New owner says don’t worry about Origin Museum game items being auctioned
Sheri Graner Ray was distressed recently when she saw that someone was selling artifacts from The Origin Museum on eBay. The Origin Museum was...
Getting busted by Lord British while chasing bugs in Ultima Online
The new book Braving Britannia: Tales of Melancholy, Malice, and Peril in Ultima Online is a “sequel” to 2018’s Braving Britannia: Tales of Life, Love,...
‘Anything but Ultima Online’: Keeping the role-playing classic running
The new book Braving Britannia: Tales of Life, Love, and Adventure in Ultima Online collects 35 interviews with players, volunteers, and developers of the grandfather...
EA hated Ultima Online until it didn’t
Ultima Online was a landmark game for the industry, setting a standard for persistent, online worlds and paving the way for the massively multiplayer...
Electronic Arts’ biggest acquisitions: the good, the so-so, and the duds
Electronic Arts spent about $2.9 billion on its 10 biggest acquisitions since 1992, according to merger and acquisition research firm Pitchbook. The video game...