Ultima Forever is F2P RPG from BioWare
BioWare and EA have unveiled Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar, a browser and mobile title currently in beta.
BioWare and EA have unveiled a new game in the Ultima series today: a free-to-play, browser and mobile title called Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar. The RPG is due for iPad and PC later this year, complete with cross-platform play, but the game is currently accepting beta sign-ups.
The official site sports a large beta sign-up button, which requires an Origin account. The game lets you choose between a Fighter and Mage class. The launch date for the closed beta wasn't detailed in the announcement, but EA promises more details for attendees of the San Diego ComicCon this weekend.
This game reveal comes just after Richard Garriott, who originally created Ultima, announced funding for his new Ultimate RPG for mobile platforms. It will have social hooks as well, but it seems that EA and BioWare will likely beat him to the punch.
"As huge fans of the Ultima franchise, the team at BioWare Mythic is not only excited to be able to bring this reimagining of the original rich world to the fans of the classic RPGs, but also to introduce a new generation of gamers who have never had a chance to discover why this is one of our industry's most beloved worlds," said BioWare Mythic general manager Eugene Evans, in the announcement.
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BioWare and EA have unveiled Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar, a browser and mobile title currently in beta.-
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So, it's Mythic doing it. In other words, one of the fake BioWares.
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He means it's not the same studio that created Baldur's Gate or anything. It's under the "Bioware" umbrella, but has no real substantial ties to the golden age of Bioware.
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And none of the core staff. That being said, there isn't much of the core staff from the golden age left there now anyway.
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It's funny, because I remember when EA LA announced that they were renaming themselves to "Danger Close" (after the RTS part of EA LA closed down after C&C4's crash-and-burn), and "EA Visceral" renamed themselves to "Visceral", there was some EA executive interviewed as saying that the studios were going to take on names without "EA" in front of them, to solidify their own unique style and identity.
...up until they decided that they were going to throw the "BioWare" prefix in front of a bunch of studios, and now the BioWare brand is getting devalued.
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I guess I shouldn't be annoyed because the Ultima series went to shit a long time ago but this sounds like a bad idea.
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No it's not or it would probably mention Lord British instead of Lady British on their website
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Not only that but they canceled Ultima X as well. EA is just incapable of making another Ultima MMO apparently.
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Hey everybody, remember WAR? :)
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Good god, what is it good for?
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say it again
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i liked it :(
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Talk about "cheapening" a brand.
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And let the arse raping of Bioware by EA begin...
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I doubt much would have changed. Bioware themselves said the whole ordeal was a good thing, they get to use EA's near limitless cash and all they have to do is let their brand get diluted.
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Dave Perry said today that he wished he never sold Shiny to Interplay.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/david-perry-selling-shiny-to-interplay-worst-mistake-i-ever-made-6386605
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No, Garriot probably has nothing to do with this.
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