Firstknight has some sad news:

I'm very sorry to say this, but I have to leave "Team [tag]Forgotten World[/tag]" again, and this time it will be definitly.

Several important "Real Life" Events forces me to do this, I have to accept the fact, that my "real life situation" simply not allows to work on such a fantastic project as "Forgotten World" will be.

But I will slowly continue working on "[tag]Beautiful Britannia[/tag]", which is only a simple upgrade to UIX, without story changes and other major improvements, as "Forgotten World" will provide.

And when the time comes, where I will get to an playable product, I will simply provide "Beautiful Britannia" for Download on "[tag]Ultima[/tag]: [tag]Aiera[/tag]", but this will not happen within the next 5 years.

And because of the very limited time I will have for creating "Beautiful Britannia", there will be no new screens or other information on it for a long, long time.

I only can hope that you can understand my situation.

Please continue to support "Team Forgotten World" in their effort to create the "true" UIX.

All I can say is: well, doesn't that just suck. But even so, I hope the good reader will join me in wishing Firstknight all the best in whatever continued work he is able to put in on the project, and all good fortunes in his "real life" endeavours.

It's also important to remember: this announcement only applies to Beautiful Britannia, and not to Forgotten World (the other half of the project). I will presently be splitting the two into separate entries here, to reflect this change.

Original post: http://www.ultimaaiera.com/blog/beautiful-britannia-stops-development-kinda/