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. […]

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.

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% […]

We have a third wallpaper available for you now. Would you like to see Exodus on your desktop? Download this set of wallpapers.

The Ultima Online Forums recently published an excellent interview with TheGrimmOmen, UO Lead CG Supervisor. What is your official job title? What does it cover/involve? My official title is Lead CG Supervisor. Generally, a Lead CG Sup is in charge of tools (evaluation, creation, implementation, and support) and pipeline (the processes that artists follow to create art and get that artwork into the game) development. Since I’ve been doing UO art for… a long time now, my responsibilities currently also include Art Lead/Director responsibilities, which include schedule development for the art team, as well as writing up reviews and feedback for […]

Here are the publish notes for publish 76 coming to TC1. Enjoy! Publish 76.0.0   Gardening System  Vanilla has been added to the Gardening System Vanilla seeds can be found on Exodus mobs inside Exodus Dungeon Vanilla plants will produce vanilla and additional vanilla seeds Vanilla plants cannot be crosspollinated with other plants It is possible to get mutant colored vanilla plants using conventional gardening techniques Covetous Dungeon Revamp Level  One – Still a great place to farm feathers but added a few suprises. Level Two – Contains the Void Pool Covetous Level 2 represents a new style of PvM […]

You have probably noticed the new banner with the dragon. We have now turned our 15th anniversay logo into a wallpaper for you to enjoy. Are you looking for a cool wallpaper? Just download this black&white file or this colored file.

Our Austalian service provider will perform maintenance today at 3 pm EDT (19:00 GMT) which might affect the Oceania shard. You might lose connectivity to the shard for a short periood. The maintenance is supposed to end no later then 4 pm EDT (20:00 GMT). Thank you for your understanding.

Written by the EM Team      The thundering echoes of metal clashing against stone rose up again from the western walls, as yet another of the mechanical beasts managed to clamber its way out of the hole that led to their entombed shrine to do battle with the Gargish defenders. Alone the creatures were not a lethal threat, but any mistake would lead to injuries, and the gargoyles could not replenish their forces as the machines did. Add to that the defecting gargoyles that joined the twisted and insane controllers inside the mechanized temple to a long dormant deity, […]

Written by members of the community Issue 6 WORLD NEWS Time Running Out for Gargoyle Cure With every tragedy, comes both the do-gooders and the exploiters of said tragedy, and the recent epidemic afflicting the gargoyle race is no exception. When humans first made contact with the gargoyles there were those nay-sayers who said that we’d end up dealing with all of their baggage as well, and they were right. The bulk of the gargoyle race are homeless refugees squatting on the outskirts of the royal city as evil blobs of black jelly pick them off at random. Some cynics […]