I had a chance to play the Dungeon Siege 3 demo last night. Herein you can find a few screenshots I took during the hour or so I spent with the game, as well as some summary thoughts on Obsidian’s upcoming RPG.

Marcus “Markee Dragon” Eikenberry sits down with Richard Garriott for a lengthy discussion about Lord British’s plans for the social gaming space.

DOUG the Eagle Dragon’s first RPG using the IRE RPG engine that he developed has finally gotten to a release-ready state, and is now available for download.

The download snapshots for xu4 have been updated in what seems to be a maintenance release more than a significant update.

After weathering a server outage due to storms, Ultima 6 Online launched a new in-game event pitting players against whatever horrors the “mad mage Penumbra’s experiments” have cooked up!

Alex Shabeel, from the Titans of Ether, posted a note on the Ultima Dragons Facebook page announcing the team’s need for more members.

Johnny Wood has made a series of updates to his online version of Ultima 4, although it does not appear that he has released a new client for it.

DOUG the Eagle Dragon’s first RPG using the IRE RPG engine that he developed has finally gotten to a release-ready state, and is now available for download.

Electronic Arts has just announced its new digital download service, which has a name that will be more than a little familiar to Ultima fans.

It’s been a long time coming, and Ultima fans have been clamouring for it for years. Finally, the Origin Systems catalogue of titles has come to Good Old Games (GOG), beginning with the Underworld games.

After leaking a couple days early, the UltimaForever.com website has gone livem offering a little bit of Ultima history and a free download of Ultima 4.

The inimitable and incomparable John Zmirak offers a commentary on Catholic social teaching that could equally be applied to the Eight Virtues.

Fenyx4, when he isn’t managing the technical aspects of the Codex of Ultima Wisdom, works with Groundling Games. Their game “Oh! Gnomes!” was available for Android previously, and is now on the Apple iOS App Store as well.

They’re here already: social/browser-based games that go far, far beyond the trite simplicity of Farmville. Is it wise to write browser games off as a passing fad that won’t go anywhere?

BanditLOAF has posted a lengthy “what do we know?” analysis article to WCNews. I’d recommend giving it a read.

A cryptic new Twitter account, @UltimaForever, has gone live, and poses the age-old unanswerable question: “Art thou humble?”

Even though I’m not big on video game piracy, I can’t help but feel a certain sense of having “got it made” when Ultima Aiera is listed as a valuable resource for getting Ultima 9 running, even on sites like The Pirate Bay.

Scythifuge continues generating phenomenal pixel art for his Exult-based remake of Savage Empire, including stackable waterfalls, giant wasps, and a (very) large bear.

Andy Panthro’s texture Ultima-themed texture pack for MineCraft has been updated.

Thepal continues his work on his Oblivion-based remake of Serpent Isle. He has finished with Fawn for now, and has begun work on Moonshade, the first screenshot from which is of the automaton barmaid Petra.