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Ultima Online: Kingdom Reborn News (PC)

Ultima Online server gets rolled back two weeks

Posted: 19.12.2012 by JonahFalcon

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The users on the Atlantic server of Ultima Online have gotten some painful news - their characters will be rolled back to their state on the 5th December due to "corruption" on the server.

Veteran MMO producer Rich Vogel leaves The Old Republic

Posted: 18.07.2012 by JonahFalcon

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Industry site Gamasutra is reporting that Star Wars: The Old Republic executive producer Rich Vogel has left developer BioWare Austin. Vogel, who had worked on various MMOs like Ultima Online, Meridian 59 and Star Wars Galaxies, had been with the developer for seven years.

MMO "in a rut," still "mainly WoW clones," says Diablo co-creator

Posted: 10.10.2011 by Technet2k

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Blizzard North co-founder David Brevik, now working on Marvel Universe Online at Gazillion Entertainment, believes the MMO genre in general is a bit stale.

He feels the genre is generally "in a rut," with little exploration beyond 'what's safe'. The MMO game "is a platform," and there's many ways to get people together.

Richard Garriott 'open' to working on Ultima, but EA not interested

Posted: 03.09.2011 by JonahFalcon

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Ultima creator Richard Garriott, aka Lord British, is "open" to collaborating with Electronic Arts on a new Ultima game, but EA isn't "particularly interested" in it.

Garriott "extremely pleased" with jury's decison in NCsoft case

Posted: 30.07.2010 by Technet2k

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Richard Garriott, creator of Ultima and Tabula Rasa, has won his court case against former employer NCsoft for 're-characterising' his departure.

He claimed he was fired and forced to sell stock in a depressed market, losing millions, will NCsoft portrayed his leaving as voluntary. No dice.