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BioWare Mythic is now known as Mythic

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.


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Publish 79 comes to Origin and Izumo

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  


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Ask & Answer No. 9

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 […]


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Essential Maintenance for Europa and Drachenfels – 11/06

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.


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Publish 79 for TC1 Notes

Publish 79.0.0 New Veteran Rewards 15th Year: Garden Shed House Add-On Contains two secure containers that do not count towards house storage limits Each container holds 125 items with no weight limit The shed has standard house security settings controlling container access To access the containers, stand near the door of the shed and double-click it 13th Year: Exodus Statuette 11th Year: Navrey Night-Eyes Statuette 9th Year: Virtuebane Statuette 8th Year: Davies’ Locker This is based on a real-life glass top table containing a three-dimensional map of Britannia, created by Alan Davies. The table resides in the front lobby of […]


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Decays Turned Off & Shard of the Dead

Due to a lot of our players being without power due to Hurricane Sandy we are going to turn off City Loyalty decay and Housing decay for two weeks starting tonight. We hope everyone is safe and our thoughts are with all of you. If you are fortunate enough to play, please keep in mind that the Shard of the Dead will end tomorrow. If you are looking for some in-game Halloween action, visit TC1 tonight!


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Ask & Answer No. 8

This week’s Ask & Answer had to fight its way through wind and rain. Here are latest answers to your questions: UOMania Can you add the timer for the spawn of the next token to the item property display of the veteran reward Shard Transfer Shields? Right now I need to write down the date to remember when the next token will come out. (clorenz) uo.stratics Also the number currently held on the shield (Tazar) Kyronix: This is something we can easily do and will add to the backlog, thanks! Currently we can only get Bulk Order Book Covers buying […]


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Account Center Maintenance – 11/01

Update 10:45 am EDT: The maintenance is over. All functions of the account center are available again. Greetings, We will bring down the Account Center for a short maintenance tomorrow, Thursday November 1st, at 10am EDT (15:00 CET). During the maintenance you will not be able to change subscription or redeem game codes. At the moment we anticipate the Account Center to be back online at 1:00pm EDT (18:00 CET). Thank you for your understanding.


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Memorable Moment Winners – Sonoma

Over the past weeks we have had the immense pleasure of reading through your most memorable moments. Every entry was very entertaining, heartfelt and reminds all of us how amazing Ultima Online truly is. We have reached end our Most Memorable UO Moment contest, but are happy to share with you the final winners. We received 12 entries from the Sonoma shard and had another tie! Here are the 7 winning UO memories from Sonoma: A Fish Tale My most memorable UO moment happened a couple years ago at the Capt’n EM Rumbelly’s Deep Sea Fishing Adventure on Sonoma. A […]