This Ultima X / UO2.0 thing has been known to exist (in the conceptual stage anyway) since about Summer 2001, but OSI have never officially commented on it. A lot of people in the UO community brushed the rumours aside (despite such glaring evidence as job adverts for 3D artists with Unreal engine experience on UO.com) and refused to believe that OSI would ever abandon the ejit 2D clients.
I just wish OSI would hurry up and announce it though. My guess is that the photo showing the logo was deliberately "leaked" to build up some unofficial hype about the game, so hopefully they're gearing up the the real thing soon.
Damn... people sure get crazy over unsubstantiated rumors. I didn't bother to read past the first page for the suggestion that the "screenshot" could have been, *gasp*, fabricated. Heh.
Of course, I do seem to recall reading something about an Unreal engine'd MMO, which may well have been Ultima.
=========== the Origin employees see some form of humor in people still being pissed off over the rape of the best CRPG franchise in the history of computer gaming. Is EA there chuckling along with you, Wolfen? ===========
As you may recall, or just look down and read, I said its amusing seeing your peoples guess's at what this may be. I never diminished the players or fans in any form, nor did I ever have anything to do with any ultima, or uo products. I am not here representing EA or Origin, I am here representing myself and my own personal opinions.
the Origin employees see some form of humor in people still being pissed off over the rape of the best CRPG franchise in the history of computer gaming. Is EA there chuckling along with you, Wolfen?
Hey, whatever the game is, I'm sure it will even further tarnish the memory of Ultima, so good work there.
Funny. Ultima "fans" (those who, um, play UO, you know? PvP! Rock on! *cough*), asserting that it must be UO for X-Box... but that's the not the funny part... The funny part is that then they say it will let in a flood of undesirables and newbs who know nothing about Ultima.
If you don't get the irony of the above, then you are part of the subject matter!
I would be shocked if it is a single-player RPG. After the abysmal Ultima9, you'd think EA would be once bitten twice shy.
If it turns out to be a single-player RPG, I'm still going to avoid it like the plague unless the reviews for it are stunning (and hell will spontaneously freeze over when this occurs).
I guess EA is fully determined to destroy the Ultima franchise and milk it to the maximum. I bet this one is going to be WORSE than U8 and U9. It will be aventure/Tomb Raider style and it will drop every RPG feature. It will also feature a piss poor story with impossible ties to other Ultima events. They will further rape every Ultima concept/trademarks possible.
Actually that whole thing was sad - many many years in the making, then bonered at launch. It might be interesting to see how it would fare on something better than a Voodoo3 nowadays, but did they ever even finish patching that one?
It's the next game in the PC Ultima series. -It's not Xbox, since EA hates Xbox. -It isn't MMO, since then they'd be calling it UO and not Ultima. -It isn't for Gamecube or PS2, since that would be silly.