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Ultima Online Birthday Celebration!

The UO Team would like to invite you to join us to celebrate our 15th year Anniversary! We will be having this here in VA at 4035 Ridge Top Road in September on the 29th. If you are interested in joining us please email barmstrong@ea.com. Please reply as soon as possible so we can get a head count since we will have limited space. We look forward to seeing everyone and will supply more details later.


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Ultima Online at Wayback Wednesday

MMORPG.com’s Twitch TV channel is going to visit Ultima Online tomorrow night, 05/16, in its Wayback Wednesday series. The session will launch at 9:30pm EDT (3:30am CEST). The hosts Rob ‘Grakulen’ Lashley and Hillary ‘Pokket’ Nicole will be joined by Bonnie ‘Mesanna’ Armstrong and other members of the Ultima Online team to explore the game on Test Center 1 and talk about its 15 years of history. Join us on the channel tomorrow night!


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The Awakening – Act IV, Part 2

Written by the EM Team      It hadn’t ever seemed like such a long journey from Ver Lor Reg to the moongate before, but their group had never been so haggard either. As the humans in Ilshenar had increased in numbers the strain on the city of Ver Lor Reg had grown to the point that it was no longer sustainable for some of the businesses and families. Prices had increased to the point that many of the gargoyles who’d lived there for ages could no longer afford to remain. Queen Zhah’s offer had tempted many away, and even some […]


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Act VI – Healers Quest

The Mysterious Healer is still in need of your assistance in preparing cures for the great Gargish Blight.  There are still two weeks before the cure must be administered into the populace.  After the Cure event is finished we will post the total number of cures turned in for each shard. The Mysterious Healer in Ter Mur can be found at the makeshift healers colony at the Riverside Fishing Village.   Happy Experimenting!  


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Pub 76.0 Comes to Origin

Greetings, Publish 76.0 comes to Origin tonight. These are the changes to the Publish 76.0 Notes: Publish Notes to Origin Fixed the issue with Health Bars disappearing Players will no longer be able to summon harbingers on Test Center Vela was moved to Cove since Minoc is a faction town. Void Pool will provide additional information such as who much longer till the spawn starts and what wave you are on.   Patch notes to both Classic and Enhanced Client Cliloc changes   See you in the game!


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Ultima Online Team Grows

As you might know, we are currently moving previously external lead positions into our office in Fairfax to create an even stronger team and lead Ultima Online through its 15th anniversary into the future. This change has given us a new team member, Jim Crawley the new Art Lead. Here is his introduction: Hello one and all, I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself. I am Jim Crawley, a veteran of the game industry having started my career in 1996, working for MicroProse software on the civilization line. Since then I have made many products over the years. […]


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Oceania Maintenance – 05/08

Greetings, We will bring down Oceania for service provider maintenance tomorrow, Tuesday May 8th, at 3 pm EDT (21:00 CEST). Only the Oceania shard will be affected during this time.   At this moment we anticipate the shard to be back online no later then 6 pm EDT (24:00 CEST).   Thank you for your understanding.


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Pub 76.0 Arrives on TC1 Today

We’ll will bring Pub 76 to TC1 today at 5pm EDT (11pm CEST). The shard should be back online no later than 6pm EDT (12am CEST). These are the changes to the previously posted Publish Notes: Expect cliloc errors on TC1 till early next week when we put out a new client. Added Gargoyle Artifacts in Covetous Unique hues were added to the Artifacts Adjusted the strength of the monsters in level 3 Adjusted the number and properties of the artifacts found in Covetous and purchased from Vela Prismatic Lenses Hit Point Regeneration: 2 Stamina Regeneration: 3 Damage Increase: 25% […]