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Richard Garriot, the creator of Ultima is reportedly reclaiming the series' rights back from EA, and it could happen as soon as next year (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 1 month ago by Agent_Karyo@piefed.world to c/crpg@lemmy.world
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Every decade or so, I tried to work with EA on a revival of Ultima.

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[–] Agent_Karyo@piefed.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Garriot comes off as a more annoying version of Chris Roberts (and I find Chris Roberts to be very annoying).

I also found the whole Lord British thing extremely off putting (Roberts has a similar thing where he wrote himself in as the saviour of mankind in Star Citizen lore), like aggressively so. Although I can see how it would be less of an issue in the heyday of the Ultima series.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 2 points 1 month ago

“Lord British” is the most American cognomen possible

[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Based on his recent projects I'm guessing the next Ultima game is gonna involve NFTs and/or a macropayment online store.

[–] Codpiece@feddit.uk 6 points 1 month ago

I’m sure EA will find a way to sell him the rights one microtransaction at a time.

[–] Edges@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I would love a new, good Ultima but I don't hold out much hope.

[–] Agent_Karyo@piefed.world 2 points 1 month ago

Definitely not from Garriot.

I would argue EA probably has a higher chance of releasing a good new Ultima game than Garriot.

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Time to rewatch spoony's series on the Ultima games.

[–] TheKingBee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'll check them out, I like Majuular's ongoing series on the games.

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

Thanks for the reminder those exist.