ultima online

Official Site: Ultima Online
Studio: Broadsword Entertainment/EA (formerly Mythic)
Launch Date: September 24, 1997
Genre: Isometric Fantasy Sandbox
Business Model: Subscription (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC

The Daily Grind: Are you playing MMOs on Christmas today?

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Christmas means different things to different people. Some folks imbue it with family-oriented festivities, others consider it a religious day, and others just think of it as...

Retro-themed EverEmber Online launches today

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Just because an MMO is launching in 2015 doesn't mean that it is necessarily some ultra-gorgeous, physics engine-happy affair. Sometimes games look to the...

Camelot Unchained’s Mark Jacobs on economy, crafting, and Star Wars Galaxies inspiration

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In anticipation of the today's livestream, Camelot Unchained boss Mark Jacobs spoke with us about the implementation of crafting and trade in the game...
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Make My MMO: Elite’s new Horizons (December 19, 2015)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Elite: Dangerous launched the first chunk of its planned Horizons campaign, Albion Online celebrated 60,000 founders, and Ultima Online...

The Game Archaeologist: Asheron’s Call

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It's hard being the youngest child -- you get the hand-me-downs, suffer through swirlies by older siblings, and eventually develop such a neurosis that...

Perfect Ten: The biggest MMORPG news stories of 2015

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For as long as Massively Overpowered exists, this will be one of the most memorable years in our site's history. It was the year...

Massively OP’s Best of 2015 Awards: MMO Trend of the Year

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Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our award for the best MMO trend of 2015. Last year, we chose sandbox and social gameplay as the awardee...

Stratics MMO players turn to Indiegogo in bid to buy their own site

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If you've been playing MMOs for as long as I have, then Stratics.com was probably one of the first MMO websites you ever visited,...

The Daily Grind: What do you buy in MMO cash shops?

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I'm excessively picky about what I buy in MMO cash shops. I'll buy necessities like backpack and bank slots, character slots and classes. Occasionally I'll...

Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for the MMO hipster

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I say this with nothing but love in my heart: Some of you guys are serious MMO hipsters. Heck, some of you guys were...

The Game Archaeologist: Ultima X Odyssey

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I think any MMO veteran has a private list of prematurely canceled games that he or she deeply wishes had been completed and launched....

The Daily Grind: What are the basic rules of conduct for an MMO community?

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If there's one thing I've learned from 18 years of playing MMOs, it's that games train us to abide by some pretty weird codes...

Albion’s closed beta is live for legendary founders

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It's closed beta time for Albion, and if you're a legendary founder, you can log in right now. Or not if you'd prefer to...

The MOP Up: Tera’s expansion launches in Europe (November 22, 2015)

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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 Game Archaeologist: Shadowbane

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Way back when I used to haunt the corridors of Gamestop and had yet to shun the place due to its stinky evil, I remember...

The MOP Up: TERA’s creepy cat mounts (November 15, 2015)

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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...

Ask Mo: The absurd advantages of MMO guilds

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A Massively OP reader named Ohnix recently sent us a question just perfect for Ask Mo. Let's debate guilds! I play EverQuest II quite a...

The MOP Up: KingsIsle’s new game (November 8th, 2015)

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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...

Massively Overthinking: What to do when your MMO grows stale

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Earlier this year, Kotaku ran a piece on how to make your favorite games feel new again once they've gotten a bit stale. Since...

Battle Bards podcast listens to MMO character creation music

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Battle Bards, the world’s first and only MMO music podcast, returns to listen to the oft-neglected character creation themes. What music do composers create for...

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