What looks to be a new Ultima...

[Magnus]

Wow.

-source [Ultima Aiera]

 

[Crysta]

And it begins a day early. As much as I want to believe it, I doubt its more than an april fools joke.

 

[Magnus]

This really isn't new

So while you probably should be a bit skeptical, it definitely is possible.

 

[Crysta]

If it truly were real, they would have waited until the day after.. not the day before.

 

[AtlanticVlad]

Why would anyone post anything like this today... Jerk faces... *Pouts*

 

[Magnus]

This isn't a April Fools joke.

The Domain 'ultima4ever.com' is currently registered with Mythic Entertainment source

There has been comments hinting at an Ultima-style project from Mythic for months.

I realize that this is kindof bad timing to be posting this - but it does look like a legitimate news item. The photo in the original post was from EADC '11, which is an official function.

 

[HD2300]

Its legit.

Leaked last year at EA Louse | Bye Bye Mythic - Oh yeah, and he needed Paul Barnett. You know him as the crazy British dude that appears in random videos at EA to promote his latest bull****tery. We know him as the crazy British dude who we have no idea of how he still has a job. This man was supposed to be the savior of Warhammer’s vision and design. Now all he can do is promote his strange ideas about his little secret project web Ultima game that’s been almost universally criticized by all of us and focus groups. What’s that? You didn”t know Paul loves one of those old Ultima games sooooo much he’s making a literal copy of it for Facebook? Well, the cats outta the bag. Too bad it sucks ass.

Ultima IV on the web = Ultima4Ever.com ??

 

[Woodsman]

This isn't a April Fools joke.

I wish it was. He really sounds like the last person that should have anything to do with any of the old Ultimas. They love him at Ultima Aiera, but I'd put more faith in Richard Garriott doing something interesting with Lord British than him doing something with the old Ultimas.

I really hope the Lord of Ultima will be the last Ultima web stuff, even if Lord of Ultima really had nothing to do with the Ultimas other than some place names.

 

[Liquid_Ape]

It is the new Ultima title for the Nintendo 3DS.

 

[RaDian FlGith]

Well... it's definitely not a replacement for Ultima Online, that's for sure. Unless maybe they hired Grimm to do the art... that art I'm quite willing to bet is actually his.

What it does look like is probably a web-based or maybe as someone else has suggested, a 3DS-based revamp of the game.

As for it being real, well, if you go to Network Solutions, perform a WHOIS, you can see for yourself that ultima4ever.com is, indeed, registered to Electronic Arts. It jives with all of the Ultima 4 hosts being told to shove it.

As for it being successful: It's Electronic Arts. They should just cancel it now and save the cancellation in a few months.

 

[JC the Builder]

It is the new Ultima title for the Nintendo 3DS.

The 3DS is powerful enough to run UO.

 

[Martyna Zmuir]

While Ultima IV was fun in 1985, 26 years have passed and games have evolved.

EA should put these resources into a proven product like UO, not further split Mythic's strained attentions.

 

[Viquire]

I'm pretty sure part of what I heard was "browser based game for social websites"

This looks like it might fit that criteria. And, maybe, generate interest in a real Ultima game. ;-)

 

[Cogniac]

I thought everyone already knew about this.

Ultima IV - EA Takedowns Precede Official Reboot - Slashdot

Mythic has been working on a browser-based version of Ultima IV with improved graphics. This is a real thing.

And yeah, this was a terrible day on which to start this thread. But as you can see from the link, that article was posted on March 29, and the article it refers to at UltimaAiera was posted back on March 25.