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GamesRadar: When Britannia ruled the waves

GamesRadar writes: "The Ultima series was a genre juggernaut back when glaives and guisarmes were needed to carve through the mob of competitive RPGs. While we're currently fortunate to get a couple legitimate RPG-of-the-year contenders, in the 1980s it wasn't unusual to get a dozen. But the Ultima series easily dominated its peers, and continued to propel the genre forward with each revolutionary installment. Current RPGs like Oblivion, Gothic, and The Witcher were heavily inspired by the Ultima series, so young fans of those games all owe Ultima creator Richard "Lord British" Garriott a royal bow (or curtsey) of respect."

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Ultima: The Rise and Fall of an RPG Giant

Ultima is a name you may have heard of, but you're probably not too familiar with the tragic backstory to one of gaming's oldest franchises.

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MeteorPanda1058d ago (Edited 1058d ago )

ultima 7 was my childhood. i loved the voices, it was so ahead of its time in terms of paving a way for open world

i loved 8 for messing around. it was dark, buggy and the police guy blowing u up for brealing the law was hilarious

fuck ea

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How Venezuelans took over video game gold farming

Every MMORPG gamer has farmed, but not all monetized it. For Venezuelans, it was done out of necessity. This is the story of how Venezuela became a leading country in gold farming.

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Ultima Online: New Legacy Announced

After over a decade, developer Broadsword makes MMO news as a legacy shard for UO called Ultima Online: New Legacy is announced.

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RightFootGames1309d ago (Edited 1309d ago )

Interesting, I played UO from day one. My main question would be is stealing allowed and how does PVP work or is it going to be baby mode with a new name again?

GlutenMifflin1308d ago

From what we are seeing Trammel and Felucca are no more which brings PvP back to the forefront. According to UO.com more information will be released via the UO Newsletter.