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

Massively Overthinking: MMO server merge horror stories

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Whether you call them server transitions, evolutions, consolidations, megaservers, or connected realms, server merges are a thing that affects most MMORPGs at some point...

Massively Opinionated: Which MMO would be the most innovative if launched today?

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In this episode, Larry, Troy, and Jason debate underrated games, MMO development cycles, and the most innovative MMOs.

The Daily Grind: What’s the grindiest MMO?

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Allow me to butcher a phrase: MMO grind is in the eye of the beholder. A few hundred architect entertainment missions in City of...

The MOP Up: All news must go!

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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 Daily Grind: Should MMO studios host their own forums and wikis?

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Massively OP Kickstarter donor DPandaren wants to talk about something every MMO player likely uses but most of us take for granted: forums and wikis. "Do...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 30: Slumbering MMOs

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Justin and Bree discuss WildStar, SWTOR, UO, ArcheAge, Asheron's Call, Otherland, Elite, GW2, and RIFT, with mailbag questions on early access MMOs.

The MOP Up: Ultima Online’s new home

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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...

RPG MO whips up an indie free-to-play sandbox

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Someone must not have spread the word that "Mo" is our thing, but that's OK; we're not jealous. Apparently there's a new indie MMO...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 29: Pathfinder fading

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Justin and Bree discuss WildStar, Ultima Online, Little Healer, Pathfinder, WildStar F2P, ESO's Imperial City, EQ Next's playtest, and the people in the magic box.

The Daily Grind: What’s the oldest MMORPG you still play?

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Later this fall, Ultima Online turns 18 years old. Even more crazy? It's launching its ninth expansion before the year is out (it's on...

Eco as an academic tool: Educating with PvE survival and permadeath

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Like the idea of survival games, but not PvP? Wish your class involved video games? Maybe you want to doom humanity to choking itself...

Ultima Online begins testing Time of Legends expansion

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Did you forget that Ultima Online is rolling out an expansion later this year? You might have, but for faithful UO players, it's certain...

The MOP Up: Rick & Morty meet MOBAs

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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 Daily Grind: Do you play on private servers for dead MMOs?

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Massively OP Kickstarter donor Igor aka Slaith proposes we debate private servers for dead MMOs for today's Daily Grind -- specifically, he mentions Warhammer Online. This is...

The Daily Grind: Have you ever run an event in an MMO?

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Long ago, I used to live for player-run MMO events. In old-school MMORPGs, people judged a guild's quality as much on what it did for...

How to get Ultima Online’s Time of Legends expansion for a song

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Ultima Online's Time of Legends expansion is on the way, just in time for the venerable MMO's 18th birthday in September. And if you're...

Massively Overthinking: Whither went the classic PvE MMORPG?

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Today's Massively Overthinking question was sent via e-pigeon from Kickstarter donor Apollymi. No e-pigeons were hurt in the writing of this article. "Have you heard...

The Game Archaeologist: Kingdom of Drakkar

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Kingdom of Drakkar, also known as Drakkar or even Kingdom of Drakkar II, is a really odd duck among the annals of MMO history....

Exclusive: Broadsword on the state of Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot

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Today we're hanging out with Broadsword Online Games, the indie studio that emerged from the implosion of Mythic Entertainment a while back. Broadsword is...

Ask Mo: If Star Wars Galaxies is so smart, why ain’t it rich?

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Star Wars Galaxies would have been 12 years old this week, had it lived a day past Star Wars: The Old Republic. That makes...

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