World Video Game Hall of Fame announces 2024 inductees
The World Video Game Hall of Fame announces its class of 2024 inductees today at a ceremony at The Strong National Museum of Play....
Break Out: Ultima III and the familial origins of Origin Systems
The following excerpt comes from Break Out: How the Apple II Launched the PC Gaming Revolution by David L. Craddock, available in hardcover from...
Ultima Online vets aim for emergent MMO gameplay with Legends of Aria
Most massively multiplayer online role-playing games take their cues from World of Warcraft: lots of quests and storylines that the designers mete out to...
Richard Garriott tells how Lord British and Ultima were born (video)
The seeds of Lord British and the Ultima universe were planted in a D&D dungeon that Richard Garriott turned in as a high school English paper.
Lord British returns with his first new role-playing game in 15 years
Richard Garriott is returning today with a new role-playing game and a Kickstarter campaign. Shroud of the Avatar is the spiritual successor of Ultima.
BioWare brings back Britannia with Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar
BioWare and EA announce Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar, a reboot of one of the most classic and beloved role-playing franchises within the industry.
Richard “Lord British” Garriott in space: “I might just sit up in my window in orbit and write the next game” (interview)
Richard Garriott is best known as Lord British, the designer of video games that have been enjoyed by tens of millions of people over...