspective today. No, not your general outlook on life -- which I'm sure is cheery and as non-cynical as can be --...
The Daily Grind: Do MMORPGs still need traditional guilds?
In the game's design docs and our interviews, Camelot Unchained's Mark Jacobs is positively adamant that multiguilding (that is, being able to join more than...
Massively Overthinking: Epic Tavern-style player-generated content in MMORPGs
Ever played Epic Tavern? Massively OP reader Uli though it would make an interesting point of comparison for MMO content. "Epic Tavern is a...
Global Chat: The MMO community’s Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire impressions
It is kind of impossible to stroll around the MMO blogging community as of late and not trip and fall into a pool of...
The MOP Up: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds hits record concurrency (October 1, 2017)
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...
Raph Koster on how Ultima Online pushed the MMO industry forward
Game Designer Raph Koster continues to ponder the significance of Ultima Online on this, the 20th anniversary of the MMORPG's historic release. In a...
Legends of Aria begins final alpha
Rest time's over, boys and girls, so dust yourself off and get back into the thick of the alpha. In this case, it's Legends...
Ultima Online’s F2P mode launches spring 2018, limits housing, boats, and banks
Two decades after launch, Ultima Online is still going strong, and as we reported over the weekend, soon - spring 2018, to be exact...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 137: Hotfooting down the Path of Fire
Justin, Bree, and Tina discuss Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire, Guardians of Ember, the EverQuest franchise, Villagers & Heroes' Starfall, Secret World Legends, Star Trek Online, and Ultima Online F2P, with mailbag questions on the best time to join a guild and deal-breaker MMO features.
Happy 20th birthday, Ultima Online! Here’s how to get caught up on the OG MMORPG
Just about 20 years ago, my boyfriend and I were wandering through Media Play (heh) when he picked up this box for some new...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs get rid of levels?
I would like to say that when I was a kid playing my first MMORPGs, I was impervious to the grind, that I embraced...
20-year-old Ultima Online is going free-to-play (kinda) and getting player-generated quests
In preparing tomorrow's birthday piece for Ultima Online, I confidently wrote that Ultima Online was not going free-to-play because that's what the devs always...
Happy birthday to Fallen Earth, Aion, World of Warships, and Warhammer Online
This particular part of September is loaded with MMORPG and MMO birthdays. In addition to ArcheAge, whose corgipocalypse we've been covering already, and Ultima...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPGs will make to to 20 years?
Unless it mysteriously shutters between now and Monday, Ultima Online is turning 20 next week. Our Game Archaeologist will surely object to an assertion...
Ultima Online preps for 20th anniversary bash, updates players on enhanced client fixes
Ultima Online isn't considered the progenitor of the MMORPG genre for nothing: It's closing in on 20 years of operation next week, to be...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 136: Westward ho!
Justin and Bree discuss Wild West Online, Star Citizen, EVE Online, Black Desert, Phantasy Star Online 2, FFXIV, DDO, Neverwinter, Ultima Online, and of course Guild Wars 2, with mailbag entries on Star Citizen's monetization and solid free-to-play side MMOs.
The Daily Grind: What one lesson do you wish MMO developers would learn?
MMORPG veteran Raph Koster went on a glorious Twitter tear last week, and I'm sure some of you can relate. In response to a...
