Witness a Kingdom Reborn: Ultima Online Gets an Upgrade

It’s 10 years old, but it still has a dedicated fanbase that loves the game. That kind of loyalty has to pay off somewhere, and come 2007, Ultima Online will not disappoint its fans, and will do some things to entice new blood into Britannia once more.

According to Darkscribe, otherwise known as producer Aaron Cohen, people should expect to see the kingdom reborn next year with a lot of upgrades. The project will be a complete rebuilding of UO, down from graphics to the user interface. The nature of their upgrade, however, allows long-time users keep everything already gained in their time spent in UO, and also retains relatively low requirements, which is what made it so much more accessible to different kinds of users in its early stages.

As Cohen mentions,

• It is an in-place upgrade. That means you will be able to keep your characters, items, houses and everything else you’ve earned over the past nine years.
  
• We are committed to maintaining extremely low system specs. They will be higher than what UO launched with in 1997, but will still be far lower than almost any other MMORPG on the market.

Good news all around, as Ultima is still fun to play, despite its age. Hopefully, further announcements will shed more light on their plans in the coming months. Keep your eyes on QJ in the meantime, and we’ll get the news to you as soon as we have it.

It’s 10 years old, but it still has a dedicated fanbase that loves the game. That kind of loyalty has to pay off somewhere, and come 2007, Ultima Online will not disappoint its fans, and will do some things to entice new blood into Britannia once more.

According to Darkscribe, otherwise known as producer Aaron Cohen, people should expect to see the kingdom reborn next year with a lot of upgrades. The project will be a complete rebuilding of UO, down from graphics to the user interface. The nature of their upgrade, however, allows long-time users keep everything already gained in their time spent in UO, and also retains relatively low requirements, which is what made it so much more accessible to different kinds of users in its early stages.

As Cohen mentions,

• It is an in-place upgrade. That means you will be able to keep your characters, items, houses and everything else you’ve earned over the past nine years.
  
• We are committed to maintaining extremely low system specs. They will be higher than what UO launched with in 1997, but will still be far lower than almost any other MMORPG on the market.

Good news all around, as Ultima is still fun to play, despite its age. Hopefully, further announcements will shed more light on their plans in the coming months. Keep your eyes on QJ in the meantime, and we’ll get the news to you as soon as we have it.