Once again, Ultima Online has made it to the top! Time recently posted a list of the 100 greatest video games of ALL-TIME and Ultima Online made the list. We are honored to be listed with so many great games and are truly proud of Ultima Online being “The Best of the Best”.
Greetings everyone, I wanted to give everyone a heads up that after further review of the reward items for the House decorating contest, I have changed the reward from a Snowman to a hued Reindeer with the text, “Winner of the 2012 Holiday House Decorating Contest”. The reason for the change was due to the fact the snowman was not fitting for such a contest as only the hat and scarf could be hued.
Complex Gaming recently published a list of the best PC games. We are very proud to see that Ultima Online was ranked number 8 of the 50 Best PC Games of All Time!
It is time for another Ask and Answer. This week we received a lot of questions regarding adding features and items to the game. Here are the answers to your questions: UO Auctions From Purple Pixie, Atlantic I totally think the bag with 3 snow and 3 grass tiles will be a miracle to those of us who love to decorate for the seasons and don’t want to go into construction mode and destroy our establishments. I just have one small request of wish for an addition… or even divide it 2x, 2x, and 2x… with sand tiles. We don’t […]
Today is my last day as Community Manager at Mythic. I’ll face a new and very exciting challenge from Monday on. It has been great to work on Ultima Online and all other Mythic products for the last 2 years. I met amazing people here in the teams as well as out there among you players. My only regret is that I had to spread my attention over 5 different titles and never had the time to be really dedicated to one of them. But I take a lot of great memories with me. I thank you for being the […]
It’s the time of the year that everyone gets creative and decorates their homes to reflect their feelings of the holidays. UO would like to announce a Holiday House Decorating Contest. Petra from stratics has been kind enough to help out with gathering and setting up the voting page for the contest. There will be 10 winners total and you as the players will help pick the winners. The rewards will be a special hued Reindeer with the text, “Winner of the 2012 Holiday House Decorating Contest” and the top voted design will have their house go down in the […]
In the wake of a new focus our studio has recently changed its name from BioWare Mythic to Mythic. Everything else stays the same – our passionate teams will continue to support and develop our existing titles as well as working on some new and exciting projects. If you want to learn more about our studio, visit our new website, our dedicated Facebook page, or follow us on Twitter @MythicNews.
Publish 79 will be on Origin and Izumo after tomorrow’s maintenance. In an effort to get more feedback from all our players, we will be sending publishes to both Origin and Izumo shards. In addition to the Publish 79 notes the following changes have been made: Artifacts obtained from the Exodus Encounter cannot have powder of fortification applied The New Haven Mine has opened on the Southern Edge of the island The trade window will no longer be empty when trading a tamed turkey
In this week’s Ask and Answer we have a interesting mix of questions that the developers answered. Here they are for your reading pleasure: UO.stratics Has there been any thought as to letting us use any of the boats in the huge lake in Malas near Umbra, or sail in any of the waters in Ilshenar? (Bazer – Apr 2011) Could rowboats only be allowed in Dungeons, Ilshenar, Ter Mur and Malas? (Basara – October 2012) Will you allow us to use rowboats in dungeons please? There is so much wasted water in like ice dungeon and I need to […]
Update 11:30 am EST: Europa and Drachenfels are back online. Greetings! We will be bringing the shards Europa and Drachenfels offline tomorrow, Tuesday November 6th, at 7:00 am EST (12:00 GMT) for essential maintenance. At this time we anticipate that both shards will be back online no later than 12:00 pm EST (17:00 GMT). Please be sure to check this post for updates regarding the downtime.
