Out There: Do MMOGs need death?
Pining for the loss and consequence of Ultima Online, plus the death of the games and art argument.
1Pining for the loss and consequence of Ultima Online, plus the death of the games and art argument.
1Richard Garriott, creator of Ultima and Ultima Online, has spoken of his desire to rebuild his virtual world after being disappointed at the direction in which EA has taken Old Britannia since he left Origin Systems in 2000. In a lengthy post on Facebook, the self-styled Lord British writes: "Elves and ninjas have been added [to Ultima Online], things I specifically had banned. This is only a small example of why and how Ultima has drifted away from Richard Garriott, but I have not drifted away from Ultima. Over-used, irrelevant and re-used RPG elements are not the essence of my Ultimate RPG." More >
1The industry veteran and Ultima Online creator on what his new company can bring to social games.
Origin, at last, has lived up to its tag line: 'We create worlds'.