My jaw dropped today to learn of some very exciting news: Classic Ultima games are going to be commercially available once again!
Electronic Arts, the giant game corporation that absorbed Richard Garriott's Origin, has apparently struck a deal with Good Old Games to introduce Ultima to a modern audience.
I can't wait. I also hadn't heard of GoG until today.
So... I'm probably going to be spending some hard-earned money on modern variants of Ultima, if only to be able to play Pagan on modern hardware. As a bonus, GoG is bundling the EA cluebooks -- a very rare commodity these days!
In other Ultima news that wouldn't interest those who are not total nerds on the subject, I stumbled across a link containing juicy details regarding the Bob White Plot which was rejected in favor of a hastily-produced Ultima 9 that broke much of the wonderful story continuity between Ultimas VII, VII:Serpent Isle, and VIII:Pagan.
I know what I'm going to be reading for fun this weekend!
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