Greetings Everyone! I come to you with some exciting news!  Since its humble beginnings at Origin Systems Incorporated in 1997, through development at EA Redwood Shores and for the last 7+ years at Mythic, Ultima Online™ has been enjoyed by millions of devoted players around the world. Beginning February 1st, 2014, Mythic Entertainment Co-Founder Rob Denton’s new studio: Broadsword Online Games (http://www.broadsword.com) will partner with EA’s Mythic Entertainment to operate, support and develop Ultima Online on EA’s behalf.  Electronic Arts will continue to provide billing and account services through its Origin™ portal.   Broadsword and Electronic Arts will work closely together […]

By: EM Drosselmeyer His blade clashed against that of the renegade swordsman, each strike forcing him back pace after pace, never ceasing in his advance. As the swordsman caught one of Sir Dupre’s strikes on his shield, Sir Dupre lashed out with his own shield and struck him hard in the face, feeling the mans nose break before the impact. Helmets are worn for a reason, novice… he thought to himself as he disengaged his blade, stamped on the man’s foot, and ran him through. With a sudden jerking back of his sword he let him fall, staining the dusty […]

Tomorrow (October 22,2013)  during normal maintenance we will be publishing Publish 84.   We have adjusted the Bards peacemakings AI per the feedback we have received.  Along with the next phase of the global arc of the invasion please take a few moments to read the new fiction,  Enjoy, UO Team   Enter the Lady Walking through the den brusquely, the scarf covering his face flapped slightly in the ocean breeze. Despite his vocation he’d never been a fan of the Den…far too tempting for some of it’s denizens to pull a dagger on someone without bothering to know they shouldn’t…and while he could […]

Good Morning      Houses that have been placed in the new Deep Sea Quest area are being deleted.  The ability to place houses there will be corrected today.  Game Masters are in the process of going to each shard and deleting all houses they find in this area.  Thank you for bringing this to our attention. UO Team

During the normal maintenance cycle tomorrow  we will be publshing  both Origin and Izumo, below are the changes made from TC1. Exploring the Deep A New Quest & Encounter have been added.  Visit Hepler the Salvager Master at the Sons of the Sea in Trinsic. This is the first part of a three part content Arc which will be developing over the next few months. • Luck plays an influence throughout various portions of the quest, including the chance at receiving an artifact from the final boss encounter New Item Property Bane is  found on certain weapons. This on hit property will […]

Ultima Online’s 16th Anniversary Party Date: September 21st, 2013 12:45 till 5:00 pm CST Location: TC1 – Luna Fairgrounds Agenda 12:45 pm CST – Opening Ceremony at the Luna Fair grounds 1:00 to 2:00 pm CST – Hedge Maze Scavenger Hunt (see details below) 2:00 to 2:15 Return to Luna for announcement of winners for the Hedge Maze Scavenger Hunt 2:15 to 3:00 pm CST – Fool Hardy –Join us to preform and show how creative you are 3:00 to 3:30 pm CST Award prizes for the judging of the Cultural Center Design Contest and Story Contest 3:30 to 4:30 […]

Publish 83.0.0   Happy 16th Year Anniversary!!!!!!!! Ultima Online’s 16th anniversary gift bag will be delivered between midnight Monday, September 15th, 2013 and midnight October 14th, 2013. Characters need to be 30 days or older to receive the gift bag which contains : • a 16th anniversary pony statuette (no it is not a pink pony) • 16th anniversary gift card • 16th anniversary plant deed • 16th anniversary silver serving tray. New Potted plant deed will create a specially hued Japanese maple tree, a wall mount staghorn fern deed, a potted dieffenbachia plant or a specially hued enormous Venus […]

1. UO Stratics From Pub 81 : – The looting rights threshold has been lowered for all mobs. Can you give us some more details on this change? How it works in compare now then before pub 81. With some % would be nice to make us better to understand. (Kelly O’Brian of Drachenfels.) Bleak: As mentioned before loot rights are broken up into three separate totals (damage dealt, healing done, and damage received ) which are combined to equal the players looting right score. The looting right threshold is based on the highest looting right score which is use […]

Publish 81 will be going out world wide during normal maintenance tomorrow for April 16, 2013.  Please make sure you get your new client later this evening.   Publish 81.0.0 Player vendor change Any item that is identified as duped can not be placed on a vendor. If a duped item is on a vendor when we publish Pub 81 you can not purchase it. We highly suggest you go thru in- game vendors for all your UO needs. City Elections A new election system has been added to the loyalty towns. Players with a sufficient amount of loyalty will […]

UOForums.com recently posted an interview with Ultima Online’s lead artist James “Onifrk” Crawly.  There are many great questions about the art process for UO and insights into how he came to be a member of the Ultima Online team. Head over to UOForums.com and check it out.