Yeah, yeah, I know…it’s barely playable, and really isn’t an Ultima at all, except because Sierra slapped the name onto it as a marketing ploy. Be that as it may…Telemachos’ PC port of the game is once again available for download.

And from the sound of it, all the various bits of downloadable content (DLC) will be included in the box. Not that this has even the first thing to do with Ultima…but I like Mass Effect 2 (though not as much as I like Mass Effect), and therefore count it worth remarking on. (via Joystiq)

Yeah, I know, there’s nothing particularly Ultima-related about BioWare‘s Dragon Age series of games. At the same time, I would be remiss if I did not point out that the Dragon Age toolset is ludicrously powerful and would, I think, be well-suited to developing an Ultima adventure in. And hence, I’m reporting this, because as [...]

Thanks to Matthew Johnston, the download archive for this interesting Ultima-inspired tale is no longer corrupt.

Though incomplete, this Morrowind total conversion would one day have served as a fine basis for Ultima-themed mods. It was a project in much the same vein as Project Britannia or Realms of Ultima. And it is once again available for download, in its incomplete state.

The Titans of Ether have, of course, been busy this last month. Progress has been made on NPCs, the endgame, Destard, the “Deus Ex choice at the end that results in the Voltaire quote” (Direhaggis, you tease…), Jhelom, Buccaneer’s Den, and texturing on armour models. A good month, then, July. A very good month. And [...]

Okay, granted, the update to the project website is just a quick note from Zephyr stating that the Project Britannia team have taken over some of the website administration duties, and have resurrected the Lazarus Forums at the Project Britannia website, but hey…project news is project news. (hat tip)

Some of you may recognize Arkane Studios as the developer of Arx Fatalis, the game that many considered to be, unofficially of course, Ultima Underworld 3. Well, they’ve just been purchased by Zenimax, who are also the parent company of Bethesda Softworks. Here’s the interesting part: Arkane Studios is already working on a project with [...]

Spoony has continued his hilarious, if profane, reviews of the different games of the Ultima series, and has added reviews for Ultima 2 and Ultima 3 to his site. Check thou them out! (hat tip)

I was told the most interesting thing today. As the good reader is probably aware, a port of Akalabeth was recently released on the iPhone (or, more correctly, iOS) platform, Apple‘s mobile device operating system. The good reader is also probably aware that I’ve had some contact with Mythic Entertainment. Mythic, as most hopefully know, [...]

I know that the project itself has stalled, and in truth I’m considering moving it to the Orphanage. Be that as it may: MokahTGS’ Neverwinter Nights 2-based project, Realms of Ultima, is once again available for download.

Matthew Johnston’s total conversion for Exult is once again available for download. And with that, I’m out sick for the rest of the day.

I’ve grown tired of manually updating the Ultima Facebook page with news from Aiera every time I publish, so I’ve installed a new plugin, called FacePress, to automate the process. This is, admittedly, mostly just a test post to see how it handles things, but I figured some of you might be interested to know, [...]

Why didn’t anyone tell me? Okay, let me just clarify. I could probably do without some of the emo baggage that the various Flyleaf fan blogs are veritably infested with, but Memento Mori hasn’t left the CD player of my car* since the Dragoness gave it to me for my birthday a few months back. [...]

She flat-out told me what she wanted for a gift, though: Yeah, we’re kind of a gaming household.

Gordon McNutt’s Ultima-inspired engine (Nazghul) and its associated RPG (Haxima) are once again available for download!

I suppose, where fantasy RPGs are concerned, I’m something of a purist. I love Ultima, and quite frankly cannot stand nor abide and Final Fantasy title. As in: at all. Thus, I cast my lot in (albeit only in this case) with the Philosoraptor: And if that doesn’t start a flame war in the comments, [...]

The long-time reader will know that I have a fairly broad selection of daily reads, including many political, religious, and gaming sites and blogs. The long-time reader probably does not know, however, that I also follow a few game blogs of a very different sort. Perhaps I should capitalize the ‘g’, as well; these blogs [...]