GamesRadar - Ultima Online: Kingdom Reborn

New Ultima Online MMO For China (News)

Jul 23, 2009

EA and developer NetDragon Websoft Inc. have teamed up to bring a new MMO to China based on the popular title, Ultima Online.

NetDragon will work with EA's Mythic to bring the title to China, India, Macau and Hong Kong.

Ultima Online patches to 58.8 (News)

Jun 19, 2009

Ultima Online has announced the patch notes for their next update, Pub 58.8. The update is scheduled to go live after the next shard maintenance.

Free play for Ultima Online quitters (News)

Sep 26, 2007

Sept 26, 2007 Veteran MMORPG Ultima Online recently received a significant overhaul in update Kingdom Reborn, and EA is inviting former players to come and take in the new sights for free. The "Return to Brittania" campaign, as the initiative is named, forms part of a celebration of the game's tenth anniversary, and ex-OUers can play for free through to October 9. "Past subscribers in good standing will be able to play for free through October 9, 2007 by visiting ...

Ultima creator condemns stagnant modern MMO titles (News)

Jul 25, 2007

Richard Garriot, the executive producer of NCsoft and creator of the Massively Multiplayer (and massively popular) Ultima Online, has criticised the genre for becoming stagnant, claiming that MMO design has adopted elements akin to "whack-a-mole" games and data management in favour of innovative design.

Ultima Online: Kingdom Reborn - Trailer 06-18-07 (Video)

Jun 18, 2007

EA is injecting the game with its most significant financial investment since launch.

Ultima Online: Kingdom Reborn and Stygian Abyss (Preview)

Feb 8, 2007

Ultima Online, which premiered years before anyone had ever heard of a cable modem, has long since passed the age when even successful games are put to pasture. Which is not to say it hasn't been a trendsetter: UO invented PvP, PvE, guild wars, leetspeak, bank slots, ganking, corpse camping, crafting, griefing, monthlies, and the euphemism "time warps" for major server crashes. UO has also been the only US-centric MMO to sport an isometric birds-eye third-person perspective, which is in many ...

Ultima Online: Kingdom Reborn (Screenshots)

Feb 8, 2007

Ultima Online to receive engine update (News)

Aug 23, 2006

Wednesday 23 August 2006 Massively multiplayer PC RPG workhorse Ultima Online (currently in its ninth year, so possibly older than the newest generation of gamers) is to be given a sweeping overhaul next year in the Kingdom Reborn expansion. Most obvious is a graphical upgrade: while UO won't be moving out of its old school, isometric 3D look, soft lighting and smoothed visuals will make it less eye-searingly retro. Developer EA also promises "many, many more suprises in store" for players, ...